ET TU, NEW YORK? – AT 9:02 A.M. ET:  President Obama was here last night to pick up some heavy change from some of New York's movers and shakers.   But he now has a problem here, and it may take more than money to cure.  From the New York Post:

WASHINGTON -- President Obama might need to start taking a few more campaign trips to New York -- and not just to raise cash.

A stunning new survey gives the president a negative approval rating in the Empire State for the first time, with just 45 percent approval and 49 percent disapproval among voters, according to the latest Quinnipiac University poll.

That's a sharp turnaround from June, when Obama's New York popularity was a healthy 57-38.

In the 2008 presidential election, Obama carried New York with 63 percent of the vote.

The poll of 1,640 registered voters was conducted from Aug. 3-8, just after Congress approved the hard-fought debt legislation and before this week's market mayhem on Wall Street.

COMMENT:  We don't want to base assumptions on any one poll, and Quinnipiac has an erratic history.  But if the poll is anywhere near accurate, Obama could have big trouble in traditionally safe blue states.  There have been signs recently that he's dropping in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania. 

We'll wait for polls in the next month for verification. 

August 12, 2011