The July poll shows Kentuckians think McConnell is doing a good job by a narrow 48%-44% margin. That's a drop from last month and one percent lower than the lowest approval ratings McConnell had earlier this year. The real bad news for McConnell is his status with Kentuckians age 55 and older, folks who vote more often than their younger counterparts. McConnell has his lowest rating ever from the over 55 folks with his job approval at 49%-46%. McConnell also gets his lowest marks ever from Eastern Kentuckians 42%-53%. In most other categories, McConnell's numbers are fairly steady. He still does well in W. Ky. (53-37) and poorly in the Louisville area (44-49). His numbers are down slightly among republicans (67-25) but would many of them really vote for Greg Stumbo or Charlie Owen?

What's unclear is whether McConnell's struggling job approval ratings are a reflection of Kentuckians' dissatisfaction with McConnell personally, or just a part of American voters dissatisfaction with the job Congress is doing in general.

If it makes the senior senator from Kentucky feel any better, his republican colleague, Jim Bunning has lower ratings. Bunning's job approval rating this month is just 41% with 47% disapproval.