minus arthel. >> i move on. growing trouble for president obama. his signature health care law creating a lot of backlash. his approval ratings are at record lows. listen to what he said during an interview with abc. >> i've gone up and down pretty consistently throughout. the good thing about when you're down is usually you got nowhere to go but up. >> president kind of joking there with barbara walters. democrats also apparently taking a big hit. a new poll suggesting they are losing their midterm edge. dramatic turnaround from just a few weeks ago. republicans now holding the 49 to 47% edge. let's bring in our political panel. our fox news contributor and director of outreach freedom works. and julien epstein, attorney and democratic strategist. good to see both of you. so what can the dems do to distance themselves from the president and his current tainted reputation that goes up and down of course?