As his approval ratings fall, Obama will visit Ohio on Monday

CINCINNATI (AP) — President Barack Obama will find that summer temperatures aren’t the only things that cooled down in Ohio this year.

Obama travels to Cincinnati Monday for a Labor Day gathering with his approval ratings down and Republicans beginning to prepare a solid ticket for statewide elections next year.

Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland, who helped win the battleground state for Obama last November, is facing his own drop in voter approval ratings.

Obama’s speech at the annual AFL-CIO Labor Day picnic at Cincinnati’s Coney Island will include national union leaders.

The visit comes with the president’s efforts to overhaul health care under fire heading into an address to Congress on Wednesday.