President Bush isn’t the only republican taking a nose dive in the polls. Quinnipiac University Pollster Peter Brown says their latest survey shows Florida Senator Mel Martinez has been slipping big time in the past few months

Brown says Martinez is Riding President Bush’s coat tails down. “Senator Martinez’s job approval rating is not nearly what it has been. It’s been shrinking. And now it’s barely positive. 37% of Floridians approve of his job approval… 34% disapprove. That’s down from the last several months.

Brown says Senator Martinez has been hurt by his support of the president… whose own approval ratings have tanked. Florida’s junior senator is also backing an unpopular immigration bill in Washington. “It’s no secret that Senator Martinez has been a big supporter of President Bush’s immigration reform bill and among republicans… and independents and some democrats… it’s not a very popular proposal.

With only a 37% approval rating, Brown says Martinez would be in big trouble if he had to run for re-election next year… but the senate seat doesn’t come up for a vote until 2010.