In Kentucky, Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell has seen his positive ratings reach above 50 percent in two recent polls, dampening the likelihood that he will face any major opposition next year funded by the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee. A TargetPoint poll from mid-August, released today, pegs McConnell's job approval rating at 53 percent and his disapproval rating at 30 percent. A recent poll had put his approval rating at 47 percent. A Voter/Consumer Research poll, meanwhile, taken in early August and provided to U.S. News today, put his approval rating at 59 percent, with 35 percent disapproving. McConnell's early high disapproval ratings were linked to his support for the war in Iraq and President Bush; the change is most likely part of the overall shift in the public's mood in the past month, said an adviser.