Washington ( CNN ) -- To Republicans , President Barack Obama is a gift that keeps on giving when it comes to campaign fodder to use against Democrats . A line from Obama 's economic speech on Thursday is giving Republicans more material to continue slamming their opponents as Obama surrogates . That tactic has been key to Republicans ' midterm strategy this cycle , at a time when a majority of Americans -- 52 % according to the latest CNN/ORC poll -- disapprove of the President 's job . `` I am not on the ballot this fall , '' Obama said at Northwestern University on Thursday . `` But make no mistake : these policies are on the ballot . Every single one of them . '' Rep. Cory Gardner , the Republican nominee for Senate in Colorado , already played up the line during an interview Friday . `` Well I think the President himself yesterday stated that his policies are going to be on the ballot , '' he said . `` Those failed policies are what the people of Colorado are facing and voting on . '' And Republicans in three key states for control of the Senate have already jumped on those words in videos that made it online less than 24 hours after Obama spoke . Kentucky . When it comes to Democratic candidates setting up a sharp divide with Obama , Kentucky candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes has been one of the most visible , even pointing out in a recent ad , by saying `` I 'm not Barack Obama . '' But Sen. Mitch McConnell 's ad released Friday looks to paint a different picture : . `` Alison Grimes says this election is not about her support for Barack Obama and his failed policies , '' the ad 's narrator says , before playing the clip of Grimes stating she 's not the President . `` But Obama himself says a vote for Alison is a vote for his policies . '' Kansas . Sen. Pat Roberts ' campaign also pounced on Obama 's comments -- even giving its take on the national backdrop to the president 's policies . `` Trillions in new debt . Obamacare . Nearly 10 million Americans unemployed , '' the Roberts ' ad 's narrator says . The ad cuts to Obama 's quote from Thursday , and then ties him to independent candidate Greg Orman , painting him as a Democrat . `` A vote for Greg Orman is a vote for the Obama agenda , '' flashes across the screen before the ad fades out . New Hampshire . Republican Scott Brown 's campaign follows a similar formula in attacking Sen. Jeanne Shaheen . `` He 's not up for reelection , I know you 're shocked to hear that , '' Brown quipped at a campaign event that opens his latest ad . `` But his number one foot soldier Senator Shaheen is . '' The final words of the ad : `` Send a message to Obama . Vote no on Shaheen . ''
In Kentucky , Kansas and red states , Obama candidates are playing up the President 's quote . The quote comes from a speech Obama gave in Chicago on Thursday . Some Republican in New Hampshire have tried to distance themselves from Kentucky .