While both parties decry of the state of the economy and terrorism shows no signs of abating, President Obama’s job approval rating in every major poll out this month – NBC/Wall Street Journal, ABC/Washington Post, CNN and Bloomberg – is between 51 and 53 percent. The easiest explanation for his rise is that in comparison to the craziness going on in the presidential campaign, he looks that much more appealing. CONT.
Amy Walter, Cook Political Report