CNN: Obama’s Approval Rating Hits Two Year High

“According to our new CNN/ORC poll numbers, the president's approval numbers are on the rise. Fifty percent approve, 47 percent disapprove. That's important, because that's his highest number in two years. And just over the last year, you can see the difference. He has not been over 50 percent over the course of the last several months. One reason why that is, the president is getting better marks for how he's handling race relations. That is up five points. You see it there, 55 percent. Five points higher than it was last month. People also are feeling better about how the president is handling race relations overall. Twenty percent say they are better under President Obama, up five points from earlier this year. And another big swing for the president in our new CNN/ORC poll is his handling of the economy. We've been talking about these overtime rules this morning. Well, on the economy, the people like what he's doing right now. Up six points over the last month. That is basically the reason why his approval numbers are now up above that magic number of 50 percent.”