President Obama has had some political successes over the past month or so after a miserable summer in Washington — Obama took his jobs message on the road and pushed back against the horrible tide created by the debt ceiling fight. Now a new poll from NBC News and the Wall Street Journal shows while his economic numbers are down, no GOP candidate has pushed past him in a general election match-up, and Obama is actually improving against his possible foes.
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