Obama: Republicans blocking middle-class tax cuts

A month after the bitterly fought election, Obama has his highest approval ratings since the killing of Osama bin Laden, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll, and more Americans say the nation is heading in the right direction now since the start of his first term. Obama’s approval rating stands at 57 percent, the highest since May, 2011, and up five points from before the election. And 42 percent say the country is on the right track.