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First Word: Obama rolls on

President Obama has plenty of reasons to sing as new polls bode good news for him in the general election.

President Obama has plenty of reasons to sing as new polls bode good news for him in the general election. A lot can change by November but the Republican candidates did not do anything to reverse those trends at the debate last night where they continued to alienate large swaths of the American electorate. Here are some stories shaping our show today