personally approve of medical marijuana laws but said that the issue should be left up to the states. okay. and vice president joe biden campaigning in ohio over the weekend ended up with a woman from a biker group on his lap. as two biker dudes watched, biden reportedly told her, quote, i know who runs the show. oh, yes, you do. in florida, president obama met with people in a sports bar and a woman said her son was born in hawaii. so the president then joked, referencing the so-called birther controversy, of course. quote, do you have a birth certificate? a new obama girl video has been released. still got a crush on obama? sounds a lot like the 2008 version because the new singer helped write the original. leah kaufman says the president has created a lot of great challenges. the original obama girl recently said that she s not sure that she still supports him. and that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. and now here s your first look at how wall street will
we begin this morning with still riding high. days after the democrats convention ended, a new poll finds president obama enjoying a bounce in popularity. according to a reuters poll of likely voters, 47% favor president obama while 43% prefer his republican rival, mitt romney. nbc s tracie potts has the election latest from washington. tracie, good morning to you. reporter: veronica, good morning. well, it looks like the president did get a bit of a boost. a couple of daily tracking polls released over the weekend give president obama four and five-point leads over mitt romney. perhaps not a big surprise after the democratic convention, but this was. come on, man. reporter: the only thing more surprising than this is the fact that scott van dusen, a big fan of president obama, is a registered republican. team obama insists the president got a big bounce from last week s convention. you know what? you guys sound pretty fired up. reporter: he told florida sunday t
we begin this morning with still riding high. days after the democrats convention ended, a new poll finds president obama enjoying a bounce in popularity. according to a reuters poll of likely voters, 47% favor president obama while 43% prefer his republican rival, mitt romney. nbc s tracie potts has the election latest from washington. tracie, good morning to you. reporter: veronica, good morning. well, it looks like the president did get a bit of a boost. a couple of daily tracking polls released over the weekend give president obama four and five-point leads over mitt romney. perhaps not a big surprise after the democratic convention, but this was. come on, man. reporter: the only thing more surprising than this is the fact that scott van dusen, a big fan of president obama, is a registered republican. team obama insists the president got a big bounce from last week s convention. you know what? you guys sound pretty fired up. reporter: he told florida sunday t