Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110122:14:38:00
President obama has tapped the middle. even with a recent boost in the polls, it is a long road to 2012. charlie cook is an msnbc analyst. >> you can call me lumpy, though. >> we're not going to call you lumpy, though. stop it, charlie. anyway, let's talk about new polling out there. it shows 54% of voters approve of president obama. those are his highest marks since april. what do you think is behind it? >> we've seen across the board the higher marks over the last couple of years. in some of these cases, the highest since april, since may. in the case of the abc/"wall street journal," it's t...