According to the Associated Press, more than half of Americans now say President Barack Obama deserves to be re-elected. An Associated Press-GfK poll taken after U.S. forces killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, show the president’s approval rating has hit 60 percent, the highest point in two years.

The president's standing improved not just on foreign policy but also on the economy. Much of the up tick is attributed to independent Americans sliding back to supporting Obama after fleeing for much of the past two years, according to the report.

The economy remains Americans' top issue, and despite a sluggish recovery from the Great Recession, 52 percent of Americans now approve of Obama's stewardship of the economy, giving him his best rating on that issue since the early days of his presidency; 52 percent also now like how he's handling the nation's stubbornly high 9 percent unemployment.

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