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There are a few articles in the L.A. Times today that point to some potential good news for President Obama.

Let’s start with a heaping spoonful of the new Washington Post/ABC News poll:

Republican infighting during the primary campaign and President Obama‘s election-year reset appear to have boosted the incumbent’s standing with voters, particularly independents [...]

The president’s job approval rating has hit 50% for the first time since just after the killing of Osama bin Laden [...] Obama has opened up a 51% to 45% lead over front-running Republican Mitt Romney among registered voters…

Add a cup of Colorado and stir:

Reporting from Broomfield, Colo.— As the rancorous contest for the Republican presidential nomination spreads across the nation’s heartland, the leading candidates have begun to turn off swing voters, a setback in the party’s quest to unseat President Obama.

Independents, the dominant political force in Colorado and other swing states, have been warming to Obama in recent weeks while souring on the Republican Party‘s top potential challengers, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, polls show.

Now fold in a dash of Latino employment and marinate:

While they make up only 15% of the country’s workforce, Latinos have racked up half the employment gains posted since the economy began adding jobs in early 2010, Labor Department data showed.

The improving labor market for Latinos, a key voting bloc, could boost President Obama‘s political fortunes in the fall.

The GOP candidates are doing Team Obama’s campaign work for them. Meanwhile, the president’s policies are improving job numbers, despite the unprecedented obstruction he’s gotten from Republican congress members.

Let’s hope the momentum continues, because we simply cannot afford to have one more right wing extremist in the White House, the Senate, or the House. If we do, say good-bye to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security as we know them, and say hello to an even more conservative Supreme Court.