Monday on MSNBC’s “Politics Nation with Al Sharpton,” Salon editor Joan Walsh said President Barack Obama’s recent uptick in the polls is because “people really like him being the president and being presidential.”

“And they like these moves,” she added. “These moves that the Republicans are attacking him for, like executive action on deferring deportation. The American public likes seeing something get done.”

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