Election 2012: Obama gets high marks on personal attributes: Reuters/Ipsos poll

	Click to View in Browser 09/4/2012 Obama gets high marks on personal attributes: Reuters/Ipsos poll CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - President Barack Obama goes into his Democratic National Convention getting high marks from voters on personal attributes but facing doubts about his handling of the U.S. economy, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found on Tuesday. Shunning spotlight, Andrew Cuomo is convention's invisible man CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Say you're a Democratic governor, judged to have presidential ambitions once Barack Obama exits the stage. Where would you spend the day before your party's national convention in Charlotte? Struggling Charlotte awkward setting for Obama, Democrats CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Thousands of Democrats will pack a football stadium in North Carolina to cheer on President Barack Obama when he makes a case for keeping his own job this week. Obama, Democrats launch convention case for second term CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Democrats launch their case for Barack Obama's re-election at their party convention on Tuesday, looking to draw a sharp contrast with Republican Mitt Romney and convince voters that the U.S. president deserves four more years to fix the economy. Republicans try to counter Democrats' convention WOLFEBORO, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Republicans prepared a counterpunch to the Democratic National Convention this week by introducing their new line of attack with a not-so-new question: "Are you better off than you were four years ago?" Obama, on eve of convention, tours storm-hit Louisiana LAPLACE, Louisiana (Reuters) - President Barack Obama toured hurricane-stricken Louisiana on Monday and promised federal recovery help as he sought to show his administration was on top of the disaster response on the eve of his Democrats' national convention in North Carolina. Top California Democrat likens Ryan to Nazi propagandist CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - A top California Democratic Party official on Monday compared Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan to Nazi Germany's infamous propagandist Joseph Goebbels, drawing rebukes from both parties the day before the Democratic Party's nominating convention formally begins. Social sites have modest political impact: poll WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Social networking sites play a modest role in influencing most U.S. users' political views, with the biggest impact among Democrats, a survey showed on Tuesday. President Obama appears in Jay-Z concert video NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jay-Z got a boost from President Barack Obama over the weekend at the Budweiser Made In America festival in Philadelphia, where the hip-hop mogul was both an organizer and headline performer. For San Antonio mayor, reflections of American Dream in convention speech SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Civil rights activist Rosie Castro toted her painfully shy twin boys everywhere, and they weren't always thrilled about the outings: distributing political literature, attending farm worker rallies and visiting the voting booth. Related Video Romney views damage from Hurricane Isaac White House to Eastwood via twitter "This seat's taken" Tales from the Trail The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend