Poll: President Obama's approval rating ticks up in spite of recent politicized news stories

Despite all of the GOP screaming in recent weeks, a new CNN poll released yesterday shows that the president's approval rating has improved slightly or stayed the same.

According to the survey, which was conducted Friday and Saturday, 53% of Americans say they approve of the job the president is doing, with 45% saying they disapprove. The president's approval rating was at 51% in CNN's last poll, which was conducted in early April.

"That two-point difference is well within the poll's sampling error, so it is a mistake to characterize it as a gain for the president," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.

"Nonetheless, an approval rating that has not dropped and remains over 50% will probably be taken as good news by Democrats after the events of the last week."

CNN's poll result mirrors the one released last week by Gallup.

Read more on the recent poll here.