A rising economy lifts Obama going into State of the Union Night

Bottom line: You can hardly tell from our NBC/WSJ poll that the Republican Party was the big winner from the midterm elections just two months ago. Somehow, Obama and the Democrats stole the Republicans’ post-election honeymoon. Or the Republicans somehow lost it.

— Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Carrie Dann: A rising economy lifts Obama going into State of the Union night (NBC News)