How is Obama Doing?

Greg Sargent's Washington Post "Plum Line" column asks, detailing some CNN polling numbers for Obama and the GOP.

But I think all of this stuff will be long-forgotten after the conventions next summer. After that, the two sides will engage in massive media barrages of negative advertising.
Meanwhile, none of our real problems will be meaningfully addressed, because too many of our politicians have lost interest in doing their actual jobs, instead preferring to feather their nests and run for re-election in their gerrymandered districts, using their clout to buy campaign contributions.