Go figure. The
typical middle-class family has less money than when Barack Obama entered the
White House. Even so, in more cases than not, Americans still feel better off.
The presidential election may hinge on whether Republicans
can focus voters’ attention on the economic ground they have lost or Democrats
can convince them that Obama has pulled them back from an even worse fate. It’s
a central debate in the campaign: discontent with a diminished standard of
living versus relief that the nation averted an economic meltdown.
Polls show Democrats are beginning the messaging battle with
an advantage.
When asked how they felt about their circumstances compared
with the start of the Obama administration, 45 percent of Americans said better
off versus 36 percent worse off, according to a Bloomberg National Poll taken
June 15-18. The rest said their circumstances were about the same or they
weren’t sure….
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