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2 interesting articles in Business insider based on some pew research.
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http://www.businessinsider.com/romney-economic-policies-middle-class-wealthy-income-1-percent-obama-2012-8


*Two Terrifying Charts For Mitt Romney*
A new Pew Research Center report, entitled "The Lost Decade of the Middle
Class," contains some disconcerting numbers for presumptive Republican
nominee *Mitt* *Romney* as the campaign enters its final two-plus-month
stretch.

Two charts should be particularly worrisome for Romney as he tries to
unseat *President Barack Obama* in this election. Here's the first:

[image: Romney Obama chart]

Pew Research Center

Over the past couple days, Republicans have cried foul at former Secretary
of State Madeleine Albright's comment that Democrats should blame George W.
Bush "forever." But the chart shows that people still *do* place more of
the blame on Bush. The only group the middle class blames less than Obama,
in fact, is themselves.

The second chart relates more specifically to the Obama-Romney race:

[image: Obama Romney Pew]

It's pretty self-explanatory, but the stat is significant because the
middle class has become a central focus of both presidential campaigns. The
chart suggests that Obama's frequent attacks to paint Romney's policies as
"out of touch" and wealthy-favoring are resonating with voters.

Read more:
http://www.businessinsider.com/romney-economic-policies-middle-class-wealthy-income-1-percent-obama-2012-8#ixzz24NfzOLNg
Article 2

Buried in a disconcerting Wall Street Journal/NBC poll for presumptive
Republican nominee *Mitt Romney* is this whopper: an astounding number of
people don't have any confidence that he's going to fix the economy.

The WSJ/NBC pollsters asked voters how confident they were that Romney "has
the right set of goals and policies to improve the economy." A surprising *42
percent said they were "not at all confident," up 6 points from a month ago.
*

For a candidate running his campaign on the basis of how President Barack
Obama's economic policies have sunk the nation's economy further and how he
would improve the economy, that's not a good sign.

By the same token, 44 percent have no confidence in Obama's policies to fix
the economy. But that means they're about even on this question, and there
are other economic indicators that bode well for Obama.

First, 50 percent of voters think the economy is recovering, which is about
in line with the previous month. Moreover, there's an even split (46-46)
between people saying they're more optimistic and less optimistic about the
economic news they've heard in the past few weeks.

Compare that number with last month: Only 37 percent said they were more
optimistic, and 55 percent said they were less optimistic. So there has
been an 18-point swing in just a month