… Things are bad, but not as bad as you might think.
No matter how you look at the race, Mitt Romney now trails Barack Obama. Depending on which poll you review (more on this later), that deficit is anywhere from two points to seven but no polls are showing a Romney lead.
This is despite an economic environment that fundamentally should make Barack Obama an easy target for defeat—8.3% unemployment and a worse-than-that job growth climate that is being masked by drop-offs in workforce participation.
So why is Romney behind? We see three key reasons: [cont.]
Chris Wilson, Chris Perkins, Bryon Allen, WPA Opinion Research