President Obama’s hour-long speech at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, on Wednesday was a major effort on the part of his administration to focus attention on what White House Adviser Dan Pfeiffer called “the most important issue facing the country” — namely the economy. Pfeiffer is right on that count. Our continuing research does, in fact, show that the economy remains the top problem facing the country, as it has for many years, in the eyes of the average American. [cont.]
Frank Newport, Gallup