For the last couple of years we’ve been hearing the same story. While unemployment drops and the stock market rises, Americans’ views of the economy remain dour. Some Democrats argue that’s because the president and the party haven’t done a good enough job selling the economic recovery. Others point to flat wage growth and anemic GDP growth. But the latest poll from CNBC’s “All-America Economic Survey” (conducted by Hart Research and Public Opinion Strategies) finds Americans are more optimistic about the economy than they have been in the last three years. CONT.
Amy Walter, Cook Political Report