According to a Time Magazine article, a vast majority of Americans remain gloomy over the future of the nation’s economy. Over 70% believe the country is on the wrong track while a large number, 43%, believe the unemployment rate will rise in the next year.
This is hardly welcoming news for President Obama and his reelection campaign team. “If [Republican Presidential hopeful Mitt] Romney and Obama were going head to head at this point in time I would probably move to Romney,” said Dale Bartholomew, a manufacturing equipment salesman from Marengo, Illinois.