Clouds begin to part for Romney

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Chicago Sun-Times:

 

Clouds begin to part for Romney

 

STEVE HUNTLEY shuntley.cst@gmail.com August 20, 2012 7:16PM

updated: August 21, 2012 2:13AM

 

After a summer with the wind at his back, President Barack Obama is seeing dark clouds forming over his re-election fortunes as bad economic news and political developments cast renewed doubt over his stewardship of the economy. It’s a long way to the November election and the prospects of the contenders will ebb and flow, but, for the moment at least, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney appears to have turned away a barrage of Democratic smear tactics and shifted the campaign focus to the big-picture economic issues that favor him.

New unemployment numbers underscore the failure of Obama to invigorate the tepid economic recovery. In July, jobless rates increased in 44 of the 50 states. The picture was read more http://www.suntimes.com/news/huntley/14611037-452/clouds-begin-to-part-for-romney.html