US Presidential election campaigns

Obama's campaign for reelection suffers in the the polls from voters' attitudes on the wavering economy. Unemployment is at 8.2 percent, still three percent higher than before the 2008 crisis, and the White House does not expect the rate to dip below 7.9 percent before the end of the year.Obama is being criticized by Republican candidate Mitt Romney over unemployment and frail economy. however during his campaign donors Monday President Barack Obama said that "if the election were held today, I think it'd be close, but I think we'd win." He said his opponents were "spending like nobody's business" and that Democrats need substantial sums to counter punch.