Poll: Romney preferred over Obama to handle the economy by more than 2-1, 63%-29%

◼ Despite concerted Democratic attacks on his business record, Republican challenger Mitt Romney scores a significant advantage over President Obama when it comes to managing the economy, reducing the federal budget deficit and creating jobs, a national USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds. - Susan Page/USA TODAY

By more than 2-1, 63%-29%, those surveyed say Romney's background in business, including his tenure at the private equity firm Bain Capital, would cause him to make good decisions, not bad ones, in dealing with the nation's economic problems over the next four years.

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All this reminding voters what a "ruthless" businessman Romney was may instead be telling them that he is the type of person we need as the economy teeters towards another recession. Americans aren't the economic lemmings the left and media think they are. They understand that sometimes, in both business and government, you need an adult to make tough, painful, decisions that can restore the path to recovery. Americans understand that, yes, sometimes a factory has to close or people have to lose their job to ensure that the overall business survives and can once again thrive.