Something happened between March 13 and June 5 to boost congressional Republicans from trailing President Obama by a dozen points regarding public trust on handling of the economy to a 3-point advantage. The Republicans’ 11-point gain, combined with the president’s 4-point drop, represents an almost total reversal over a nearly three-month period in the Washington Post/ABC News poll. Survey experts disagree on what accounts for this major swing in public opinion on a vital aspect of the most important issue on voters’ minds heading toward the 2012 presidential campaign. But it seems reasonable to point to a number of related events that coincided with the period.
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