view the direction of the economy and just 27% think it will get better within the next 12 months. lowest number for this poll since last november. sam stein, what s that mean for the president? it means terrible things. people are generally pessimistic about what s happening with the economy and more and more they re blaming him. it s funny because you look at this poll and say, on the economy, clearly the numbers are with romney but on the brand, on the prescriptions for the middle class, people tend to side with the president. one number we haven t talked about in this poll, buried in there, the positive/negatives for the democratic party at large and the republican party at large, for democrats it s something like 40/40, for republicans 34/43. when you look at the brand of the parties it s clear that people side with what the democrats are doing but the economy is just outweighing everything and to everyone s point, mitt romney s proven he had can run a negative campaign and wi