Consumer gloom suggests Obama victory: survey

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, should benefit from consumers’ dissatisfaction with the weak national economy, according to Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers.

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