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Are we really better off?

Better off than four years ago? Even some of President Barack Obama's biggest fans have to work to get to "yes," but they expect him to make the case more forcefully.

By Josh Lederman, Laurie Kellman | Updated on September 05, 2012
California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris and Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley speak during the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Better off than four years ago? Even some of President Barack Obama’s biggest fans have to work to get to “yes,” but they expect him to make the case more forcefully.

“He has got to continue to be clearer on what has happened for the good,” said retired Vermont school superintendent Charles Sweetman, one of the thousands of delegates to the Democratic National Convention this week. The nation’s climb out of recession, he added, “is a little slower than we wanted, but boy, the train is moving and don’t get us off the track.”

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