NBC/WSJ Poll: 83% Say Republicans Have Brought No Change or Wrong Kind of Change

83%

Combined percentages of respondents to a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll who said Republicans have either produced “not much change either way” (60 percent) or the “wrong kind of change” (23 percent). Just 13 percent — roughly the number of Americans who self-identify as supporters of the tea party — said Republicans had brought the right kind of change. (Source: MSNBC’s “Hardball” July 1, 2011)

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$190 – $250 million

Mitt and Ann Romney’s assets, according to the Washington Post. A mere $5 million is kept in their Bank of America checking account (probably just to avoid the $6 monthly fee), while much of the rest was in blind trusts. Separate trusts for their children total an additional $100 million. Romney, who announced his candidacy on June 2, has spent $9 million of his own money so far on his second run for president.