Economic Anxiety

On August 24, 2008, Frank Rich wrote a piece in The New York Times calling on candidate Barack Obama to "rekindle the 'fierce urgency of now'" but not in reference to civil rights or withdrawal of troops from Iraq. Rich urged Obama to move on to "the bigger picture for everyone else" saying "Economic anxiety is the new terrorism."

Four years later, voters are still anxious about the economy and it remains a top campaign issue.