Here's one place where the president didn't have a dramatic week: in his approval ratings.
The first polls taken since last week's Republican National Convention show that not only is Mitt Romney failing to get the typical post-convention "bounce," his acceptance speech might be the most poorly received of all-time.
Iran's been dominating the news and it shows -- a Gallup poll found that 32 percent of Americans believe that Iran is the greatest threat to the U.S., followed by China, North Korea, Afghanistan, and Iraq.
The Gallup Poll's latest findings on American morals
But more also now want to bring the troops home
Here's another thing for Obama to worry about heading into 2012
The effects of the financial crisis persist when it comes to retirement
Some surprising information around income inequality from Gallup
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