The Election 2012 app is a one-stop destination for the latest political news from The Times and other top sources. Political Memo: Bain Strategy Against Romney May Have Pitfalls for Obama FiveThirtyEight In Wisconsin, Walker Is Likely to Survive Recall May 24 Presidential elections turn more closely on whether job creation is accelerating or decelerating than on the unemployment number itself. The latest weekly jobs tracker on the Economix blog continues to suggest that the economy should be a modest help to President Obama. Romney's Unemployment Rate Dilemma Mitt Romney has struggled with how much to promise when it comes to the jobless rate.