Rasmussen: Americans Trust Romney More on Economy than Obama

The economy is on center stage in national politics on Thursday as Barack Obama heads up to Ohio to offer a speech on the subject in the afternoon to argue that he needs more time to turn it around.

Republicans have been firing away at Obama on the economy this week -- and a new poll shows they have the wind at their back on the issue as more Americans trust Mitt Romney to handle it. A poll of likely voters from Rasmussen Reports shows that 50 percent trust Romney to manage the economy while 42 percent think Obama would do a better job with it.

The poll of 1,000 likely voters was taken on June 11-12 and had a margin of error of +/- 3 percent.