When Mitt Romney worked at Bain Capital, the company had a big impact on the Triad. The private equity firm bought mattress-maker Sealy and relocated its corporate headquarters from Cleveland to just south of High Point.
President Obama leads Mitt Romney by 5 percentage points -- 51 percent to 46 percent -- among likely voters in the first Enquirer/Ohio Newspaper Organization poll of the 2012 presidential campaign.
Mitt Romney is steering clear of the fight over gay marriage and talking about his commitments to his own family in a commencement address at a conservative Christian university.