believe not only caused our current economic problems but can also cure them. >> our senior political editor mark preston is live this morning at the cnnpolitics.com desk. good morning, mark. >> hey, good morning, john. good morning, kiran. who is more responsible for the economic problems that we're facing as a nation? well, in this new cnn opinion research corporation poll, americans say that republicans are. 41% americans in our new poll say republicans in congress are to blame for where we're at with our economy. only 35% said it's democrats. but to show what a tough year it is for democrats, we asked another question. we said, look, who is more likely to help improve the economy? again, republicans come out on top, 47% of americans think that republicans have the answers to improve the economy while only 41% say it's democrats. not surprisingly, the most important issue on american minds right now is certainly for the election. 49% say it is the economy.