UP: Madison Democrats. President Obama speaks at the UW-Madison's Library Mall, trying to fire up young voters for the midterm elections and boost the campaigns of Sen. Russ Feingold and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, who is running for governor.
DOWN: Poor and middle class. The U.S. Census Bureau releases data showing that household income dropped more than twice as much in Dane County as it did nationally from 2008 to 2009 and that the number of middle-class households dwindled, while the number of poor and rich households increased.