The media didn't give two shits about the sex life of presidents before the 90s or so. A reporter wanted to make a story on JFK's mistress, but the editor dismissed it because it didn't have anything to do with what they wanted to portray. The media never displayed FDR's case of polio, instead they nearly hid the obvious. Nowadays, you'll hear about what the Pres feeds the dog.
Agreed about the economic problems, unfortunately neither Romney or Obama would fix such things. Romney would increase spending and Obama would do the same as he was doing before. The only candidate on the ballot that even wanted to cut down the budget -and I'm going to sound like a broken record- was Johnson.