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Friday, October 14, 2011

Daily Political Wire

George Wenschhof

NBC "Meet The Press" Dick Gregory on Facebook at 2:30 PM ET -
he will be talking with Jim Lehrer about the importance of presidential debates. You can watch live below.

Watch live streaming video from facebookdclive at livestream.com


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Perry Tries to Regroup With Policy Speech - after falling like a stone in the polls, today in Pittsburgh, Texas Governor Rick Perry will deliver a speech on energy and jobs. USA Today has more on the details of his speech here.

In addition, Perry will appear on several of the morning talk shows to push his ideas.

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Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood To Step Down -
he will step down at the end of this term even if President Obama is reelected. He joins Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in saying he will only serve one term. TheHill.com has more here.

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House Passes Protect Life Act -
in a heavy partisan vote of 251-172, the House yesterday passed a bill which would prohibit federal monies from paying for health insurance that offers abortion coverage. The bill is unlikely to receive a vote in the Senate. The NY Times has more here.

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Is Government Regulation Hurting Job Creation? -
a claim made repeatedly by Republicans these days is not supported by government data and surveys. CNN.com has more here.

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Kaine Edges Allen in Third Quarter Fund Raising -
former Virginia Governor and DNC chair Tim Kaine reported raising 1.3 million and former Republican Senator George Allen $900,000. RollCall.com has more here.

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Hillary Clinton as Obama VP in 2012? -
speculation continues as to the role Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will play in the 2012 Obama reelection campaign. Jonathan Alter of Bloomberg adds his thoughts here.

Don't look to see a change made by President Obama.

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