Daily Political Wire 5-28-2010

George Wenschhof

President Obama heads to Louisiana to address Oil Spill - he will meet with Admiral Thad Allen to receive an update on the latest effort by BP to plug the leak. The President needs to look like he is in charge and that progress is being made. You can read more here.

The President and his family will then depart to Chicago, Illinois to spend the holiday weekend.

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House Votes to repeal DADT - the vote was 234-194 after an amendment said the repeal of the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy in the military would not go into effect until after the Pentagon concludes it's review December 1. TheHill.com has more here.

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Obama administration to release statement on Sestak job offer - Representative Joe Sestak who just won a bitterly contested Democratic primary with Senator Arlen Specter, previous had informed the press he had been offered a job by the White House if he would not run against Arlen Specter. The statement is coming from White House counsel. expect it to also be released over the holiday weekend with hopes it recieves little play. MSNBC.com has more here.

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Arkansas Halter-Lincoln runoff remains close - a recent DailyKos/Research2000 poll shows Lt. Governor Bill Halter leading incumbent Senator Blanche Lincoln in the Democratic runoff primary scheduled for June 8. Former President Bill Clinton will be appearing at rallies for Blanche Lincoln as the liberal Netroots remain supportive of Halter.

Over in Republican friendly Kentucky, Democrat Jack Conway is within 3 points of Republican Rand Paul in the U.S. Senate race. This comes after the comments made by Paul in regard to civil rights and the role of government.

For more interesting tidbits of information, TheFix.com has more here.

...and in Nevada, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D) is back from being written off as a casualty in the November mid term election. He is now statistically tied or ahead of his opponents in the latest poll released which you can read here.

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