Daily Political Wire 8-14-2010

George Wenschhof

Today, President Obama and the First Family will travel to the Gulf - he will participate in a roundtable discussion with residents in Panama City, Florida. Also attending the discussion will be Florida Independent candidate for Senate; Governor Charlie Crist. At 1:00 PM ET, the president will address the press.

Expect an update on the "Top kill" effort by BP which has apparently stopped the flow of oil into the Gulf. the question now is whether the "bottom kill" with a relief well will help or hurt the current status of the well.

Last night, the president made news when he spoke at the Iftar dinner celebrating the Muslim holy month - he expressed his support of the building of a Mosque near ground zero in New York City. He went on to talk about religious freedom in America being one of the main foundations of our country. You can read the president's remarks here.


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Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey is target of first ad by DSCC - the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee calls Toomey "a Wall Street wheeler-dealer" whose campaign is being funded by the financial industry.



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South Carolina senate candidate Alvin Greene indicted - on charges he showed pornography on a computer to a student. TheHill.com has more here. While convictions of this sort are rare, it continues to be a problem for Democrats who are still wondering how he won the primary with essentially no campaign. He will be facing Republican Senator Jim DeMint in the General Election.

Look for renewed efforts by the state Democratic Party to replace Greene on the Ballot.

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New Afghanistan Disclosures coming from Wikileaks.org - in spite of threats from the u.S. Pentagon, the organization plans to publish an addition 15,000 documents. The pentagon has fear of putting individuals in harms way and damaging U.S. security. MSNBC.com has more here.

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