Daily Political Wire

George Wenschhof

GOP Win Both Special Elections - in bad news for Democrats, a New York legislative district with a 3-1 voter registration edge, now has a Republican as their Representative. Republican Bob Turner easily beat Democrat David Weprin to fill the vacant seat previously held by disgraced Anthony Weiner. President Obama won this district in the 2008 election by 11 points over senator John McCain. You can read more here.

In Nevada, Mark Amodei beat Democrat Kate Marshall by 20 points. More on that contest here.

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Majority of Americans Do Not Believe Obama Jobs Plan Will Help - a Bloomberg poll released today shows 62% disapprove of the way Obama is handling the economy. Only 36% approve of his efforts to create jobs, 30% approve of the way he has handled the deficit, and 39% approve of his handling of health care.

The overall approval of Obama remains at a low of 45%. Bloomberg.com has more here.

In more bad news for President Obama, his approval rating in the state of California fell to 49%. Reuters.com has more here.

Can anyone say, Hillary Clinton for President?

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More Trust Obama Over Congressional Republicans on Economy - in a CNN/ORC International poll released today. In good new for President Obama, 43-35% approve of the economic policies set forth by obama last week. However 22% did not have an opinion of the jobs bill at all. CNN.com has more here.

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Moody's Downgrades French Banks - Societe Generale and Credit Agricole were two banks downgraded by Moodys due to their degree of exposure to Greek debt. Asian markets took an initial dip as the news became public. Time.com has more here.

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Deficit Committee Meets - mostly political posturing took place as the committee begins work to determine the 1.2 to 1.5 Trillion in cuts to propose. An economic analyst from the Congressional Budget Office spoke to the committee laying out the obvious; if no revenue increases take place what programs will see reductions in spending. TPM.com has more here.

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Warren Makes it official - Elizabeth Warren, the darling of the far left Democrats, will run against Scott Brown for the U.S. Senate seat in 2012. The seat long held by the late Edward Kennedy was lost by Democrats in the special election to fill the vacant seat.

Warren is a long time advocate for consumer rights and championed the creation of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau. She will need to do better than Martha Coakley did against Brown or she will suffer a similar fate. TheHill.com has more here.

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Slim Majority Favor Same Sex Marriage - according to a AP/National Constitution Center poll released today. 53% support legal recognition and 44% oppose it, about the same results from one year ago. You can read more here.

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RNC raises 8.17 Million Last Month - the Republican National Committee out-raised their Democratic counterpart by 2.67 million for the month of August. RollCall.com has more here.

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