Daily Political Wire

George Wenschhof

Maryland Legislative Black Caucus Holds Closed Door Session On Redistricting - a vote determined to be unofficial due to a lack of a quorum supported Democratic Governor Martin O'Malley's redistricting plan. The governor has called a special session of the general Assembly which will convene tomorrow to finalized congressional districts in Maryland.

This, in spite of objections from Representative Donna Edwards (D) who argued 120,000 minority voters from Montgomery county were being added to mostly white 6th district of western Maryland to defeat long term Republican incumbent Roscoe Bartlett. The Washington Post has more here.

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Going, Going, Going, .... - Republican presidential hopefuls with poor third quarter financial reports are not likely to survive much longer. Minnesota Representative Michelle Bachmann raised 4.1 million with 1.5 million cash on hand. Newt Gingrich, is upside down in his campaign, taking in less than one million with debts exceeding 1.2 million. the Santorum campaign raised only $700,000 and the Huntsman campaign reported $327,000 cash on hand and $890,000 in debts.

CNN.com has all the Republican candidate financial reports here.

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DNC Chair Disses Republican Presidential Candidates - Florida Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz in an interview by Al Hunt on Bloomberg television, said all the Republican candidates were interchangeable on issues and referred to Mitt Romney as Jell-O for his failing to take firm positions on issues. Bloomberg.com has more here.

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Labor Battle Continues in Ohio - the state passed a law limiting collective bargaining and a petition drive has resulted in a referendum to overturn it to be decided on the November 8 ballot. This has become a national issue. The NY Times has a good read here.

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Obama To Attend MLK Memorial Dedication - as many as 50,000 are expected today as the memorial honoring Dr. Martin Luther King takes place. Hurricane Irene caused a postponement from the ceremony planned in August. You can read more here.

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