Daily Political Wire

George Wenschhof

President Obama to Announce Boeing-Indonesia Deal Today - prior to heading home from his nine day Pacific-Asia tour, Obama will announce tomorrow a 21.7 billion Boeing deal with Indonesia for 230 aircraft. The deal will support 110,000 jobs across the United States. Reuters.com has more here.

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Unemployment Claims Hit 7 Month Low - claims filed dropped by 5,000 last week to 388,000 according to the Department of Labor. You can read more here.

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New Taxes and Entitlement Cuts Remain Focus of Super Committee - with less than a week to go, it is the same old issues dividing the members of the deficit super committee. Will an agreement be reached on new sources of revenue in exchange to cuts to medicare and medicaid? If so, look to see the deal exceed the mandated 1.2 trillion in deficit reduction over the next ten years. TheHill.com has more here.

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Perry Wants to Debate Pelosi - Texas Governor Rick Perry, who has dropped to the bottom among Republican contenders for president now wants to debate House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calf.). He wants to argue for his "Overhaul Washington" plan - his campaign's latest attempt to gain recognition. Politico.com has more here.

Perry should be careful for what he asks for - Pelosi would clean his clock.

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GOP Infighting Hurting Their Chances of Winning Senate - the NY Times has a good read on the upcoming battle for control of the Senate. Democrats have 23 seats up for election in 2012 and Republicans have 10. Out of the 33 races, the NY Times analysis shows 15 are competitive with only 8 rated as a toss-up at this point. You can read more here.

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Americans Less Optimistic of Future - according to a new poll by CNN/ORC International. Only 44% feel things will be going well in the U.S. a year from now. This is down from a year ago when 55% were optimistic about the coming year and down from 63% in the fall of 2009. CNN.com has more here.

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SEIU Endorses Obama - yesterday, in what was hardly a surprise, the Service Employees International Union formally endorsed President Obama for reelection in 2012. The announcement came three months earlier than their endorsement in 2008. RollCall.com has more here.

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Cain on Top in Iowa - An Iowa State University/Gazette/KCRG poll shows Herman Cain on top among Republican presidential hopefuls with 24.5%. Only seven weeks remain until the Iowa caucuses are held. You can read more here.

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