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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Daily Political Wire

George Wenschhof

64% Likely Voters Support Obama's Undocumented Immigrant Children Executive Order - a Bloomberg poll, taken after the policy was announced, shows only 30% disagree with the action taken by the President.  Among Independents, a crucial voting block, 66% agree with the President.  TPM.com has more here.

As a result of the move by President Obama, Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio scraps his plan to introduce his version of "The Dream Act" in Congress.  RollCall.com has more here.

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Kerry To Play Romney in Debate Prep - the Democratic U.S. Senator will mimick Mitt Romney in debate practice.  CNN.com has more here.

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Euro Clearly Not Working - while, most of the talk has been centered on the bail outs of participating nations, the real issue surrounds the failure of the system.  The Harvard Kennedy Schhol has a good read here.

Paul Krugman adds his thoughts here.

Perhaps, the time has come to examine ways to end the Euro Zone.

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Leadership Turmoil Continues in Pakistan - Yousuf Reza Gilani has been disqualified from his position as Prime Minister by the high court due to his conviction of contempt of court, for failing to pursue corruption charges against President Asif Ali Zardari.  The Washington Post has more here.

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