Daily Political Wire

George Wenschhof

Obama Leads Romney 53% - 40%, in latest Bloomberg poll.  The presumptive Republican nominee; Mitt Romney showed 55% believed he was out of touch with average Americans.  Bloomberg.com has more here.

In my youth, we had a term for prople like Romney; we called them "plastic" or not real.  Seems, the term would still apply today. 

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Latino Vote Will Impact 8 Swing States - the growth of the Latino population in the U.S. has grown from 35 million in 2000 to 50 million in 2010 with 20% of the growth taking place in the swing states of Florida, Colorado, Nevada, N. Carolina and Virginia, all states carried by Obama in 2008.  The Washington Post has more here.

The RNC is going after the Latino vote with a new video ad showing how Latinos have suffered high unemployment and poverty under the Obama administration.  You can see the ad here.

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Rep. Issa To Move Forward With Holder Contempt Vote - in a continued show of partisan politics in an election year, Rep. Darrall issa (R-Calf.) rejected an offer from Attorney General Eric Holder to turn over the requested "Fast and Furious" ( a failed gun-tracking operation) documents in return for Issa dropping two subpoenas.  TheHill.com has more here.

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Eyes On Federal Reserve Today - with the economic recovery shaky, at best, the Federal Reserve may well act today in their meeting to enact policies to further stimulate the economy by keeping interest rates low.  Reuters.com has more here.

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Health Care Ruling Watch - continues with tomorrow being the earliest date the Supreme Court will announce their decision in regard to the "individual mandate" of the Affordable Care Act. The political fall out of the decision will be mixed as voters have shown in polls they like many individual aspects of the law and are divided on the overall bill, much of which has not been enacted.  Politico.com has a good read here.

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Romney Concludes Ho-Hum 6 State Bus Tour - one that went largely without notice as Mitt Romney attempted to raise his status in six swing states pivotal to the outcome in the November elections.  You can read more here.

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