Daily Political Wire

George Wenschhof

Issa Tries To Elevate "Fast and Furious" Into Presidential Election - failing to reach agreement with Attorney General Eric Holder on the release of documents pertaining to the failed Justice Department operation involving the sale of guns to Mexico cartel members, Rep. Darrall Issa (R-Calf.) did what he wanted to do all along, by holding a committee vote finding Holder in contempt.  The vote, was of course, along party lines.  TPM.com has more here.

President Obama invoked executive privilege, the first time he has done so and an action previous Presidents have taken numerous times during their term in office.

Look to see reaction to this action fall along party lines with Republican expressing outrage and questioning what is he hiding?  While Democrats will rightly say this is a witch hunt and pointing out Republicans continue to fail to act on bills which would create jobs.

How the Independents react will be the key as to whther this action by Issa is a non-starter.

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Supreme Court Health Care Decision Watch Continues - the ruling could be announced today, which would take "Fast and Furious" and the contempt charge against Holder off the front page.

Americans are torn on the Affordable Care Act, with a majority supporting many of the individuals components of the bill.  This decision and how the Obama nd Romney campaigns react to it, will certainly impact the election.

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Quinnipiac Poll Has Obama up 4 Points in Florida - 46% - 42%, the same pollster had Mitt Romney leading the President by 6 points in Florida one month ago.  Florida is one of a dozen important swing states.  The shift would seem to indicate voters are still making up their minds.  Politico.com has more here.

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Immunity Deal in Works for Assad? - reportedly, western powers met during the G-20 summit last week to discuss immunity for Syrian President Bashar Assad in exchange for his stepping down from power.  MSNBC.com has more here.

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Pakistan Turmoil Continues - The replacement for Prime Minister Gilani, picked by parliament is Makhdoom Shahabuddin who has been served with an arrestwarrant pertaining to a drug import scandal.  The Washington Post has more here.

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