Daily Political Wire

George Wendchhof

Absentee Vote to Determine Rangel Race - Tuesday night, Representative Charles Rangel declared victory and Democratic challenger Espaillat conceded.  Since then, the New York City Board of Election has the unofficial tally of all of the precincts showing Rangel with a lead of only 802 votes.  Absentee ballots will be counted Thursday.  You can read more here.

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Robert's Healthcare Ruling Displayed Statesmanship - a 5-4 Supreme Court decision which illustrated putting the country first before politics.  Thomas Friedman has a good piece in The NY Times here.

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Assad Loses Support of Russia and China - in a dramatic change, both countries signaled during a meeting held with foreign ministers, it is time for a new government in Syria.  The remaining question is what country would give President Assad asylym.  You can read more here.

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Obama Directs FEMA To help States Devastated By Storms - Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, and Ohio have over a million without power as a result of the severe storms.  You can read more here.

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