Daily Political Wire

George Wenschhof

Priebus Tries to Walk Back Boehner's Statement on Romney - House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said on Saturday "The American people probably aren’t going to fall in love with Mitt Romney." 

On Fox News Sunday RNC chair Reince Priebus said “What this country is going to be faced with are two questions,” Priebus said. “No 1, has this president lived and fulfilled the mission that he promised this country? Has he performed his job up to the standards that we’ve all expected and that he promised he would perform. That is a referendum on Barack Obama and of course, that’s the first box that people have to ask themselves. And then after they decide, ‘look, we don’t want another four years of this misery,’ the next question is, have the Republicans put up an intelligent, articulate alternative to this president who can fix the problem."  You can read more here.

The problem for Republicans is voters cast their ballot for a candidate they like and as Boehner said voters are not going to warm up to Mitt Romney.  We had a name for people like Romney back in the sixties and the name was "plastic".  It meant "fake".

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Wasserman Schultz Calls For More Romney Tax Returns - DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, appearing on Fox News Sunday said it was disturbing to read in an article in Vanity Fair about the many off shore accounts held by Mitt Romney.  You can read more here.

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Republicans Have 50/50 Shot at Regaining Senate - appearing on CNN "State of The Union", Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said the races will be close, but he expects to win a slim majority.  Politico.com has more here.

Democrats currently hold 51 seats with two Independents who caucus with them.  Republicans hold 47 seats.

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International Donors Offer Afghanistan $16 Billion - over a four year period to aid in economic development following the withdrawal of U.S. Troops next year.  During a conference held in Tokyo, the offer was made with the condition Afghanistan improve their security measures.  Reuters.com has more here.

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