Daily Political Wire

George Wenschhof

Obama Leads Romney in Latest Polls - a Reuters/Ipsos poll shows President Obama with 49% and Mitt Romney with 43% and a Quinnipiac poll has it Obama 46%, Romney 43%.

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Romney Campaign Releases New Spanish Language Ad - this one has Mitt Romney's son Craig saying "I invite you to get to know him and listen to his ideas".



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NAACP Boos Romney Over His Promise To End "Obamacare" - things did not go well for Mitt Romney when he addressed the NAACP at their annual convention.  The Washington Post has more here.

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Holder Battles New State Voting Laws - the attorney general said the Texas voter ID law was similar to the "poll" taxes used many years ago which disenfranchised African American voters.  MSNBC.com has more here.

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Obama Issues Executive Orders to Help Small Business - the initiatives will accerlerate payments to government subcontractors, extend the SBA's small loan program and streamline the application process for SBA services.  Politico.com has more here.

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Kaine Out Raises Allen in Virginia Senate Race - former Governor Tim Kaine (D) announced the campaign raised $3 million in the second quarter compared to the $2 million raised by former Senator George Allen (R).  TPM.com has more here.

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Spain Passes New Austerity Measures - the Spanish government approved tax hikes and spending cuts which will reduce the budget by $80 billion over the next two and one-half years.  The action came a day after receiving approval of a $100 billion bail out from the Euro Zone countries.  You can read more here.

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