Daily Political Wire

George Wenschhof

Romney Campaign Hits Back, Attacks Obama on Stimulus Spending

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Obama Campaign Says Romney "Croney Capitalism" Ad is False -

“Mitt Romney’s desperate to avoid answering serious questions about his tenure at Bain Capital and his investments in foreign tax havens and offshore accounts,” OFA spokeswoman Lis Smith said in a statement. “So he’s joined his surrogates and allies in launching over-the-top attacks that independent fact-checkers and news organizations have said are ‘flat out false,’ ‘wrong,’ and use ‘weasel words.’ The truth is that President Obama’s investments in clean energy—along with the loan guarantee program established under the Bush administration that Romney now attacks—have supported nearly 225,000 jobs in the clean energy sector and have helped bring our dependence on foreign oil to a 16-year low. President Obama refuses to cede the clean energy sector to China. Apparently Mitt Romney disagrees”

TPM.com has more here.

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Obama Winning 70% of Latino Vote - the new poll of registered Latino voters shows only 22% support Mitt Romney.  You can read more here.

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Romney Campaign Releases Spanish Speaking Ad - promising to work toward long term solution to immigration.  You can watch it here.

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63% Oppose "Citizens United" Decision - the First Amendment Center poll shows about two-thirds of Americans oppose unlimted campaign spending by corporations and unions.  You can read more here.

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Senate Republicans Block Disclose Act Second Time in Two Days - this time, the bill received two more votes, but failed to advance with 53 votes in favor.  60 votes are needed to end a Senate filibuster.  CNN.com has more here. 

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Suicide Bomber Attacks Inside Damascus - conflicting reports indicate Syrian Defense Minister and President assad's brother-in-law have either been killed or seriously injured in the attack by a bodyguard.  Reuters.com has more here.

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