Daily Political Wire

George Wenschhof

Republicans Concerned Ryan Pick Could Cost Them House and Senate Seats - in the battle to retain control of the House and win the majority in the Senate, the Ryan selection as running mate with Mitt Romney is proving troublesome.  You can read more here.

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Former Reagan Budget Director Calls Ryan's Budget Plan a Fairy Tale - In a NY Times`editorial, David Stockman, former Director of Office of Magaement and Budget from 1981-1985, says "Thirty years of Republican apostasy — a once grand party’s embrace of the welfare state, the warfare state and the Wall Street-coddling bailout state — have crippled the engines of capitalism and buried us in debt. Mr. Ryan’s sonorous campaign rhetoric about shrinking Big Government and giving tax cuts to “job creators” (read: the top 2 percent) will do nothing to reverse the nation’s economic decline and arrest its fiscal collapse."   You can read more here.

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Ryan Opposed Debt Reduction Plan Romney Uses As a Model - Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) blocked passage of the 2010 Bowles-Simpson agreement while serving on the committee.  You can read more here.

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No Palin, Christie Will Give GOP Keynote Address - the upcoming Republican convention will not feature Sarah Palin as a speaker.  Instead, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will give the keynote address.  You can read more here.

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Florida, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Connecticut Hold Primaries Today - Reuters.com has a look at the Congressional races here.

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Five Swing States Visited Today by Candidates - President Obama, Vice President joe Biden, Mitt Romney and Representative Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) are in Iowa, Virginia, Ohio, Colorado and Nevada.  You can read more here. 

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First Lady on The Tonight Show with Gabby Douglas



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