Daily Political Wire

George Wenschhof

Obama and Romney Agree To Candidate Forums with Univision and Facebook - The forums, in a news release issued by Univision, are billed as the first-ever events in which candidates for the U.S. presidency will “directly address topics of importance to the Hispanic community.” The discussions will be in Spanish and English and topics will include “education and the future” of the country’s growing Hispanic population.   You can read more here.

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Shooter Kills One, Injures Nine Others Near Empire State Building - the early reporting suggests the shooter was a disgruntled employee who had recently lost his job.  The shooter was killed by police officers.  NY City Mayor Bloomberg is scheduled to speak.  NBC has live updates here.

Look to see Mayor Bloomberg try to elevate gun control legislation into the presidential election debate.  He previously called for more legislation following the recent tragic shootings at the theater in Colorado.

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Romney To Be Nominated By Republican Party Monday - the first night of the four day national Republican Convention in Tampa, Florida.  Traditioanally, the nomination comes the day before the acceptance speech, which Romney will give on Thursday.  You can read more here.

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Nine States Remain Key to Election - It has come down to nine battleground states to determine the next president.  They are: Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin.  The gauge on the electoral vote has it Obama 237 and Romney 191 with the nine states with 110 electoral votes too close to call.  270 electoral votes are needed to win the presidency.  You can read more here.

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Gawker Website Publishes Bain Financial Documents - it seems the website has published 950 pages of internal audits and financial statements of 21 entities in which Mitt Romney had invested.  You can read more here.

Look to see these documents reviewed thoroughly by the Obama campaign.  Stay tuned.


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