Daily Political Wire

George Wenschhof

Obama Campaign Releases New Ad



It is entitled "Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan: The Do-Over - ConventionReinvention.com".  Released one day before the Republican national convention, the Obama campaign said it is "presenting Americans with an epic cinematic preview of Mitt Romney's 'convention re-invention' - the Do-Over moment that voters have grown to expect - because they've seen this movie before."

The ad ends with the imaginary movie's rating: "Rated 'N' for 'Not gonna work.’"   You can read more here.

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Republican Convention Cancels Monday Events - as Tropical Storm Isaac bears down on Tampa, Florida.  Vice President Joe Biden also canceled his scheduled speaking engagements in Florida due to the weather.

RNC chair Reince Priebus said the convention will convene on Monday to fornally nominate Mitt Romney as their presidential candidate and then adjorn until Tuesday.  You can read more here.

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Former Florida Republican Governor Crist Endorses Obama - Charlie Crist, on the eve of the Republican National Convention being held in Tampa, Florida, says the Republican Party had moved too far to the extreme right.  His op-ed appeared in the Tampa Bay Times.

An excerpt: "As Republicans gather in Tampa to nominate Mitt Romney, Americans can expect to hear tales of how President Obama has failed to work with their party or turn the economy around.

But an element of their party has pitched so far to the extreme right on issues important to women, immigrants, seniors and students that they've proven incapable of governing for the people. Look no further than the inclusion of the Akin amendment in the Republican Party platform, which bans abortion, even for rape victims.

The truth is that the party has failed to demonstrate the kind of leadership or seriousness voters deserve."

You can read more here.

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Obama Leads Romney 60%-30% on Women's Issues - the CNN poll shows On who is more "in touch with the problems facing middle class Americans," Obama leads 53 percent to 39 percent among likely voters and 58 percent to 33 percent among registered voters. Obama also leads on the question of who cares about "the needs of people like you" by 13 points among likely voters and 20 points among registered voters.  You can read more here.

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October Presidential Debates Could Be Tipping Point - coming after the excitement of the two national political party conventions, the debates between President Obama and Mitt Romney are likely to be pivotal in determining the outcome of the November election.  President Obama is eager to engage Romney in those debates.  You can read more here.

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