Daily Political Wire

George Wenschhof

Maryland Governor O'Malley Criticizes Romney and Republican Governors on the Economy - responding to the first night speaches given by Republican Governors at the Republican Convention in Tampa, Democratic Governors Association chair Martin O'Malley criticized Mitt Romney's record on the economy.  You can watch it here.

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Isaac Hits New Orleans - seven years to the day, Hurricane Katrina wrecked havoc to the area.  So far, there has been minor flooding with about 125,000 power outages reported.  Storm surges and flood threats are expected to remain throughout the day as the storm moves through the area.  You can read more here.

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On to Day Two Of GOP Convention - Ann Romney was the big hit from the list of day one speakers.  Unfortunately, for Republicans, she is not the candidate.  The first night theme of "We did build this" fell mostly flat as did the stream of Republican Governors who spoke.  While, Republicans were hopeful the appearance of African American Artur Davis would help the Romney cause, he was received by viewers for what he is, a disgruntled party-switcher.  Chris Cillizza of The Washington Post shares his views of the first night here.

Tonight, the headline speach will be given by Representative Paul Ryan (Wis.).

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Obama Campaign Voter Turnout Effort Way Ahead of Romney Campaign - a Wsahington Post/ABC News poll shows 20% of voters say they have been contacted by the Obama campaign compared to 13% for the Romney campaign.

In the 2008 campaign, 18% of voters said they had been contacted by the Obama campaign and 13% by the McCain campaign.  You can read more here.

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Quayle Loses in Arizona Primary - as a result of redistricting, two Republican incumbent Representatives faced each other in the primary.  David Schweikert defeated Ben Qualye 53% - 47%.  Quayle is the 13th Republican incumbent Representative to lose in the primaries this cycle.  You can read more here.

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