Daily Political Wire

George Wenschhof

Obama Campaign Ad Says Romney Outdated on Women's Issues



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Curiosity Lands on Mars - a successful beginning of a $2.5 Billion project to further explore the building block of life.  You can read more here.

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Obama Campaign Raises $75 Million to Romney Campaign's $101.3 Million in July - the Republican National Committee also reported they have $186 million cash on hand.  This is the third straight month the Republicans have outraised the Democrats in fundraising.  You can read more here.

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Obama in Connectict to Attend Two Fundraisers - the President will travel to Connecticut today for a $500 per person reception at the Stamford Marriott and then appear at the home of Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.  You can read more here.

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White House Adviser David Plouffe Received $100,000 Speaking Fee From Firm Doing Business With Iran - the speech took place in 2010, before David Plouffe joined the White House staff.  But nonetheless, will likely be troublesome for President Obama as it will be used to show him as weak on Iran.  You can read more here.

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Partial Speaker List Released for Republican National Convention - to be held in Tampa, Florida.  The list of speakers includes South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Florida Gov. Rick Scott, Mike Huckabee, Sen. John McCain and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. The keynote speaker will be named at a later date. You can read more here.

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Syrian Prime Minister Defects - in yet another sign of the growing weakness of the Assad regime.  First reports indicated Prime Minister Riad Hijab had defected to Jordan, but information now says it is likely Turkey will be his host country.  You can read more here.

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Clinton Visits Mandela - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visted 94 year old Nelson Mandela at his home in Qunu, South Africa, during her trip to Africa.  You can read more here.

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