Daily Political Wire

George Wenschhof

Obama Visits University of Colorado Today - The President will speak at 1:00 PM and will focus on strengtening the middle class.  Colorado is one of a dozen pivotal swing states.  You can read more here.

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NY Attorney General Investigating Tax Abuse, Supoenas Bain Capital - Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, has in recent weeks subpoenaed more than a dozen firms seeking documents that would reveal whether they converted certain management fees collected from their investors into fund investments, which are taxed at a far lower rate than ordinary income.  You can read more here.

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Romney Receives No Bounce From Republican Convention - in yet another example of how close the president race is and how voters are set in their minds who they are voting for, Mitt Romney still trails President Obama in polls following the Republican Convention.  You can read more here.

While, the Republican Party focused their convention strategy on tearing down President Obama, they offered little to no solutions to any domestic or foreign policy issue.

Look to see what the polls are saying this time next week, following the Democratic Convention.  If, voters are locked into their choice for president, there will be little bounce for Obama as well.  Otherwise, a significant bounce for Obama will be bad news for the Romney campaign as they head into the head to head debates with President Obama.

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Ryan Says He Misstated Marathon Claims - Adding to the lies he spoke during his speach at the Republican Convention, Representative Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said he did not run a marathon in less than three hours.  You can read more here.

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Will Supreme Court Decide Voter Rights? - with the November elections les than ten weeks away, it is unlikely the Supreme Court would have the time to schedule, hear and rule on the many state Voter ID laws under contention across the country.

Recently, federal courts overturned two voter related Texas measues, including a voter ID law and a rule in Ohio which would have allowed only military members to vote the week before the election.  You can read more here.

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