Daily Political Wire

George Wenschhof

Jobless Claims Fall To Lowest in 4.5 Years - The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly applications fell by 30,000 to the fewest since February 2008.  You can read more here.

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Swing State Polling Reflects Close Race - a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll shows: Florida: Obama 47% Romney 46%, Ohio: Obama 51% Romney 45%, Virginia: Romney 48% Obama 47%.  More here.

Latest Quinnipiac/NY Times/CBS News poll shows Colorado: Romney 48% Obama 47%, Virginia: Obama 51% Romney 46%, Wisconsin: Obama 50% Romney 47%.  More here.

A Suffolk/KSNV poll of Nevada shows Obama 47% Romney 45%.

The math to the 270 electoral votes still favors President Obama with Mitt Romney needing to win at least 6 of the remaining 9 swing states.

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Vice President Debate Tonight - in Danville, Kentucky, the vice presidential debate will be closely panned by pundits and voters after Mitt Romney won the first presidential debate.  Chris Cillizza of The Washington Post has his thoughts on what to look for tonight, here.

The NY Times has their views here , NBC has their ten things to look for here, CNN.com here and Politico.com adds their thoughts on what to look for here.

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Ryan's Family Firm Gains From Government Spending He Criticizes - Bloomberg.com has a good read here on Ryan Incorporated Central, the construction firm run by Ryan’s cousins where he worked during the year before his election to Congress in 1998.

The company “would have had a very difficult time building itself into what it is without the government’s role,” said Don Kettl, dean of the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland.
 
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Warren - Brown Battle in Third Debate - the race for the U.S. Massachusetts Senate seat between incumbent Republican Scott brown and Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren is likely to remain close following their third debate last night.

Their fourth and final debate is scheduled for October 30.  You can read more here.

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