Daily Political Wire

George Wenschhof

Second Presidential Debate Tonight - the town hall style debate with questions from undecided voters will begin tonight at Hoffstra University at 9:00 PM ET.

The Obama campaign has added Democratic surrogates to help with the spin following the debate.

In addition to the usual Obama campaign advisers — David Axelrod, Stephanie Cutter, Jim Messina and Robert Gibbs — the spin room will have appearances from Democratic Sens. Dick Durbin (Ill.),Charles Schumer (N.Y.) and John Kerry (Mass.), Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Rep.Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Fla.), as well as Reps. Xavier Becerra (Calif.), Chris Van Hollen (Md.), Nydia Velázquez (N.Y.) and Karen Bass (Calif.). The campaign is also bringing in Democratic Govs. Martin O’Malley (Md.) and Deval Patrick (Mass.) and former Govs. Jennifer Granholm (Mich.) and Ted Strickland (Ohio), among others. O’Malley was a designated surrogate for the first debate as well.

You can read more here.

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Obama Leads By 9 Points Among Women Voters - in the latest USA Today/Gallup poll of twelve swing states.  Overall, President Obama leads Mitt Romney among registered voters 49% - 47%.  You can read more here.

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Clinton on Libya Attack: "I Take Responsibility" - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she takes responsibility when it comes to security concerns in Libya in the run up to the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi that killed four Americans including U.S. Ambassador Stevens.  You can read more here.

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Obama Endorses Warren in Massachusetts - Democratic candidate Elizabeth Warren is locked in a close race with Republican incumbent U.S. Senator Scott Brown.

"Elizabeth Warren will be a strong, tireless and determined advocate for the people of Massachusetts, building on her remarkable record of working to help middle class families get ahead," Obama wrote in his statement. "Her life's work has been helping ordinary Americans get the fair shot they need and deserve."  You can read more here.

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Ross Perot Endorses Romney - in an op-ed appearing in the Des Moines Register today.
 
"The American economy is stagnant. Economic growth is insufficient to create enough jobs for a country whose population is growing. The result is unemployment stuck over 8 percent for every single month of Barack Obama’s presidency. We have 23 million Americans who are looking for work and either can’t find a full-time job, can’t find a job at all, or who have given up looking. That is wrong. It’s not the way America ought to be."  You can read it here.

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