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George Wenschhof



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Obama Approval Rating Highest Since July 2009 - the new Rasmussen poll showed Obama's approval rating is 54%.  You can read more here.

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Cabinet Shuffle in The Works - whether President Obama desires to make changes or not, he will be facing nominating new members of his cabinet, if certain secretaries resign as they have indicated previuosly.  Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Treasurer Secretary Timothy Geithner and Attorney General Eric Holder have all said they would not likely serve a second term.  Which leads to speculation as to who will be the replacements.  Chris Cillizza of The Washington Post has some thoughts here.

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Schumer and Graham Optimistic on Immigration Reform - Senior Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) indicated yesterday while appearingon the Sunday "talking heads", they will be restarting talks on comprehensive immigration reform indicated preliminary talks were already underway and there were hopes to reach an agreement this year.  TPM.com has more here.

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Will Republicans Replace McConnell as Senate Minority Leader? - Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) had two goals - one was to defeat President Obama and the other was for Republicans to gain control of ther U.S. Senate.  He lost both, and speculation has begun in earnest whether McConnell will remain as Minority Leader. Reuters.com has more here.

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F.B.I. Knew of Petraeus Affair in Late Summer - as more details are emerging, The NY Times has reported the alleged harassing emails from Paula Broadwell to Jill Kelly werebrought to the attention of the F.B.I. in late summer.  The NY Times has more here.

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