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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Sunday Morning "Talking Heads" Cheat Sheet

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With the Democratic National Convention set to begin this week in Charlotte, North Carolina, it is the Democrats turn to dominate the Sunday morning political talk shows.

You can count on harsh critiques of the just concluded GOP convention, especially the bizarre convoluted speech given by Clint Eastwood.

Also, sure to be mentioned is the report out by Nielsen, which shows the viewers watching the Republican convention's last day when Mitt Romney spoke, was 22% less than in 2008, when Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) spoke.

Monday, will show the results from three full day polls, following the Republican convention, which will indicate what level of bounce Mitt Romney received from the GOP convention.

While the Republican speakers at their convention focused on bashing the Obama administration and their policies, Republicans, including Mitt Romney, failed to offer any concrete proposals of their own. 

Democrats plan to fill the 73,778 capacity Bank of America stadium, home of the Carolina Panthers, on the convention's final night when President Obama speaks.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, the Democratic Concention charman, will appear on four of the morning talk shows, including Fox News Sunday.

Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley, who is also chair of the Democratic Governors Association, will appear on CNN "State of the Nation" and CBS "Face The Nation".

Former Democratic Governor of New Mexico, Bill Richardson and Obama's first chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, who is now mayor of Chicago will also be among the many featured Democrats this Sunday morning.

Below, is a list of the scheduled guests.

NBC "Meet The Press" - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D)

Roundtable with Newt Gingrich, Carly Fiorina, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Tom Friedman and Tom Brokaw.

CBS "Face The Nation" - Maryland Governor Martn O'Malley (D), former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson (D) and Obama deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter.

Roundtable with Dan Balz, Trish Regan, Eric Dyson and John Dickerson.

ABC "This Week" - Obama campaign senior adviser David Plouffe

Roundtable with George Will, Bill Burton, Kerry Healey, Donna Brazille and Matthew Dodd.

CNN "State of The Union" - Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, North carolina Governor Bev Perdue and Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley.

Obama senior campaign adviser Robert Gibbs goes toe-to-toe with Romney senior campaign adviser Eric Fehrnstrom.

Fox News Sunday - Obama campaign senior strategist David Axelrod and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.

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Obama Weekly Address

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On the second anniversary of the end of the war in Iraq, President Obama spoke of his recent visit to Fort Bliss in Texas.  He thanked the troops for the outstanding effort they have made over the years.

Obama said Washington’s attention should now turn to “nation-building here at home” and he pressed measures he said would help veterans return to civilian life and boost the nation’s economy.

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Weekly Republican Address

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Louisiana Representative Steve Scalise thanks Americans for their support following Hurrican Isaac.  He then turned his attention to the extension of the George W. Bush tx cuts set to expire the end of the year.

Democrats in the Senate have passed a bill which would extend the tax cuts for those earning $250,000 or less.

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