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Wassermann schultz. The tea party may have took it on the chin last night, but doesnt feel that way this morning. What secretary sebelius said to testify again this morning. We will find out how much the health care fight played into voters minds in the swing state of virginia. Good morning from washington. The day after wednesday morning quarterbacking. November 6th, 2013. This is the day after edition. Lets get to the first reads of the morning. The surprise of the nate was the nail biter in virginia. Democrat Terry Mcauliffe eeked out a win. He beat cuccinelli by three points by using the obama 2o 12 playbook. He ran up the score especially in the washington suburbs. In suburb and richmond, Democratic State senator easily beat the republican winning the contest by doubledigits. The attorney generals race remains too close to call with 99 of the vote in. The democrat mar ....
Good morning from new york city. Its wednesday, august 21st. Its the daily rundown. My first reads of it the mornin. Were going to start with some domestic politics. The state of both Political Parties is anything but strong these days. The only reason there isnt much hand ringing about the Democratic Party is because the Republican Party is the one in such disa ray. The open warfare has become a more public spectacle than weve seen in years. Many Republican Leaders are exhausted from dealing with the tea party and some seem to be downright giddy over whats happened in the last week. They dont put their name on their giddiness. Not even 250 days old and already hes become probably among the most recognizable faces of the tea party these days and one of co ....
Fatal floods are causing evacuations size rain is coming down out west. We will hear from the governors of both states in about an hour. On this friday the 13th, this is the daily rundown. Back to my first reads of the morning. Five years ago sunday, Lehman Brothers sent shock waves to the economy and setting off the chain of events that sent the nation into the Great Depression and caused a global collapse. Whats been called the worst financial crisis in modern times certainly the largest financial disaster in decades in this country. The 6th biggest point drop in history. This is one of the ugh lowest days i have seen in my career. With 613 billion in debt on the books, lehman is by far the largest bankruptcy ever in the country. For eight years, we had policies that shredded consumer protections. They loosened oversight and regulation. Our economy i think still the fund ....
Im chuck todd. Pac show for you, i promise. My first reads of the morning, nearly two years ago, president obama gave a speech in el paso calling for Immigration Reform, stronger Board Security and a path to citizenship. El paso, the question is whether those in congress who previously walked away in the name of enforcement are now ready to come back to the table and finish the work that weve started. Well, now that a Bipartisan Group of senators have come back to the table, the president today will praise the principles this group of eight laid out calling for the country to get behind in senate plan. As white house Senior Advisor dan pfeiffer just tweeted, today, potus will applaud the Bipartisan Senate< ....