DAY'S END ROUNDUP

FROM THE BLOGS:

GOP losing critical voting blocs
Robert Reich at Salon says the GOP has only itself to blame for failing to rally Latino, women and young voters.

Obama has a problem with independent voters
Jay Cost at the Weekly Standard looks at the polling data and says the president has a problem with independents.

A Bush league presidency
Peggy Noonan at The Wall Street Journal says the president doesn’t have an agenda and the country is taking notice.

Remember George W. Bush?
Steve Kornacki at Salon says Obama will remind voters about his predecessor.

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:

Oversight says reports of Holder contempt citation are false
Jonathan Easley at The Hill reports that a spokesman for the House Oversight Committee said reports that the committee met with Speaker John Boehner’s (R-Ohio) office about moving ahead with a contempt of Congress citation against Attorney General Eric Holder are false.

Secret Service forbids agents from visiting places of ‘bad acts’
Justin Sink at The Hill reports on the latest fallout from the Secret Service Scandal.