Halperin shares the lineup for this Sunday’s political roundtables, and it obviously begs the question…is NBC making an educated guess about the possible Veep nominee?
Meet the Press: Pawlenty
Face the Nation: Giuliani, Lieberman, Jindal, Fiorina
Again, it’s intriguing that Lieberman will by on with 3 other people who were mentioned as Veeps, but never seriously considered, while [...]

Here’s the ad that John McCain will run tonight as Barack Obama accepts the Democratic Party’s Presidential Nomination:

I’m not sure what I was expecting when I wrote about this earlier today — something confrontational, something to steal the thunder away from Obama, a clue that would point toward’s McCain’s choice of a running mate — [...]

Obama scores a 5 point bump from yesterday to regain a sizable lead and hit the 48% mark for the first time since his overseas trip.

And, as Gallup notes, these numbers don’t take into account Clinton and Biden’s speeches…
The latest three-day Gallup Poll Daily tracking average (Aug. 25-27) is directly coincident with the first [...]

Well, the Republican Veepstakes just took another interesting turn, as whispers that not only has Rove asked Lieberman not to run, but he has also been asked to provide more information to the McCain camp.
From Politico:
AP’s Liz Sidoti reported: “Inside GOP circles Thursday, speculation swirled around Lieberman. It was fueled by reports that McCain’s advisers [...]

I have obtained a partial transcript of the Barack Obama acceptance speech to be delivered at Invesco Field on Thursday and I can report tht it is truly great.

“People around the world have always been more impressed by the power of our example than by the example of our power.”
- Bill Clinton in an incredibly well received speech.
I was impressed as well. This is a man I’ve lost a lot of respect for over the past 8 months, but last night’s speech was [...]

Following Joe Biden’s acceptance speech yesterday evening, many of the TV pundits gave the senator average marks. “Serviceable” was how I heard David Gergen describe it. O.k. Sure. Content-wise, it was a bit of a smorgasbord and the attacks on John McCain were predictable. But there was something I really liked about Biden’s speech.
The toughness.
After [...]

With leaners
McCain – 47%
Obama – 47%
Without leaners
Obama – 45%
McCain – 44%
Obama gained one in each set up numbers today so now he leads by 1 in the “without” leaners numbers, but he’s still not seeing any appreciable bump from the initial Biden announcement, and I think the time has officially passed when he could have [...]

The latest Rasmussen poll confirms that the vast majority of Americans don’t approve of the job that Congress is doing:
The majority party may be celebrating in Denver this week, but the percentage of voters who give the Democratic-dominated Congress good or excellent ratings has once again fallen to single digits.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone [...]

Will it Romney? Pawlenty?? Or even…Lieberman???
My guess is it’ll be Romney, but here’s some good reasoning why it may not be the well-heeled former Governor…
Mr. Romney remained the most talked-about possibility on Wednesday among Republican Party officials and on cable television, not least because of the theory that he would help Mr. McCain win Michigan, [...]

It’s official!
And Hillary did the honors…
DENVER – Barack Obama, a 47-year-old first-term senator from Illinois, became the first African-American ever nominated for president by a major political party after delegates to the Democratic National Convention chose him as their standard-bearer Wednesday.
The nomination process, a subject of debate and speculation right up until the voting [...]

After a rather subdued opening night highlighted by Michelle Obama’s poignant address, the pressure was building on the Democrats in Denver to rally the party in opposition to Republican John McCain. On Tuesday night, the Democrats–most notably Hillary Clinton–delivered. (Click on any of the links below to see video of the speeches.)
A number of rising [...]

First there’s this from Townhall.com:
Overheard: Pawlenty, Romney or Lieberman. Noon on Friday.
Then, there’s this from Stephen Bainbridge:
There’s a rumor floating around my little corner of the vast right-wing conspiracy that John McCain has cut his VP candidates down to Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty and FedEx CEO Fred Smith. Boy would the latter be [...]

REALLY?????
Okay, so apparently the media characterized Obama’s stage setting at Invesco field as a “greek temple”, so this gives McCain a chance to continue to push his pathetic “Obama as God” meme.
Here’s the stage…

That’s right. Now multiple columns equals a “Greek temple” and that means Obama is suggesting he’s God.
Well, does God live in this [...]

Obama actually gains a net 3 today, with McCain losing 2 and him gaining 1. Obviously this race remains incredibly tight as we head towards the most important speech of Obama’s career on Thursday.

The details…
interviewing by Gallup on Tuesday night showed a stronger Obama performance, which could augur the beginnings of a bounce for [...]

With leaners
McCain – 47%
Obama – 46%
Without leaners
Obama – 44%
McCain – 44%
McCain edges up one and this is significant since he hasn’t really been above the 45% mark for a while in the “with leaners” numbers. So now this is two straight days, which could position him well for sustaining any type of bump he gets [...]

Looks like he may be losing both conservative Democrats and some independents…
From Gallup polls:
…support for Obama among all Democratic registered voters fell from 81% in early August (Aug. 4-10) to 78% last week (Aug. 18-24). Obama’s support from Republicans over this period also dipped from 9% to 7%, while 42% to 43% of independents have [...]

While the Democrats continue their convention in Denver, details are starting to leak out about John McCain’s anticipated announcement of his Vice-Presidential running mate.
For example, The Politico reports that the McCain Campaign will move quickly to shift the focus from Obama and the Democrats:
DENVER — John McCain is planning to rollout his vice-presidential nominee in [...]

I’ve noticed at the Democratic National Convention, a lot of the speakers have referenced the middle class, primarily how us hardworking, home-owning folks are struggling and how the Democrats will improve our lot while the Republicans will throw us to the lions.
The overblown rhetoric doesn’t bother me – it’s the convention, you expect some hardcore [...]

Because of bi-partisanship like this…
You know, I spent 20 years in business. If you ran a company whose only strategy was to tear down the competition, it wouldn’t last long. So why is this wisdom so hard to find in Washington? I know we’re at the Democratic Convention, but if an idea works, it really [...]