O Solemn Day Of Humps
For years, Barack Obama romanced a network of high-dollar fundraisers by sending them birthday cards; those efforts are now bearing fruit. [ New York Times ]
Does anyone honestly believe that Carly Fiorina still has a shot at being John McCain's VP? One reporter does! [ Los Angeles Times ]
Harry Sargeant, a fundraising bundler for John McCain, manages to raise piles of money, repeatedly, from the same people, several of whom one would not imagine have a lot of spare cash hanging around or care about politics. [ Washington Post ]
Well, that didn't take long. Obama's Muslim-American and Arab-American outreach adviser quit after a week and a half on the job because he didn't want old brief tangential associations with a Muslim fundamentalist to become a distraction. [ Wall Street Journal ]
Congress will probably approve a federal apology for slavery in the fall -- a measure that is sure to incense some southern white Bitters whom Democrats have been trying for years to win over. [ The Hill ]
Neither Barack Obama nor John McCain appear to be making any progress in national polls, but this is worse for Obama because he has "favorable winds at his back." [ Politico ]