| 11:19 PM: | Gallup Daily: Race Tied at 44% According to Gallup Poll Daily tracking from July 29-31, John McCain and Barack Obama are now tied at 44% in the preferences of national registered voters. Gallup. | |
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| 10:26 PM: | Bush Family on Rush. "Well, I'm just calling along with President 41 and the former governor of Florida. We're fixing to have lunch here, and I said, "Listen, we ought to call our pal and let him know that we care," for you. So this is as much as anything, a nice verbal letter to a guy we really care for." KTRH. | |
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| 9:49 PM: | McCain website scrubbed of 'celebrity' citation. The article at McCain's website was scrubbed sometime after July 11. McCain's operatives don't appear to know about Google cache. Daily Kos. | |
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| 9:48 PM: | Clinton on video: "No decisions have been made" on convention. Some of Hillary Clinton's die-hard supporters are seizing on newly released footage, claiming she says in it that she will put herself up for nomination at the Democratic convention. Salon. | |
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| 9:47 PM: | In Death of Suspect, a Dark End for a Family Man and Community Volunteer. The final stages of a psychological decline ended when Bruce E. Ivins took his life this week, as it became clear that he was a suspect in the 2001 anthrax attacks. NYT. | |
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| 6:36 PM: | CNN=Politics Daily. Obama responds to heckler; GOP fundraising mailer confuses some Republicans; McCain addresses civil rights group. CNN. | |
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| 4:57 PM: | Race remains the political wild card. By accusing Barack Obama of playing the race card, John McCain hopes to shuffle the deck in a White House campaign that is scarcely begun, much less settled. AP. | |
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| 4:57 PM: | Obama's Tech Adviser Offers Insight. If elected president, Sen. Barack Obama will appoint a Cabinet-level chief technology officer. NPR. | |
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| 4:55 PM: | McCain's epiphany: Obama thinks he's a political messiah. Not only is Democratic presidential candidate the most popular celebrity in the world, not only has he injected race into the election, but he also must think he's some sort of political messiah. Reuters. | |
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| 4:53 PM: | Obama May Back Off Opposition to Offshore Drilling. Obama told a Florida newspaper that he would be willing to support limited drilling if it was required in order to enact a comprehensive alternative energy plan. WSJ. | |
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| 4:52 PM: | U.S. lawmakers query Internet firms on ad targeting. U.S. lawmakers are questioning the biggest U.S. Internet companies about whether they track their customers' visits online and use the information to tailor Internet advertisements for them. Reuters. | |
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| 4:51 PM: | Sunday talk show tip sheet. Pelosi headlines as slew of campaign surrogates hits the airwaves with less than 100 days till election. Politico. | |
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| 4:51 PM: | Clinton: I've Done More For Obama Than Comparable Candidates. Watch this video of Hillary at a speaking event. The Hill. | |
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| 2:39 PM: | House Republicans Stage Floor Protest Over Summer Recess. Joined by a bevy of staff and summer interns, the Republican lawmakers donned mostly straight faces for an afternoon of speechifying without microphones, C-SPAN or their Democratic counterparts. WSJ. | |
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| 2:38 PM: | The old John McCain. Just a few months ago, John McCain was singing a very different tune about how this campaign should be conducted. Salon. | |
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| 7:22 AM: | McCain, Obama jobs plans. When it comes to stagnating wages, Barack Obama and John McCain agree on one thing: Americans are suffering. And that's about all they agree on. CNN. | |
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| 7:21 AM: | Obama proposes $1,000 energy rebates for consumers. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is calling for a $1,000 "emergency" rebate to consumers to offset soaring energy costs, financed with a windfall profits tax on the oil industry. AP. | |
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| 6:06 AM: | McCain Plays Attack Card as Race Turns Messy. Forget the race card: Top McCain aide Steve Schmidt plays the Clinton card. "We have waited for months with a sick feeling knowing this moment would come because we watched it incur with President Clinton. Say whatever you want about President Clinton, his record on this issue is above reproach," Schmidt tells the Times. ABC. | |
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| 6:01 AM: | July jobless rate highest in 4 years. The U.S. unemployment rate climbed to 5.7 percent in July, its highest in more than four years as employers cut payrolls for a seventh month in a row, though less severely than predicted, according to a government report in Friday. Reuters. | |
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| 5:35 AM: | The Curious Mind of John McCain. McCain is a restless seeker of stimulation and information. Books are one source -- "He's a voracious reader, a constant inquirer," said Salter. McCain jokes about his lousy academic record (he finished fifth from the bottom of his class at Annapolis) but is clearly proud of what he has learned from reading and travel. And he uses Senate hearings as seminars. Washington Post. | |
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| 5:00 AM: | Obama camp says McCain tactics worse than Rove's. Barack Obama's campaign is making a concerted effort Thursday to link the former Bush advisor to John McCain's presidential campaign. CNN. | |
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