| 5:07 PM: | Paris Hilton's mom says McCain's ad is a 'complete waste' Hilton and her husband have given McCain's campaign the maximum $4,600 that two can donate. Their daughter Paris and singer Britney Spears are shown in the ad, which questions whether a "celebrity" such as Obama is ready to be president. After its release, McCain campaign manager Rick Davis agreed that the ad's intent was to portray Obama as being like the two young pop stars -- frivolous and irresponsible. USA Today. | |
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| 5:06 PM: | Russian author Alexander Solzhenitsyn dies at 89. Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the Nobel Prize-winning Russian author whose books chronicled the horrors of dictator Josef Stalin's slave labor camps, has died of heart failure, his son said Monday. He was 89. AP. | |
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| 1:33 PM: | John McCain media availability (video) This is a must-watch video, recorded from at least three different angles. Jed Report. | |
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| 1:29 PM: | Kerry & Lieberman (podcast) Obama supporter Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) and McCain supporter Sen. Joe Lieberman (I/D-CT) joined us in studio to discuss the race for the White House, the war in Iraq, and McCain and Obama's vice presidential search process. Then, with less than 100 days until the election, insights & analysis from our political roundtable with Andrea Mitchell, Mike Murphy, Chuck Todd & Judy Woodruff. Meet the Press. | |
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| 1:28 PM: | Gallup Daily: Obama 45%, McCain 44% Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain remain statistically tied in the latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking update for July 31-Aug. 2, with Obama at 45% and McCain at 44% among registered voters. Gallup. | |
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| 10:03 AM: | Race? Not me! In 1982 I served as Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley’s Deputy Campaign Manager for Governor of California. A lot has been made of the so called "Bradely Effect" — I may have been only in my 20’s at the time — but I saw, first hand, a campaign that used the "Race? Not me" tactic with success. Joe Trippi. | |
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| 10:02 AM: | Obama makes bid in 7 longtime Republican states. Alaska is young. Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia have growing populations and many black voters. Montana has seen recent Democratic inroads, and North Dakota has sent only Democrats to Congress since 1986. Indiana borders Barack Obama's home state. AP. | |
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| 10:02 AM: | POW status was key factor in McCain's first race. A newcomer to Arizona, John McCain used his wife's wealth, ties to powerful Washington figures and, most of all, the emotional power of his five years in a Vietnamese prison to launch his political career 25 years ago. AP. | |
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| 10:02 AM: | McCain, Obama Advisors See Balanced Budget. Barack Obama advisor Robert Rubin and John McCain advisor Carly Fiorina said on Face The Nation that a balanced budget is foreseeable despite a federal deficit that has ballooned to more than $400 million. CBS. | |
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| 8:45 AM: | A Promising Campaign Turns Sour. Bob Schieffer says that when this presidential campaign began with two extraordinary candidates, there were high expectations. But the campaign has degenerated to the point where the players seem to feel the ends justify the means. Face the Nation. | |
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| 8:16 AM: | Obama and the 'Old Confederacy' Newsweek cover story examines how the Land of Lincolner is unsettling the south. Mark Halperin. | |
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| 8:14 AM: | The Early Word: The Race About Race. While the candidates both tried to focus on the economy, race was the dominant topic of the week, ending with a serious look at Barack Obama's take on affirmative action. NYT. | |
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| 8:12 AM: | Bill Clinton Sparing With Praise for Obama. In 45-minute-plus interview in Africa, refers to Obama simply as "smart" and "a good politician." Referring to the primaries, tells the WashPost: "Next year, you and I and everybody else will be freer and have more space to say what we believe to be the truth." Mark Halperin. | |
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| 8:12 AM: | McCain: Bush Should Avoid Confrontation in China. "You don't want to go over there and insult the Chinese. It would not be good for our relations," McCain tells the WashPost about the president's upcoming Olympics trip. Mark Halperin. | |
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| 8:11 AM: | McCain's tech deficit poses problem. McCain's discomfort with technology is ironic; in 2000, he was buoyed by pioneering online fundraising efforts. Politico. | |
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