Today’s installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn’t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers:<\/p>\n
* This<\/a> would be an interesting twist on a convention speech: “The Obama campaign hopes to turn the last evening of the Democratic National Convention in Denver on Aug. 28 into a giant rally of voters in a football stadium. The unusual move, confirmed by two sources, would be an echo of John F. Kennedy’s acceptance speech in 1960. Kennedy delivered his address before thousands of supporters at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Obama’s big moment also would fall on the 45th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech, delivered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C…. Invesco Field, home of the Denver Broncos, can seat more than 76,000.”<\/p>\n * AP<\/a>: “Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Thursday that a shake-up in the leadership of his campaign was part of a ‘natural evolution’ as the organization becomes more national in scope.” Yes, right. Over the course of two days, McCain added a new campaign manager, a new campaign structure, a new national political director, and a new field director. As routine as the sunrise, right?<\/p>\n * Noted without comment<\/a>: “Florida’s most powerful bachelor is getting hitched. Gov. Charlie Crist, single for nearly three decades, on Thursday morning became engaged to his girlfriend of nine months, Carole Rome.” Crist is, of course, a leading VP candidate for the Republican ticket. Rome is — I’m not kidding — an heiress to a Halloween-costume fortune.<\/p>\n * The latest CNN\/Opinion Research poll<\/a> finds that 63% of Americans have a favorable opinion of Obama, while 59% say the same of McCain.<\/p>\n