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
* Evan Bayh told the Indianapolis Star that Obama has not asked him<\/a> to be on the Democratic ticket. Asked if he will be asked at some point, Bayh said, “I have no idea. You’d have to ask him.”<\/p>\n * Last month, the Obama campaign announced it would spend $5 million on TV ads during the Olympics. Yesterday, the McCain campaign announced it would spend $6 million<\/a> on Olympics ads.<\/p>\n * Last week, the McCain campaign insisted Obama had flip-flopped on coastal drilling. Today, the McCain campaign insisted Obama hasn’t<\/i> flip-flopped<\/a> on coastal drilling. Obama’s position hasn’t changed over the last week, but McCain’s bizarre rhetoric has.<\/p>\n * The latest Pew Forum poll shows a lot of Americans believing that they’re hearing too much about Obama<\/a> in this campaign, and want to hear more about McCain.<\/p>\n * The latest Associated Press-Ipsos national poll shows Obama leading McCain by six<\/a>, 47% to 41%. * Public Policy Polling (D) shows McCain leading Obama in Florida<\/a>, 47% to 44%.<\/p>\n * At a town-hall meeting in Youngstown, Ohio, Obama shared his perspective<\/a> on the McCain campaign: “When John McCain gets up there and says I’d rather win an election than win a war. When he says I didn’t visit the troops when I was overseas, even though every media outlet says that’s just not true… [It suggests] you are not trying to solve problems. All you are trying to do is divide people so you can win an election. That is nothing to be proud of. Let’s have a real honest debate about policies that are going to make a difference in people’s lives.”<\/p>\n * Hillary Clinton will host<\/a> a rally and voter registration drive for Obama in Nevada on August 8, and another in Florida on August 21.<\/p>\n * DNC unveils The Next Cheney<\/a>. They did a great job on this.<\/p>\n * I don’t expect Kentucky to turn blue anytime soon, but voter registration numbers look encouraging<\/a> for the long-term.<\/p>\n
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\n* A new Elway Poll shows Obama leading McCain in Washington state<\/a> by 12, 47% to 35%.<\/p>\n