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
* The Obama campaign released a very<\/i> detailed refutation of Jerome Corsi’s hatchet-job book, and posted a lengthy document<\/a> on the subject online.<\/p>\n * A good fundraising month<\/a> for the GOP: “John McCain raised $27 million in July, his largest one-month fundraising haul since clinching the Republican presidential nomination, while the Republican National Committee brought in nearly $26 million.” The Obama\/DNC numbers for July have not yet been released.<\/p>\n * On a related note<\/a>: “Barack Obama’s campaign announced Thursday that it had set a new campaign fundraising record, reaching the two million donor mark with more than two months left until Election Day. ‘Today we achieved something amazing \u2014 2,000,000 donors owning a piece of this campaign,’ read a message on the campaign’s Web site. ‘In the face of John McCain’s low road tactics, it’s more important than ever to keep our movement growing and show the power of millions of grassroots supporters coming together to work for change.'”<\/p>\n * Guess who’s back?<\/a> “Ousted John McCain campaign co-chairman Phil Gramm is back with the campaign’s top advisers this weekend, as the campaign gathers top supporters for a series of briefings in scenic Aspen, Colo.”<\/p>\n * In an unexpected move, Mike Huckabee, who says he doesn’t want to be McCain’s running mate, publicly criticized<\/a> the notion of adding Mitt Romney to the ticket. “I think there are better choices for Sen. McCain that have the approval of value voters,” Huckabee told Fox News, adding, “The issue is that in many ways, Mitt Romney has had very definite swings of position. Not just on one or two things, but on many of the issues.” * Arguably the biggest knock on Evan Bayh as a potential running mate is his role as a co-chair of the neocon Committee for the Liberation of Iraq, along with John McCain and Joe Lieberman, several years ago. Yesterday, Bayh said he doesn’t remember<\/a> serving on the committee.<\/p>\n * Rasmussen shows McCain leading Obama in North Carolina<\/a> by six <\/p>\n , 50% to 44%.<\/p>\n * Rasmussen shows McCain leading Obama in Colorado<\/a> by two, 47% to 45%.<\/p>\n * Rasmussen shows Obama leading McCain in Minnesota<\/a> by four, 46% to 42%.<\/p>\n * SurveyUSA shows Obama leading McCain in Washington state<\/a> by seven, 51% to 44%.<\/p>\n
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\n* The DNC is linking<\/a> McCain, Reed, and the Abramoff scandal.<\/p>\n