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- As Tom mentioned earlier, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton will hold their first Unity Rally, appropriately enough, in Unity, NH, where each received 107 votes during the primary.
- The Washington Post has a front pager on Obama's efforts to reintroduce himself for the general campaign and a deeper look at the GOP's apprehension over John McCain's organizational problems. Jonathans Chait and Cohn each agree, however, that last week was good for McCain.
- The DNC came up short in fundraising in May, taking in only $4.8 million to the RNC's $24 million. Meanwhile, Obama's campaign barely edged out McCain in the same month, $21.9 to $21.8 million.
- The first Obama attack book of the season, The Case against Barack Obama, will be available in August, the Politico reports, courtesy of Cornerite David Freddoso.
- The Cincinnati Inquirer has a good story on the presidential campaigns' efforts to strengthen their ground game in Ohio.
- David Paul Kuhn looks at three potential female VP picks for John McCain, while Joe Klein reports that McCain's top three VP picks are each unavailable for different reasons.
- Charlie Black suggests that a terrorist attack would be good for McCain's candidacy, then retracts it with an apology. Sounds like advice one would get from Karl Rove, who today described Obama as "the guy at the country club with the beautiful date, holding a martini and a cigarette that stands against the wall and makes snide comments about everyone who passes by."
- Correction: In the last edition of the Lightning Round I mistakenly attributed a post at fivethirtyeight.com to the site's founder, Nate Silver, when in fact it was written by Sean Quinn. The real Nate Silver had a compelling post over the weekend arguing that Barack Obama "isn't like Dukakis."
- John McCain wants to offer a cash prize for building a better electric car battery.
- I have to admit, after watching this epic, two-and-a-half minute long re-election ad, I doubt Jesus himself could unseat Sen. John Cornyn down in Texas.
--Mori Dinauer
