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- A new Quinnipac poll has Obama beating McCain in Colorado (49-44), Michigan (48-42), Minnesota (54-37), and Wisconsin (52-39). Chris Cillizza spots interesting nugget: A large number of Democrats and independents in these four states would consider Bill Clinton to be "a problem" for an Obama administration If Hillary Clinton became Vice President.
- From yesterday's David Plouffe briefing: Obama campaign plans to dispatch "persuasion armies" to battleground states, Mike Dorning sees a "10 percent solution" paving the way to an Obama victory, and Marc Ambinder distills the campaign's central assumption: "Never will a campaign predict a landslide, but if only, say, half of the assumptions that guide Obama's general election strategy are true, his campaign is, in essence, preparing for a landslide in the popular vote. There's no way that 10,000 Obama volunteers in Texas won't influence his vote totals there even if he doesn't win."
- Both the Politico and the Huffington Post have stories on the falling out between the netroots and Obama on FISA.
- Perhaps reflecting a lack of things to talk about, the blogosphere is all abuzz about this Robert Novak column that strongly suggests "Obamacons" like Colin Powell could support Barack Obama this Fall even though this prospect was raised as recently as June 13. I do think, however, this overstates the power of Powell (or the Obamacons) to fundamentally reshape the political landscape.
- Arnold Schwarzenegger describes the right wing's new-found obsession with offshore drilling: "America is so addicted to oil that it will take years to ween ourselves from it. To look for new ways to feed our addiction is not the answer. Anyone who tells you this would bring down gas prices anytime soon is blowing smoke" Couldn't have said it better myself.
- Senate '08: Big Bad John Cornyn (R-TX) is only two points ahead of challenger Rick Noriega, a Republican pollster describes Gordon Smith (R-OR) as "clearly quite vulnerable," Mark Udall leads Robert Schaffer 48-38 in Colorado and incumbent Norm Coleman (R-MN) leads Al Franken 51-41.
- As Dylan noted earlier, LA Gov. Bobby Jindal signed legislation today that would punish sex offenders with castration.
--Mori Dinauer
