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- MoveOn and AFSCME have put together a new ad that directly attacks John McCain's militarism. A young mother holding her baby, Alex, asks, "when you said you would stay in Iraq for 100 years, were you counting on Alex? Because if you were, you can’t have him."
- Responding to criticisms from the Obama camp on foreign policy, McCain campaign advisers charge Obama with having a "September 10th mindset." Rudy Giuliani immediately got in on the action, remarking that "Barack Obama appears to believe that terrorists should be treated like criminals -- a belief that underscores his fundamental lack of judgment regarding our national security."
- George Will has a potent column in today's Washington Post defending habeas, and raking John McCain over the coals for calling the Supreme Court's Boumediene decision "one of the worst decisions in the history of this country."
- The New York Times takes a look at how close McCain really is to George Bush on policy. The verdict? Pretty close!
- The Wall St. Journal takes a look at Obama's tax plan and wonders why it doesn't include more tax cuts for big business.
- Continuing efforts to shore up the Democratic base, Obama is set to visit with both the Congressional Black and Hispanic Caucuses.
- Buttons have started showing up at the Texas GOP state party convention asking whether "White House" would be an appropriate name during an Obama presidency. Stay classy, GOP. Stay classy.
- McCain has also rolled out a campaign ad arguing his independence from Bush on environmental policy with the slogan "Reform. Prosperity. Peace." Prospect alum Kate Sheppard has noted, however, that McCain is inconsistent on the "mandatory" part of "cap and trade."
- A Public Policy Polling survey has Obama up 50-39 against John McCain in Ohio while Rasmussen has Obama up 45-44 in Virginia. A Greenberg Quinlan Rosner poll finds that when voters are given accurate information about Obama and McCain's position on abortion, support for Obama goes up 6 percentage points nationally and by as much as 13 points in battleground states.
--Mori Dinauer
