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- The New York Times ran a front-page story today with the misleading headline, "Poll Finds Obama Isn’t Closing Divide on Race," despite the fact that the poll's own numbers paint a far more varied picture. The Obama campaign briskly provided the evidence, and, in an email response, the story's lead writer Adam Nagourney said that he is "comfortable" with the story (if not the headline, which wouldn't have been his decision anyway).
- A new MoveOn ad criticizes John McCain for opposing Iraq withdrawal timetables, Vets for Freedom has a spot arguing the McCain talking point that Democrats were wrong on the surge, and the Obama campaign is running his second national security-themed ad in as many days.
- Three new national polls show a stable Obama lead: Zogby has Obama over McCain 47-40, CBS/NY Times has him up 48-42, and ABC/Washington Post 50-42.
- Marc Ambinder discusses the "management secrets of Barack Obama."
- John Judis has a piece on McCain's foreign policy that argues he is less the realist statesman in the mold of Richard Nixon, and more a hawk preparing to usher in a new Cold War.
- The Obama campaign is opening 20 new field offices in Virginia, making clear they intend to heavily contest Old Dominion this year.
- Pew finds that most Americans are still unclear about Obama and McCain's policy positions.
- Rocky Mountain News reports that Denver will be distributing hundreds of free passes to museums, movie theaters and other civic attractions to the city's homeless population in order to keep them away from the Democratic National Convention next month. In an even more callous -- dare I say un-American? -- decision, tailgating will be prohibited in the Invesco Field parking lot during Obama's acceptance speech.
- The blog Rum, Romanism and Rebellion digs up a story from the 1986 Tuscon Citizen that quotes then-U.S. Representative McCain cracking a rape joke.
--Mori Dinauer
