Is she or isn’t she?
The rumors have been swirling for a while now that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was interested in the vice presidential nod, and today they reached fever pitch after this ABC News report:
Area events
FYI, Republican candidate for NC governor Fred Smith is currently holding a series of rallies this month to give voters an opportunity to get to know who he is and where he stands on the issues. Appearing at these rallies will be country music singer and Fred Smith supporter Lee Greenwood, who will sing several of his hits, including his signature song “God Bless the USA.”
Ed Schultz continues the “McCain is a warmonger” battle cry
Over the weekend, Barack Obama found his campaign in a bit of hot water after it was reported that liberal talk show host Ed Schultz called John McCain a “warmonger” in an intro he did for the junior Senator from Illinois at a fundraiser for the North Dakota Dem party last Friday.
Hillary’s chief strategist Mark Penn has left the building
More shake-ups in the higher echelons of the Clinton campaign:
RIP: Actor Charlton Heston passes away
His family issued a statement about it late yesterday:
Weekend open thread
I’ll be out and about most of the day running errands … may be back later this evening to blog – if not, definitely tomorrow.