Senator Obama’s campaign has released their second general election advertisement. I think it’s stronger than the first. What do you think?

I will never get tired of Terry McAuliffe.

via TPM.

Now this is certainly an interesting development…

Oregon Republican Senator Gordon Smith is now running ads touting his ability work across the aisle with Barack Obama and the Democratic Governor Ted Kulongoski. He recognizes that the GOP brand is not so strong these days, and in order to beat back the challenge from Jeff Merkley, he’s going to have to…well…act like a Democrat. Check out the ad.

UPDATE: Obama spokesman Bill Burton responded:

Barack Obama has a long record of bipartisan accomplishment and we appreciate that it is respected by his Democratic and Republican colleagues in the Senate. But in this race, Oregonians should know that Barack Obama supports Jeff Merkley for Senate. Merkley will help Obama bring about the fundamental change we need in Washington.

has just released a poll showing Barack Obama leading John McCain by 15-points in a national head-to-head match up. Read more about the Newsweek poll here.

“I just want mayonnaise. I don’t want guys kissing.”
– Bill O’Reilly, The O’Reilly Factor

Context here if you’re into that sort of thing.

I just watched this video and was shocked! I didn’t know that children were so adamant about their disdain for the health care system! Watch for yourself.

Study: Most Children Strongly Opposed To Children’s Health Care

From The Page:

Will begin airing Friday in 18 states, including Republican-leaning Georgia, North Carolina, Alaska.

SCRIPT – “Country I Love”

OBAMA: I’m Barack Obama.

America is a country of strong families and strong values. My life’s been blessed by both.

I was raised by a single mom and my grandparents. We didn’t have much money, but they taught me values straight from the Kansas heartland where they grew up. Accountability and self-reliance. Love of country. Working hard without making excuses. Treating your neighbor as you’d like to be treated. It’s what guided me as I worked my way up — taking jobs and loans to make it through college.

It’s what led me to pass up Wall Street jobs and go to Chicago instead, helping neighborhoods devastated when steel plants closed.

That’s why I passed laws moving people from welfare to work, cut taxes for working families and extended health care for wounded troops who’d been neglected.

I approved this message because I’ll never forget those values, and if I have the honor of taking the oath of office as president, it will be with a deep and abiding faith in the country I love.

Okay, this is just weird.

Al Gore will endorse Senator Barack Obama tonight at 8:30 EST. Whoa…it’s about time. Video here.

Tim Russert, host of Meet The Press and NBC News Washington bureau chief, had died at the age of 58. Our condolences to his family and friends. Mr. Russert was a consummate professional and one of the best in the business. He will be missed.