Bush Administration: Obama’s Right About Tire Inflation.
firedoglake.com 8/7/2008 — Yes, you read that right : The Bush administration estimates that expanded offshore drilling could increase oil production by 200,000 barrels per day by 2030 . We use about 20 million barrels per day, so that would meet about 1% of our demand two ...

The Associated Press: McCain campaign is reviewing bundler's donations
ap.google.com 8/7/2008 — McCain campaign is reviewing bundler's donations 1 hour ago WASHINGTON (AP) John McCain's campaign says it will review donations brought in by a prominent Florida businessman following disclosures that his business partner, a foreign national, also ...

Jack Cafferty on McCain: “This maverick stuff is a lot of hooey”
crooksandliars.com 8/8/2008 — Jack Cafferty injects some much needed sanity into the conversation as Gloria Borger and Michael Gerson seem to still be living in the 20th century, when John McCain used to be somewhat independent from the rest of the bottom-feeders in the ...

McCain deflates his own “tire-gauge” attack
crooksandliars.com 8/7/2008 — After all the stupidity and charade surrounding the GOP’s attack on Obama –including this lampooning by Stephen Colbert — for proposing a common sense approach to increasing fuel efficiency, McCain is forced to admit that ...

Talking Points Memo | High-Ranking McCain Campaign Officials Were Paid Lobbyists For Hess
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 8/7/2008 — Okay, here's some more on the ties between the McCain campaign and the Hess Corporation, the company whose senior executives all dumped $28,500 apiece into the RNC-McCain fundraising committee at around the same time as McCain reversed his previous ...

Pawlenty Stresses Positivity for GOP in ‘08 Campaign — FOXNews.com 8/7/2008
ARLINGTON, Va. — Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, often mentioned as a possible running mate for Republican presidential candidate John McCain, said Wednesday GOP candidates would do well to adopt a positive tone like that of McCain’s ...

Is the 'Exxon-McCain' hit fair? — First Read 8/7/2008
From NBC's Mark Murray and Domenico MontanaroRecently, the Democratic National Committee has referred to "Exxon-McCain '08," hitting the presumptive GOP nominee for his ties to the oil and gas industry. But that particular hit might not be that fair. ...

Pawlenty: GOP needs to 'freshen up' — CNN Political Ticker 8/7/2008
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty has been mentioned as a potential VP pick for Sen. John McCain. WASHINGTON (CNN) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty – mentioned as a top contender to be John McCain’s running mate – said Thursday that the Republican ...

Candidates Name Mega-Fund-Raisers — WSJ.com: Politics And Policy 8/8/2008
Obama and McCain have released the names of supporters who each have raised at least half a million dollars. These mega-fund-raisers have created a new category of political bundlers who surpassed previous fund-raising highs.

NYT: Minn. governor eyes national stage — msnbc.com: Politics 8/8/2008
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, seen as a direct everyman, is among the least-known of John McCain’s vice-presidential prospects.