Burn baby Burn

The Democrats kicked off their convention to less than stellar poll results. After "President" Obama announced his VP choice, today polls shifted in favor of McCain.

((Side note / rant: I thought it was hysterical that former Messiah to the people John Kerry kept referring to Obama as PRESIDENT Obama, guess he hasn't been paying attention to public reactions or polls. ))

Evidently the ads that were released by the RNC and McCain Camp showing Biden's distrust of Obama's experience regarding his White House Bid have struck a cord with voters... and rightfully so. Granted the Gallup poll showing McCain ahead, only indicates he's doing so by 2% pts. which do fall within the margin of error. Even so, that's still not good for Obama considering the massive amounts of attention he's been getting from the MSM (mainstream media). Additionally, this should be the week for dems! It's their convention and they still can't get ahead in the polls!

McCain camp is planning on capitalizing on this small, but noteworthy momentum by stopping in three battleground states through the Labor Day weekend with his soon-to-be named VP. McCain and his new Partner in Crime will be visiting Ohio, Missouri and Pennsylvania. The Missouri rally will feature former Republican Presidential hopefuls: Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee. Officials from McCain camp are advising the public to "warned not to read too much into McCain’s planned guests, however."

Romney, Pawlenty, Lieberman, and Pawlin are all still possibilities in for Veepstakes. However, it is unlikely that Romney would still be in the running for it considering he is a featured speaker at one of the events. Romney has been doing many appearances and press conferences on behalf of McCain. He has done an excellent job of defending McCain's position against frivolous attacks from Camp Obama. Aids from Camp McCain have confirmed (sadly) that "Romney had not been offered the position."

One classy conservative who has been flying just below the radar regarding the VP selection, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-Texas), evidently has a good chance (unlike Hillary) of actually being offered the position. Dick Morris speaks favorably of Senator Hutchinson's chances stating: "Her nomination would be a signal to American women that McCain takes their aspirations seriously, even if Obama does not. Hutchison is not charismatic. But her circumstances would be if she were nominated. The prospect of a woman vice president would electrify women throughout the nation." As of now, we can expect to see Senator Hutchinson speaking at the Republican convention next week. I agree with Morris on the overall issue. Regardless of Hillary's speech regarding the unity of the party, the Washington Post is reporting (as many of us already know) that Clinton supporters still feel quite disgruntled and the introduction of someone as accomplished as Hutchinson would go a long way to helping them cope with their distress.

I'm excited to see how this will play out.