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CNN poll: Post-Biden poll shows dead heat — DENVER, Colorado (CNN) — It's a dead heat in the race for the White House. The first national poll conducted entirely after Barack Obama publicly named Joe Biden as his running mate suggests that battle for the presidency between the Illinois senator …

Discussion: Gallup, USA Today, TalkLeft, American Power, FiveThirtyEight.com, Don Surber and TIME.com

Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:

Biden: Barackal, America, Obaman — Sen. Joe Biden's gotten a lot of unsolicited advice on how to curb his gaffe habit, but he might start by practicing his running mate's name. — Three times during his inaugural speech as Barack Obama's vice presidential candidate Saturday, Biden butchered Obama's name — in three different ways.

Discussion: The Huffington Post

Chris Wallace / Fox News:

Transcript: Tim Kaine and Bill Ritter on ‘FOX News Sunday’ — WASHINGTON — The following is a partial transcript of the Aug. 24, 2008, edition of “FOX News Sunday With Chris Wallace”: — “FOX NEWS SUNDAY” HOST CHRIS WALLACE: Of course, the question now is how the choice of Joe Biden will play across the country.

Discussion: The Huffington Post

The Politico:
5 things Biden pick says about Obama

Discussion: Associated Press, Bloomberg, Commentary, Reuters, The Reaction, Los Angeles Times, The Moderate Voice, Right Wing News, Liberty Street, The Gun Toting Liberal, Agence France Presse, Washington Post, Electoral-vote.com and The Strata-Sphere

Devlin Barrett / Associated Press:

Clinton expected to release delegates Wednesday — Featured Topics: - John McCain - Barack Obama — DENVER - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, hoping to unite the Democratic Party and cement her future in it, will gather her hard-won primary delegates Wednesday at a reception where she is expected …

Discussion: Reuters, Taylor Marsh, Jack & Jill Politics, NO QUARTER and Ben Smith's Blogs

The Politico:

Exclusive: Obama- Clinton feud reignites — DENVER — As Democrats arrived here Sunday for a convention intended to promote party unity, mistrust and resentments continued to boil among top associates of presumptive nominee Barack Obama and his defeated rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice and The Caucus

Stephen Ohlemacher / Associated Press:

Dems give Michigan and Florida full voting rights — Featured Topics: - John McCain - Barack Obama — DENVER - Democratic delegates from Michigan and Florida were awarded full voting rights at the national convention Sunday, despite holding early primaries against party rules.

Discussion: Buck Naked Politics, Wake up America, DemConWatch, MyDD and Burnt Orange Report

Adam Nagourney / New York Times: Anxious Party Hopes to Show Strong Obama

CNN:
McCain ad says Clinton got VP snub ‘for speaking the truth’

Discussion: Daily Kos, Political Radar, The Swamp, Boston Globe, Scared Monkeys and Hot Air

Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
More on the Clinton Controversy (Sigh)

Discussion: Kevin Drum, Fox News and Political Punch

Michael Calderone / The Politico:

Rendell: Obama coverage was embarrassing — Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell was supposed to give “closing remarks” during this afternoon's Shorenstein Center-sponsored panel discussion with all three Sunday show moderators — NBC's Tom Brokaw, ABC's George Stephanopoulous and CBS's Bob Schieffer …

Discussion: Top of the Ticket, TIME.com, DownWithTyranny!, NewsBusters.org and TVNewser

Ben Smith / The Politico:

The POW card, cont'd — First Read quotes unnamed McCain aides suggesting that McCain's prisoner of war experience may become his first response to the attack on his having lost track of his real estate holdings — a non-sequitur, perhaps, but emotionally powerful.

Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and Philly.com

Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
McCain Himself Invokes POW Past To Deflect Criticism Of Houses Gaffe

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Bob Cesca's Goddamn …, The Jed Report and Some Guy With a Website …

Mike Allen / The Politico:
McCain calls Biden ‘formidable’

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs, The Jed Report, AMERICAblog News and Comments from Left Field

Ben / Think Progress:

Halperin: McCain's Houses Gaffe ‘One Of The Worst Moments’ Of The Campaign For...Barack Obama — Last week Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) told Politico that he did not know how many homes he and his wife Cindy own. “I'll have my staff get to you,” McCain said. ThinkProgress noted …

Discussion: Firedoglake, Comments from Left Field, The Daily Dish, Taylor Marsh and American Power

Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
On the Tire Swing — Apparently on ABC this morning Mark Halperin …

Discussion: TalkLeft

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
RIDE THAT TIRE SWING!

Discussion: The Anonymous Liberal and Kevin Drum

New York Times:

Obama Aides Defend Bank's Pay to Biden Son — During the years that Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. was helping the credit card industry win passage of a law making it harder for consumers to file for bankruptcy protection, his son had a consulting agreement that lasted five years …

Washington Post:
Biden's Son, Brother Named in Two Suits

Discussion: Gateway Pundit, Ed Driscoll.com, Boston Globe and JammieWearingFool

Marc Ambinder:

McCain-Whitman Buzz In Denver — A Democratic member of Congress throws out the following scenario: — With Biden on board Obama's train, McCain will find himself boxed in by events. — He can't choose Tim Pawlenty — a man with arguably fewer foreign policy credentials than Obama.

Discussion: Donklephant

Clifford Krauss / New York Times:

Drilling Boom Revives Hopes for Natural Gas — HOUSTON — American natural gas production is rising at a clip not seen in half a century, pushing down prices of the fuel and reversing conventional wisdom that domestic gas fields were in irreversible decline.

Emily Giske / The Huffington Post:

Oprah I Forgive You — I was one of those Hillary women who was heartbroken when Oprah supported Obama for President. — How could Oprah and her pal Gayle do that do me? Sure Obama was from her hometown and Chicago's favorite son...but I kept asking, what about me?

Las Vegas Review-Journal:

AUGUST 2008 WESTERN STATES POLL — 400 likely voters interviewed August 13-15, 2008, in each of the following states — Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. The margin for error in each state is plus or minus 5%. The margin for error on the overall weighted regional results is plus or minus 2%

Discussion: MyDD, The New Republic, Ohio Politics and TalkLeft

Greg Pollowitz / Media Blog:

“We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him” — Lynn Sweet has a great picture of the stage at the [manger] Pepsi Center in Denver:

Discussion: AMERICAN DIGEST, Right Wing News, Lynn Sweet, Ed Driscoll.com and pandagon.net

Rachel L. Swarns / New York Times:

Blacks Debate Civil Rights Risk in Obama's Rise — WASHINGTON — On the night that Senator Barack Obama accepts the Democratic nomination for president, Roderick J. Harrison plans to pop open a bottle of Champagne and sit riveted before the television with his wife and 12-year-old son.