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...private, Rove speaks regularly with the McCain campaign, where his former protégé Steve Schmidt is now the manager. He's also dialed in at the Republican National Committee, run by Mike Duncan, another former aide. And he still lunches two or three times a month with President Bush...
...Rove has also been busy refashioning his public persona. A regular commentator for Fox News and an occasional columnist for the Wall Street Journal and Newsweek, Rove is the undisputed chairman of the Republican commentariat, delivering what his friend and former Clinton administration lawyer Lanny Davis calls "balanced, intelligent and sometimes even-handed" analysis from his lofty media perches...
...Democrats hoping to hear the sound of McCain being chewed on were probably disappointed. A number of speakers tried to tie the Republican nominee to incumbent President Bush, figuring that ought to be as lethal as a bathtub tied to a Channel swimmer. Noting that McCain sides with Bush 90% of the time, according to some estimates, Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey Jr. declared, "That's not a maverick. That's a sidekick...
...results are positive news for an Obama campaign that has seen the race tighten over the past few weeks, there are encouraging signs for McCain as well. In Pennsylvania, where Obama had a 12-point lead in the Real Clear Politics poll average as recently as June, the Republican senator has narrowed the gap to within one point of the margin of error. McCain also holds significant leads with white voters in all four states, ranging from an 8% advantage in Pennsylvania to 15% in Nevada. (Full results here...
...Assuming we're in for at least some legacy-polishing rehash of the past, the first way Clinton can help Obama would be to tie John McCain to the right-wing Republican obstructionists who opposed everything he proposed. In the 1990s, McCain was still a fairly loyal Republican who voted against Clinton's economic plan and health care plan, then supported shutting down the government in 1995 and dragging the country through impeachment in 1998. Clinton could also remind Americans that McCain constantly accused him of pursuing feckless policies in the Balkans, Haiti and North Korea, frequently predicting disastrous consequences...