John McCain was on the Tonight Show last night for the thirteenth time. A little bird points out who else has been on the couch with Leno that many times: “Pamela Anderson, Dr. Phil, Larry the Cable Guy, Simon Cowell, Jennifer Love Hewitt.” Schwarzenegger has been on twelve times; Obama has been on once.

• The aforementioned awesome C-SPAN hub. This, my friends, is how it should be done. Keep an eye out for Steve Scully’s old school headset! [C-SPAN] • A story so superficial it’s not even skin deep. [Politico] • Trippi is cautiously pessimistic on the unity thing. [Trippi] • Did I say skin deep? [The Moment] [...]

As Michelle Obama prepares for her big night in Denver, our colleague Nancy Gibbs breaks the news that Cindy McCain is headed to a war zone. The timing, McCain says, is coincidental: McCain says she has been trying to get into Georgia since the conflict started, but it took time to arrange the logistics. Her [...]

“That’s the real goal here, that people feel good about their experience here in Denver.” That was Hillary Clinton this morning, at a press conference to re-emphasize, no really, she means it this time, THE PARTY IS UNIFIED. Her voice got a New Hampshire-ish crack a few times, as she talked about the “love and [...]

Barack Obama still has work to do to assuage Bill Clinton, according to Howard Wolfson: He feels like the Obama campaign ran against and systematically dismissed his administration’s accomplishments. And he feels like he was painted as a racist during the primary process. Bill, Bill, from one baby boomer to another: It ain’t about you. [...]

This doesn’t exactly help with the age thing, but I find it amusing nonetheless. And he’ll finally have permission to play something at his rallies. Transcript after the jump.

The McCain campaign welcomed delegates to Denver with a new ad Monday, showing Debra Bartoshevich, a self-described “proud Hillary Clinton Democrat,” announcing that she opposes Barack Obama and will vote for John McCain. To back up the message, Republicans arranged a press-conference in Denver Monday morning with Bartoshevich and other Clinton supporters, who are all [...]

Denver, CO For a Democratic convention, there sure are a lot of Republicans here. They seem amused and slightly disgusted by the excitement here, but I suspect they’re just jealous. A GOPer here covering the show last night confessed to be looking for an excuse to vote for Obama. And if McCain chooses Romney, the [...]