WEDNESDAY’S CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP….Today’s installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn’t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers:
* Republicans were very reluctant to mention the name “Bush” last night. I wonder why.
* Hoping to steal some of McCain’s thunder, Obama will appear on “The O’Reilly Factor” tomorrow night.
* The Obama campaign unveiled a new ad yesterday connecting McCain to Bush; and the McCain campaign will unveil a new ad today arguing that Palin has more experience than Obama.
* Obama campaign manager David Plouffe didn’t go after Palin yesterday, but he did go after the process through which Palin was selected: “The way the process was done should be of interest to voters because I do think it speaks to how things will be managed and executed as president. At the end of the day, it may work out for them, but the process is a transparent moment for voters to decide how these two people will go about major decisions.”
* Ron Paul’s rival convention drew 12,000 people to the Target Center yesterday. I wonder whether there’d be more media attention if one of Obama’s Democratic rivals held a competing convention during the DNC and 12,000 people showed up.
* Maryland Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R), who lost to a far-right Republican in a primary in February, endorsed the Democratic candidate in his district yesterday.
