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:
* John McCain was pressed a bit on Carly Fiorina’s $42 million golden parachute, which is exactly the kind of deal McCain has been railing against. McCain responded, “Carly Fiorina is a role model to millions of American women…. I’m proud of her record.”
* Just as most recent polling shows Obama with an edge over McCain, NPR released a new poll showing McCain with a narrow, two-point edge over Obama in “14 battleground states.”
* In Virginia, a Mason-Dixon poll shows McCain leading Obama by three, 47% to 44%.
* In Iowa, a Marist Poll shows Obama leading McCain by 10, 51% to 41%.
* In New Hampshire, a Marist Poll shows Obama leading McCain by six, 51% to 45%.
* In Michigan, a Marist Poll shows Obama leading McCain by nine, 52% to 43%.
* In Ohio, a Marist Poll shows Obama leading McCain by two, 47% to 45%.
* In Pennsylvania, a Marist Poll shows Obama leading McCain by five, 49% to 44%.
* In California, Rasmussen shows Obama leading McCain by 17, 56% to 39%.
* In Kansas, SurveyUSA shows McCain leading Obama by 12, 53% to 41%.
* In Washington state, SurveyUSA shows Obama leading McCain by 11, 54% to 43%.
* In Kentucky, SurveyUSA shows McCain leading Obama by 19, 57% to 38%.
* Ron Paul has snubbed Bob Barr and the Libertarian Party, throwing his support to the hyper-right-wing Constitution Party.
