According to a rumour "making the rounds of the highest levels of both presidential campaigns," McCain will reveal his vice-presidential choice to top donors at his ranch on Sunday, then to the rest of us on Monday. [Marc Ambinder]
In fact, Europe isn't really that excited about an Obama presidency, not least because he's insufficiently world-weary and Europeans don't really do unbridled enthusiasm, says the philosopher Susan Neiman. [New York Times]
The RNC continues its inexplicable wordplay-based ad strategy, buying TV time in London, Ohio and London, West Virginia in order to accuse Obama of undervaluing the US military. [Fox Business]
Barack Obama personally responds to text messages and emails in about 10 seconds! Or at least he does if you're Scarlet Johansson or George Clooney. Presumably most people would respond to a text message from Scarlet Johansson or George Clooney relatively quickly. [LA Times]
Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan tells MSNBC that his colleagues regularly sent talking points to Fox commentators, so that they could toe the Bush administration line without actually having to write their own scripts. Keith Olbermann is angry. [MSNBC via YouTube.]
"He may be living in a Bracknell council house, but soon he could be dining with his brother at the White House..." Bernard Obama speaks to The Sun and, amazingly, turns out to be an 'avid Sun reader'. Bernard and Barack are actually half-brothers, and Bernard mostly lives in Kenya, not Bracknell. But anyway. [The Sun]
