Political bits

(TheHill) Republicans are starting to grumble that John McCain has done nothing to help the Republican Senate and House reelection committees. (Not even an email on their behalf. I've been reading similar grumbles from some state parties.)

(Gallup) Hispanic voters solidly behind Obama 59-29. (A margin higher than either of the last two presidential elections.)

(Ambinder) An outside group trying to woo evangelicals for Obama run their first ad on Christian Radio. (It's like a whole different language.)

(HuffPo) The host of a McCain fundraiser was the Chiquita executive who plead guilt to giving $1.7 million to terrorists(FARC.) (This sounds like Oppo research. It only breaks when McCain is in Colombia?)

Later: Mike Allen at Politico actually has the oppo research release.

The ultraconservative Wall Street Journal editorial page tries to argue that it is Obama who is running for Bush's third term.

This is worth a read. Republican Senator Thad Cochran talks about a 1987 diplomatic trip to Nicaragua with McCain.

"John had reached over and grabbed this guy (an aide to the Nicaraguan president) by the shirt collar and had snatched him up like he was throwing him up out of the chair to tell him what he thought about him or whatever ..."

And, (MSNBC) John McCain is still denying things he said on tape.