In about three weeks, Sen. Barack Obama will accept the Democratic nomination in Denver, Colorado. Presumably, the campaign will have the kinks worked out by then.
A troop "surge" is credited with stemming violence in Iraq, but could a similar strategy work in Afghanistan? A top U.S. military commander isn't counting on it.
Forget the Karl Rove playbook. For the past few weeks, Sen. John McCain's team seems to have been working from the equally brutal Don Rickles manual of presidential politics.