Contrary to conventional wisdom, Ralph Nader's presence on the ballot in 2008 actually helps Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama, according to at least five national polls conducted over the past three months.

United States (U.S.) Senator Joe Lieberman is scheduled to speak at the Republican party convention, according to a member of the John McCain campaign who wishes to remain anonymous.

Ralph Nader, Matt Gonzalez, Val Kilmer, Sean Penn, Cindy Sheehan, Tom Morello, Jello Biafra, Nellie McKay, and Ike Reilly will all appear at the Nader/Gonzalez "Open the Debates" Super Rally August 27 at 6 p.m. at the University of Denver Magness Arena in Denver, Colorado.

New York, NY (Aug. 18): Senator Joe Biden (D-DE), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is profiled as a possible Democratic Vice Presidential candidate in today's New York Times on page A-12.

John McCain and Barack Obama have appeared together for the first time in the 2008 election campaign and they chose an unusual setting. The two candidates answered a series of intensely personal questions at a huge evangelical church in California.

After a busy fund raising campaign in July this Saturday night Barack Obama and John McCain talked about personal and national moral failures with the pastor of Saddleback church Rick Warren. Among those failures were drug and alcohol use, broken marriage, and a degree of national selfishness.

Arkansas Democratic Party Chairman, Bill Gwatney has been shot and is in critical condition. The gunman has been arrested and in custody after going to the office, asking for Gwatney and shooting him, Reports say three shots were fired.

There is a group called Republicans For Obama that are supporting Barack Obama for the U.S. presidency. The group is comprised by growing number of Republicans who say 'we are Americans first and Republicans second.' Here is what we read in the About Us page of Republicans For Obama (www.republicansforobama.org)

Country singer counters Barack Obama's rapper admirers with anthem to raise McCain.

Barack Obama is apparently ready to make the VP announcement at any time. The below message that we received from his campaign officer David Plouffe makes us to conclude that Obama has already decided who is going to be running with him for the post of the Vice President.

A recent national opinion poll of women voters shows Democratic candidate Barack Obama with a commanding lead over Republican candidate John McCain for the November presidential election. The Lifetime Television network poll also examines the lasting impact of Senator Hillary Clinton's White House bid, as Cindy Saine reports from Washington.

Barack Obama is campaigning in Elkhart, Indiana having senator Evan Bayh on his side. Analists say the VP focus is turning to Evan Bayh now as he quickly rose in Vice Presidential contenders' list of Barack Obama. Senator Bayh can be a very serious candidate for Obama's VP as he has similar views on one of the most important issues the U.S. society is facing: The Energy.