Nothing ever happens in August

The only one who's done anything worth mentioning is Barack Obama. I am just blown away by how smart this guy is, how he can generate press coverage in the dog days of summer. His trip to Africa was a brilliant move that earned him a ton of good press coverage.

In the same time period, we saw events in Israel and Lebanon that will come back to haunt Condoleeza Rice if she ever actually did run for president.

The last bit of major news is the shakeup in the Democratic primary process with Nevada and South Carolina moving up on the calendar. I'm tempted to bump some of the more conservative Dems up, but it's still too early to tell how this will affect the 2008 race.

Look for stuff to really start shaking in September. Until then . . .

DEMS

Barack Obama (IL) 90 (+1)
Mark Warner (VA) 88
Wes Clark (AR) 80
Hillary Clinton (NY) 45
John Edwards (NC) 45
Bill Richardson (NM) 37
Tom Vilsack (IA) 34
Russ Feingold (WI) 22
John Murtha (PA) 23
Al Gore (TN) 13
Tom Daschle (SD) 10
John Kerry (MA) 4


GOP

Condoleeza Rice (CA) 81 (-1)
Haley Barbour (MS) 79
Mitt Romney (MA) 73
Tim Pawlenty (MN) 69
Tom Tancredo (CO) 46
Rudy Giuliani (NY) 31
John McCain (AZ) 24
Fred Thompson (TN) 23
Chuck Hagel (NE) 21
Mike Huckabee (AR) 20
Sam Brownback (KS) 19
Tom Coburn (OK) 17
Bill Frist (TN) 10