Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama rejected charges on Tuesday that he has shifted positions on Iraq and other issues as part of a move to the political center now that he is his party's nominee.

Obama's lead in the Pew Research Center poll is slightly larger than his 3 percentage point edge in May. While interest in the race is generally high, it has risen more among younger than older voters since the 2004 campaign.

Bill O'Reilly was all over this. What a broad smile he had during his show tonight. Why? A Fox News microphone picked up comments Jackson meant to deliver privately. These comments were pretty, well ... you decide.

You probably remember John McCain's "Bomb Iran" moment from last year. McCain just isn't good at making jokes (maybe he and John Kerry need to talk), as his latest one is pretty insensitive as well.

John McCain has called Iraq the "central front" of the war on terror, a crucible of America's ability to defeat violent Islamic extremists the world over. But with record US casualties in Afghanistan in June, a resurgent Taliban, and new