By Matthew DeLong 07/24/2008 11:05AM SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - After a Zogby Online poll earlier this month found Sen. John McCain trailing Sen. Barack Obama in Arizona, new evidence emerged today that McCain may not have a lock on his home state in November. The Arizona Republic features a front-page story reporting that Obama out-raised McCain in Arizona by 38 percent in June -- and McCain holds a narrow lead over Obama in total fund-raising in the state. From the Republic:
Barack Obama quietly raised more money in Arizona last month for his presidential campaign than John McCain did, and the Illinois Democrat dominates the overall fundraising map in 43 states and Washington,

by Ronald J. Hansen - Jul. 24, 2008 12:00 AM Barack Obama quietly raised more money in Arizona last month for his presidential campaign than John McCain did

The one shining moment that keeps political rats going through this summer is waiting, salivating for a chance to find out who Barack Obama and John McCain are picking for their running mates.
They have been playing this game, mostly McCain's side, of waiting until the last possible moment to name a running mate. In fact, McCain's camp has gone so far as to say that no matter what, they will wait until Obama picks to make their own pick. Even a 5th grader would think that was childish.
hat is reprehensible, if true. We will find out if what I was suggesting was true or a scam."

After touching off hot speculation that John McCain was going to rain on Barack Obama’s parade of favorable news coverage by disclosing his VP choice this week, conservative columnist Robert Novak now says he may have gotten snookered.
"I got a suggestion from a very senior McCain aide late yesterday afternoon that he was going to announce it this week,'' Novak told Fox News Tuesday. "They didn't want it to come out the way it was going to come out, and they suggested I put it out.
in and Phil Gramm had patched up their differences after the former Texas senator caused a dust-up by calling America a "nation of whiners." Novak wrote that Gramm was returning to the McCain campaign but, amid the controversy that followed the disclosure, Gramm quit as a campaign co-chair.

By David Knowles Last night I brought you word of Robert Novak's supposed scoop that John McCain would announce his VP choice this week.

By Jeff Mason BALTIMORE, July 22 (Reuters) - Would it be a good week to announce a vice presidential pick? John McCain won't say, but he doesn't mind if you keep asking.
The Republican presidential candidate is fighting this week to stay in the public eye while his Democratic rival, Barack Obama, takes a high-profile trip abroad.
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Robert Novak thinks John McCain's campaign may have fed him falsities to drum up some press during Barack Obama's foreign tour.
Last night, he posted an item that got a lot of attention, saying a source told him McCain would announce his vice presidential choice this week. Now he's not so sure it's true.
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Robert Novak's big story last night - that Republican John McCain might be about to announce his running mate -- may have just been "a dodge" by the campaign to try and grab some headlines away from Democrat Barack Obama, Novak just conceded on Fox News Channel.
Novak said he'd gotten the tip from a "very senior McCain aide" and that the campaign "suggested I put it out."

by FOXNews.com John McCain is working overtime to grab headlines as Barack Obama enters the thick of a high-profile tour abroad that has all but transported