Presidential Campaign Update

- The latest television commercial for Hillary Clinton is getting a lot of buzz (Barack Obama calls it fear-mongering). She is also running ads in Ohio featuring former U.S. Sen. John Glenn, and current Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland.

- New Barack Obama ad airing in Ohio focuses on jobs and tax cuts (Ohio has a ridiculous, incredibly burdensome corporate tax structure that for a decade has been driving industry -- and jobs -- out of the state) . . .

- The uninformed are speculating that John McCain is not eligible to run for president because he was born in the Panama Canal Zone of parents who were stationed there. You see, the New York Times first posed the question, but did no digging whatsoever to find an answer. More credibility problems, in my estimation, for The Gray Lady. Question answered . . .

- Hillary Clinton is maintaining a hold on hispanic voters, but for some reason, gay/lesbian Hillary backers are defecting to the Barack Obama camp. And Obama has surged ahead in Texas, according to polls there . . .

- Music is used to pump up crowds at campaign rallies. But picking campaign tunes is not as easy as you might think . . .

- And finally, Lorne Michaels, creator of Saturday Night Live (SNL) is basking in the glow of having the opportunity to skewer politicians during a period when presidential politics is top-of-mind. . . .