News
- Last night president Bush gave an address to the nation on Iraq. It was followed with a paid advertisement by candidate John Edwards, which you can see here, and will likely dominate the newscycle and the campaign today and for the rest of the week.

- Ahead of the speech Senator Joe Biden gave a “prebuttal” to the presidents address, attacking what was anticipated and leaked from the speech.

- Some are arguing the Patraeus report gives Sen. John McCain a boost in the Republican primary. McCain has been a steadfast supporter of the war and John Edwards labeled the surge plan the “McCain Doctrine”. Will the report make a major difference in public opinion, probably not. Will it give McCain an issue to capitalize on that could bring some energy to the campaign. Yes, indeed.

- Meanwhile McCain says of Osama bin Laden “I’m confident I would get him.”

- Capitol Eye is reporting a sharp “surge” of military campaign contributions into the hands of the Democrats. The percentage of military money going into campaigns is up from 23% to Dems to now 40%.

- The California Legislative Black Caucus endorsed Senator Barack Obama.

For more information check out the Washington Post Campaign Tracker.

Blogosphere
- An all online debate was held yesterday with ‘mashup’ videos being released on HuffingtonPost. The BBC reported with all the details.

The Trail
- Joe Biden will do a Meet & Greet in Iowa, Hillary Clinton will make an appearance and attend a fundraiser in California, Bill Richardson has a busy day of speeches and fundraising in Iowa & Idaho.

- Rudy Giuliani will be making a speech in Louisiana and then making two appearances in Oklahoma, Mike Huckabee has five appearances in Iowa, John McCain has a rally in New Hampshire, Ron Paul has a fundraiser, a speech and a rally in Washington, Tom Tancredo will be in Iowa and Fred Thompson will be at rallies in Florida.

In House
- Check out my thoughts on Barack Obama’s Iraq speech. Also be sure to check out the video from the speech which is not in house but still worth your time, imagine that.