This ad has been on the air in battleground states for a week. h/t: Ben Smith.

New Obama Ad: McCain Has Voted Against Fixing Energy For 26 YearsBarack Obama has a new ad on energy issues, following through on one of the key attack lines from his speech yesterday -- that John McCain can't be trusted on energy, because he's been around for 26 years and hasn't accomplished anything:Obama Talking About Energy In Ohio TodayBarack Obama is in Ohio today, where he'll be holding town halls in the blue-collar areas of Youngstown and Berea, focusing on energy issues. "Unfortunately, in this election, Senator McCain has proposed an energy plan that's nothing but four years more of the same," Obama will say, according to pre-released excerpts."McCain Visiting Nuclear Plant In MichiganJohn McCain is set to visit a nuclear power plant in the swing state state of Michigan today, a play for a state that hasn't voted Republican since 1988. Expect McCain to hammer Obama on energy issues, falsely accusing him of opposing nuclear power because he doesn't want to relax regulations in the way McCain does.Poll: McCain Takes Narrow LeadAnother national poll shows John McCain edging into a narrow national lead against Barack Obama. The new numbers from Zogby: McCain 42%, Obama 41%, and Barr and Nader at 2% each, with a ±3.1% margin of error. Three weeks ago, Obama was ahead 46%-36%.Obama Celebrates Birthday With $4 Million FundraiserBarack Obama had a very happy birthday indeed, celebrating the occasion with mega-fundraising dinner in Boston last night. The Boston Herald reports that the dinner took in an estimated $4 million, with guests paying anywhere between $1,000 and $28,500 each.Time: "Obama Is Right" And GOP Wrong On Tire PressureTime thoroughly debunks Republicans who are heckling Obama for telling people to maintain their tires in order to improve fuel efficiency. It turns out that expanded drilling would meet one percent of the nation's fuel needs, while better car and tire maintenance would lower fuel consumption by up to seven points if everyone did it. "In other words," t...

Politico: The Illinois Senator’s latest ad seeks to liken McCain to the Washington establishment and President Bush, while suggesting Obama is about “new energy.”Watch it above.Details on when, where it’s airing unknown.

Blog: Here's a second contrast ad on the subject of energy from the Obama campaign, which seeks to paint McCain as the candidate of the past, of Washingto

Blog: Here's a second contrast ad on the subject of energy from the Obama campaign, which seeks to paint McCain as the candidate of the past, of Washingto