• Embattled attorney involved with BC04 and SBVFT resigns in effort to return focus on issues. Campaign denies coordination. [WP, NYT, LAT, LAT, BG]
•Cleland's "farce" in Crawford "worthy of Broadway," writes Milbank. [WP]
•McCain doesn't endorse KE04's use of 2000 footage; plans to personally tell Bush to condemn SBVFT ads. [NYT, USAT, USAT]
•Bush leads 49-46 in new poll, draws 15% of Dems; Kerry erodes slightly. Vietnam questions split partisans. [LAT]
• GOP platform creates rift between moderates and conservatives over marriage ban; conservatives irked at Cheney's stance. [WP, NYT, NYT, LAT, BG]
•Kerry calls for Rumsfeld to resign "for failure to do what he should have done." [NYT, WT, BG]
• Navy task force report supports Kerry's account of receiving enemy fire. [NYT]
•Kerry talks economics in Green Bay, Philadelphia; releases endorsement of 10 Nobel Prize economists. [WP]
• Notion of honor drives, splits veterans; others disappointed by latest attacks. [WP, NYT]
•BC04 ad buys target base. [WSJ]
•Bush to tour swing states until acceptance speech. [LAT]
•Cheney, Edwards: different strokes for different folks; both candidates play on their strengths. [LAT]
• Married women pick Bush, unmarried women prefer Kerry. [USAT]
• Availability of early voting causes changes in campaign tactics. [WP]
• Minority voters face "every form of disendranchisement," says chairman of NAACP. [LAT, BG]
• Cultures to collide in New York. Tina Brown says it could "be one big beautiful love fest." [NYT]
• Central Park rally on, permission aside. [NYT, LAT, WT]
• Interviews with conservative bloggers covering the convention. [WSJ]
