New York, Aug. 28 : U. S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s daughter, Alexandra, a respected film maker, is reportedly making a documentary about Republican candidate John McCain.

Washington, Aug 28 : Republican presidential candidate and Senator John McCain has reportedly chosen the candidate who will fight the vice-presidential election against Democrats’ Joe Biden, who was chosen by Democratic presidential hopeful by Barack Obama a couple of days ago.

McCain is expected to announce the name of his running mate tomorrow at a large rally in Dayton, Ohio, at noon. The rally would be followed by join appearances in Pennsylvania and Missouri, the CBS quoted sources as saying.

Denver, Colorado - John Kerry, the Democrats' failed presidential candidate of 2004, made the case Wednesday that Barack Obama was ready to take over the party mantle and slammed the Republicans for claiming to have a lock on patriotism.

Kerry hammered presumptive Republican nominee John McCain for using the "same old politics of fear and smear" during the general election campaign, pointing to comments that questioned whether Obama puts the country ahead of personal politics.

Denver/Los Angeles - "With friends like Madonna who needs enemies?"

That thought must have raced through the minds of Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama's campaign managers, after the pop diva kicked off her latest world tour over the weekend with a video montage of the world's problems - which showed images of presumptive Republican nominee John McCain and Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.

Washington, Aug 27 : Republican presidential candidate John McCain passed rival Barack Obama in the daily Gallup tracking poll, suggesting that the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee has received no bounce after naming Joe Biden as his running mate.

The three-day average poll, taken after the announcement of Democratic vice presidential nominee on Saturday, shows that McCain with 46 percent and Obama at 44 percent, within the margin of error.

Washington - Republican presidential hopeful John McCain faces a tough choice over whether to burnish his conservative credentials or boost his appeal among independent voters when he settles on a vice presidential pick later this week.

It is a difficult balancing act for McCain who, if he hopes to be successful in November, must keep his distance from an unpopular Republican administration without alienating the party's conservative base.