The Clintons dominate in Denver  

Another day in Denver, another day of Clinton stories. The extent to which the Clintons are dominating this convention really is quite remarkable. This morning, the news shows have three new angles to keep them busy. First, Bill Clinton is not attending Obama’s acceptance speech on Thursday—a snub and a half. Second, The New York Times have a couple of Clinton aides talking anonymously about her plan to run in 2012 if Obama loses. And last but not least, the dispute over Bill Clinton’s speech is still rumbling on with all the news shows running with a quote from a Clinton confidant that ‘no one tells Bill Clinton what to say.’

The Obama campaign really should have had Bill speak on Monday night. If they had, the Clinton story wouldn’t be dominating to the same extent today. Just to add to the Clinton theme, they’ll be a formal roll call tonight with nominating speeches for both Obama and Clinton.

All this Clinton talk means that the pressure really is on Joe Biden to deliver such a scathing attack on McCain that it cuts through all the Clinton chatter. If he can’t, there’s a real danger that the Democrats will have failed to inflict any real damage on McCain this week. Unbelievably, McCain’s chances have, so far, actually improved this week.