John McCain/Bush III:

"I intend to compete everywhere," Republican presidential contender John McCain told USA TODAY's David Jackson this afternoon, even in the so-called blue states that have gone Democratic in recent presidential races and which President Bush couldn't take away from Al Gore in 2000 or John Kerry in 2004. Those would include California.

Please, please, please blow half the budget in California, John.

I am feeling overly optimistic at this point, but every day the current administration sticks around is another day of free advertising for Barack, it seems.