Rick Davis

John McCain is keeping quiet about a deal he pushed through back in 2003, with his support and the lobbying efforts of his current campaign manager Rick Davis, that allowed foreign owned DHL to buy Airborne Express for $1.05 billion.

Unique Hindsight In Meet the Press DebateSenators Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and John Kerry (D) debate negative campaigning on Meet the Press: NBC

U.S. Senators John Kerry (D-Boston) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) had a spirited discussion of both issues and politics earlier today on NBC's 'Meet the Press.' Though both are in the same Senate caucus today, they've taken different sides in this campaign, with Lieberman an early supporter of Republican nominee John McCain and Kerry backing Democratic nominee Barack Obama since January.

And with both men having the unique experience of running on a national ticket -- Lieberman as the 2000 Democratic vice presidential nominee and Kerry as the 2004 presidential nominee -- they each offered their thoughts on the sharp negative turn the race has taken in the last week.

Dredging up John McCain's pledge in April that, "This will be a respectful campaign," moderator Tom Brokaw pressed Lieberman, "Do you think running a campaign ad in which you feature Britney Spears and Paris Hilton with Barack Obama is respectful?"

Most would say with John McCain as the nominee, Arizona should not be in play in November. According to a recent web presentation by McCain campaign manager Rick Davis, that may not be the case. Arizona is counted as a swing state for McCain. In the last 50 years Arizona has voted for a total of one Democratic presidential candidate over a Republican. In 1996 Bill Clinton defeated Bob Dole by 2% in Arizona. Every other election has been in favor of the Republican. Then when you consider John McCain has never had a close U.S. Senate race, it would make sense if Arizona was a firm red state for McCain. If McCain needs to spend time shoring up Arizona, it could be a long November for both McCain and Republicans throughout the state.

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John McCain's campaign manager, Rick Davis, released a web briefing on the upcoming presidential election.  I just had a chance to watch it and one thing is jumped off the page.

Davis lists 24 states as battleground states.  Included in there is Arizona and their 10 Electoral Votes.  Later into the presentation Davis puts up a map of 6 Lean GOP battleground states that included Arizona, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia. 

One would have to assume McCain is going to be spending most of his time in the 6 lean gop states and the 19 toss-up states. That means McCain is going to need to spend time campaigning in his home state.  Something most candidates should consider a lock.