GOP Going the Way of the Dinosaur Says Republican

Former McCain campaign manager Steve Schmidt, next to Obama's David Plouffe.

More from Plouffe, whose first question is: what happened in New Hampshire? Plouffe, by the way, is working on a book.

Obama to Hold Series of Meetings Next Week

Marc Ambinder says Obama will hold press conferences after the meetings: 

MA: Barack Obama has summoned his key national security and economic advisers for a round of policy meetings next week in Chicago.

On Monday, Obama will meet with his national security team, including Sen. Hillary Clinton and incoming national security adviser James Jones.

On Wednesday or Thursday, Obama's economic team, including Tim Geithner and Larry Summers, will meet.

Meeting of the minds at some political shindig at the Harvard Institute of Politics:

Axelrod and Plouffe credited McCain's faltering response to the economic collapse in September as being the single most decisive event of the fall campaign.

A McCain adviser said that bringing up Rev. Wright would've pushed McCain down further:

On Rev. Jeremiah Wright and McCain's refusal to allow his campaign to bring up Obama's former preacher, McIntruff noted that when the pressure to do so was at its most intense, McCain was behind 40 points with younger voters and way behind President Bush's level of support among Hispanic voters. Bringing up Wright would have eroded McCain's standing even further, he said.

Lots more interesting tidbits.