In the Headlines

"Poll: Convention lifts McCain over Obama" (Susan Page, USA Today) - The Republican National Convention has given John McCain and his party a significant boost, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken over the weekend shows, as running mate Sarah Palin helps close an "enthusiasm gap" that has dogged the GOP all year.

"ABC News' Gibson lands first Palin interview" (David Bauder, AP) - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has agreed to sit down with ABC's Charles Gibson later this week for her first television interview since John McCain chose her as his running mate more than a week ago.

"Once Spurned, McCain Finds Corporate Support" (Brody Mullins, Wall Street Journal) - Corporate executives, who once discounted John McCain's campaign, have been key to the Republican presidential nominee's rebound on the fund-raising circuit, a new analysis of campaign donations shows.

"Obama: Recession could delay rescinding tax cuts" (AP) - Democrat Barack Obama says he would delay rescinding President Bush's tax cuts on wealthy Americans if he becomes the next president and the economy is in a recession, suggesting such an increase would further hurt the economy.

On the Morning Shows

Morning Joe - David Axelrod, on McCain's criticism that Obama hasn't challenged his party: "First of all, let me say, it is an interesting thing coming from John McCain who every report tells us wanted to pick Joe Lieberman or Tom Ridge, but was whistled off of that by the right wing of his own party, and had to scramble and pick someone else, because he was afraid to challenge his own party."

On the Palin pick: "He didn't pick the people he wanted to pick ... Here's a guy who's been in lock step with George Bush ... and says he wants to continue those policies... We still don't know what the verdict in Gov. Palin. We really don't know that much about her. ... We do know this, there's an ongoing investigation up there."