Today’s new Rasmussen shows McCain pulling to within 4 points of Obama in Pennsylvania. That and the day’s other political news in the TPM Election Central Morning Roundup.

Ed. Note: We have all the recent Pennsylvania polls in the Election Central Poll Tracker.

The Republicans are at it again in Pennsylvania. Last week it was the email sent to Jewish voters by the state GOP warning of a second Holocaust. They had to disavow that one and fire a consultant over it.

No problem though. Now an GOP independent group is making the same claim in a mailer obtained by TPM Election Central.

Replay of 2004 and 2006 …

Dear Mr. Chertoff:

I was startled to read in today’s Associated Press that a “federal law enforcement official” has leaked information about an immigration case involving a relative of Senator Obama. Even more troubling, the AP reports that it could not “could not establish whether anyone at a political level in the Bush administration or in the McCain campaign had been involved,” a very disturbing suggesting indeed. This leak is deplorable and I urge you to take immediate action to investigate and discipline those responsible.

I note that this is not the first leak of law enforcement information apparently designed to influence the coming Presidential election — in recent weeks law enforcement sources leaked information about an alleged investigation of a community services organization, a leak that the Department of Justice informs me is now under investigation by the Department’s Office of the Inspector General and Professional Responsibility.

Such leaks are deeply harmful to the political process, and the American people expect and deserve better from their government and its law enforcement agencies.

Sincerely,

John Conyers, Jr.

I usually think Mark Shields is a pretty decent observer of contemporary politics. But saying that “the most admirable thing John McCain did was not to play the race card in this campaign”? What campaign was he watching?

For those of you who read my post earlier this morning on the convergence between Gallup’s ‘expanded’ and ‘traditional’ likely voter numbers, Saturday’s numbers are now out and the two numbers are now identical — Obama 52%, McCain 42% in both.

Joe the Plumber, Tito the Builder, Jay the Contractor … I just realized that Sarah Palin is making the election sound a lot like the pre-school shows my two year old son watches.

Dick Cheney made a rare public appearance on the campaign trail this morning:

The Obama camp was delighted.