Daily Polichicks - Wednesday

What's going on.

Campaign '08:

Hillary Clinton is back on the 9 to 5.  She returned to work at the U.S. Senate on Tuesday.  "It's great to be here among my colleagues," Clinton teased, "just another regular, plain old superdelegate."  [The Washington Post]

A new Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg polls shows Barack Obama has a 12 point lead over John McCain (49% Obama; 37% McCain).  Add Independent candidate Ralph Nader and Libertarian candidate Bob Barr to the game, and Obama's lead jumps to 15. [The Los Angeles Times]

John McCain outlined his plan for energy efficiency yesterday.  [The Washington Post] 

Will John McCain select a woman as his running mate? Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson, former HP CEO Carly Fiorina and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin could be on his short list. [Politico]

Barack Obama asks his funders to help Hillary Clinton pay off her campaign debt. [The New York Times]

MTV rocks the vote by announcing that the network will now take political ads.  MTV has refused political ads since its inception in 1981. [TV Week]

U.S. News:

Please don't surf and drive.  Chrysler will offer wireless internet connection in its 2009 vehicles. [The Los Angeles Times]

And by the way:

Ashley Dupre, the call girl who "dated" former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, is back on MySpace asking people to friend her. [The Los Angeles Times]