The Page: Where They Are Friday

McCain: Dayton, OH; Pittsburgh, PA
Obama: Denver, CO; Beaver, PA

CFO Magazine: Con-way Settles SEC Foreign-payoff Charges

Freight-shipping company Con-way Inc. agreed to pay $300,000 to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges that improper payments made by a unit to numerous government officials violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Emery Transnational, a Philippines-based firm controlled by the San Francisco-based Con-way, made $417,000 in improper payments to the officials in various countries between 2000 [...]

Washington Post: Obama Campaign Manager Rallies Finance Team

Barack Obama’s top fundraisers got a sneak peek at some tough new political ads and had their first formal meeting with running mate Joe Biden this morning.
The meeting of the campaign’s National Finance Committee — those who have committed to raising $300,000 or more — featured discussions with Michelle Obama, campaign manager David Plouffe [...]

Washington Times: ‘Rainmaker’ lobbyist aids Biden

When Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. started a new political fundraising committee three years ago, he turned to a longtime Washington insider for help – the partner of a lobbying firm co-founded by his son.
William Oldaker, a federal lobbyist whom one watchdog group dubbed “the rainmaker,” and his associates have held dual roles [...]

Legal Times: DOJ Revises McNulty Memo

The Justice Department today issued new guidelines meant to gird attorney-client privilege and defendant rights in corporate investigations, a step many in the business and legal communities welcomed guardedly.
The department’s policies on corporate investigations have shifted five times in the last decade, drawing pique from the white-collar bar, the American Bar Association, a number of [...]

The Page: Obama Backstage With the DSCC

In whispered comments to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee backstage Wednesday night, the Democratic nominee stresses the importance of winning more seats in November. Watch video above.
“We don’t want to just take back the White House, we want to make sure we’ve got all the Senators we need to…pass all the issues we support.”

The Page: Biden Meets With Obama Finance Team

The vice presidential nominee get his first formal meeting with top Obama fundraisers.
At the closed gathering, campaign manager David Plouffe reportedly offers a sneak peek at upcoming battleground TV ads to the $300,000+ bundlers in attendance.

The Page: Biden Opens His Mouth

Outside Invesco Field, the Democratic running mate jokes about being veep with a National Guardsman:
“If I had your hair I’d be president, you know what I mean? I wouldn’t be screwing around with this job.”

Orlando Sentinel: Canady tapped for Florida Supreme Court

Gov. Charlie Crist this morning tapped Lakeland Judge and former Republican congressman Charles Canady to fill an opening on the Florida Supreme Court.
Canady, a Yale law school graduate, is a current Second District Court of Appeal judge and served as one of the House’s prosecutors during the impeachment trial of President Clinton. Six Central Florida [...]

Orlando Sentinel: Feeney gets another “Taxpayer’ Hero” award

U.S. Rep. Tom Feeney, R-Oviedo, has picked up a “Taxpayer Hero” award — and tied for the top ranking in the Florida delegation — from the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste. The group, which has been handing out ratings since 1991, tracks what it terms “roll-call votes to separate the taxpayer advocates in Congress [...]