"There's no lack of people who want to host a fundraiser for Obama, but the candidate literally has to pick and choose. There's a lot of politics just involved in that decision," he explains.

"I should say that John McCain actually has been out here quite prominently raising money within the entertainment business," Mr. Johnson adds. "He has a big supporter, his name is Harry Sloan, he's actually the head of MGM, and he's been with him from the start and has actually had several fundraisers at his home."

HILLARY AND HANNAH

Ask one well-known Washington pundit and she'll tell you the time is ripe for Sen. Barack Obama to bring his old adversary back into the fold.

"At this point, if Barack Obama really wanted to cause excitement with his vice president pick and do the unexpected ... he will put Hillary Clinton on the ticket as his veep running mate," Cheri Jacobus opines on the GOPUSA blog.

She explains that if Mr. Obama had chosen Mrs. Clinton from the get-go "it would not have been a positive dynamic. The press would all be quite bored with it by now, and the 'Bill factor' would be front and center throughout the summer.

"But if Obama picks her now, the press, Democrats and a host of others will all go crazy and the faux unity of the party will have Democrat conventioneers in Denver fainting like teeny-boppers at a Miley Cyrus [Hannah Montana] concert," Miss Jacobus says. "Bring on the smelling salts."