Yet another poll, the Gallup Daily Tracking poll, now shows Obama is in a near tie with John McCain.

Obama had previously had an edge over McCain in this poll.

And a poll from the Pew Research shows that almost half of voters, 48%, think Obama is receiving too much media coverage in comparison to only 26% of people who thought McCain is receiving too much coverage.

Energy seems to be the buzz word of this week's presidential race.

Senators John McCain and Barack Obama have both been talking about their plans for solving America's energy problems as well as their opponent's plans.

Obama increased his rhetoric on McCain, including whether he's talking about McCain's energy problems or simply McCain himself.

"John McCain started running an ad yesterday saying that Washington is broken--no kidding," Obama said.

"Senator McCain's energy plan reads like an early Christmas list for oil and gas lobbyists," Obama said.

McCain responded by saying on Wednesday, when he toured a nuclear power plant, that he did not vote for an energy plan a few years back.

McCain reminded voters he voted against an energy bill three years ago.

"When the energy bill came up to the Senate full of goodies and breaks for the oil industry, I voted against it. Senator Obama voted for it," McCain said.

Obama had voted for the Bush-Cheney Plan in 2005 because he said it funded renewable fuels.

However McCain voted no to the plan, saying it gave oil companies too many tax breaks.

Another important item both candidates have different viewpoints on is off-shore drilling.

McCain supports it, and Obama is against it.

But Obama said he would support off-shore drilling this week if it were a larger part of a plan for energy independence.

70% of Americans support off-shore drilling.

The Democratic National Convention is making its final preparations for the event this week.

Workers will spend the next week building the stage and podium.

The convention is set to begin August 25.

And the race for the vice presidential candidate spots remains ongoing.

But instead of whom it will be, the latest news suggests who it will not be.

Mitt Romney, a former rival of McCain, suggested this week that he will not be picked.

"I expect to be supporting the ticket, campaigning for the ticket, but I don't plan on being part of the ticket. I really think that John McCain has the terrific people to choose from and I don't expect to be that guy," Romney said.

Monday marked a birthday for Obama, and the mood was light on the campaign plane as he passed out cake to reporters.

Obama is now 47 years old, nearly 25 years younger than McCain.

And fun was behind the taped segments each candidate did for NBC's Last Comic Standing finale this week.

The topic was, "Who is the funnier candidate?".

"And if you don't think I'm funny, you've obviously never seen me bowl," Obama said.