AFL-CIO CAUCUS, SUNDAY, 3:20 P.M.: Labor unveiled one major tactical twist at its delegate caucus on Sunday afternoon. AFSCME President Jerry McEntee, who has chaired the AFL-CIO’s political committee since the Van Buren administration, announced that on the afternoon and evening of George W. Bush’s speech to the Republican convention -- Thursday, September 2 -- union activists will knock on the doors of one million union households in the 16 battleground states.

Harman told me that Democrats think it’s possible that Bush may spring into action on the intelligence reform front as soon as Friday, possibly calling Congress back into session to deal with the 9-11 Commission’s recommendations. (Of course, this would also have the effect of shifting attention away from the Kerry-Edwards ticket that will be nominated on Thursday.) The Democrats have no intention of having this issue taken away from them, however. Harman said that tomorrow morning at 8:00 A.M., House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will convene a Democratic House Caucus meeting here in Boston, which Harman will address, to make sure the Democrats have the fullest possible proposal on the table before Bush acts.