McCain's Oil Rig Address Sunk By Weather

John McCain has been overshadowed this week by rival Barack Obama, who has been dominating the headlines during his tour of the Middle East. Obama will next visit Europe, where things don't look better for the presumptive GOP nominee: Obama's speech in Berlin tomorrow is expected to attract extensive media coverage – and up to a million people.

But McCain's camp had a plan to take at least some of the spotlight, as Politico's Jonathan Martin reports: An address on an oil rig in the Gulf Coast to make the case for expanded offshore drilling.

Unfortunately for McCain, the weather wouldn't cooperate: The campaign emailed reporters this afternoon to say, "The meeting with Governor Jindal has been postponed and we are canceling the trip to the rig due to weather." (McCain was to have met with Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindel, one of the people believed to be on the short list to be his running mate, in New Orleans.) McCain will now head to Ohio instead, where he will appear with Lance Armstrong.

The expected high tomorrow in Berlin, meanwhile, is 81 degrees with a mix of sun and clouds. Nice weather for a big outdoor speech.

A tough break for the McCain campaign. But then it's been that kind of week.