We've made it past miles of manicured lawns, golf courses and gated mansions to the epicenter of the McCain-iverse, the Arizona Biltmore, where in a few hours (or you know, like, 10), Mac will deliver a speech that's either gonna be a real barnburner or a certified bummer.

McCain will deliver this speech on the lawn you see here (he got married on this same spot 24 years ago). ... Exactly four minutes ago they closed it off to the general public, and tonight, a lucky (and heavily credentialed) 2,500 will be ushered inside to watch it.
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It's been a while since we heard any new music from DMX, but the troubled rapper dropped an unexpected freestyle on Thursday outside the courtroom where he pleaded not guilty to a pair of felony theft charges related to a hospital visit in April. "If and when you ever fall down/ Get back up/ Drop something/ Stop fretting/ Pick that ... back up," went the rhyme X delivered to reporters covering the case. He's accused of using a fake name during a trip to the Scottsdale, Arizona, Mayo Clinic.

What do you think of X's courthouse flow? Will it help get him off the hook?