As the Republicans came off their convention week with very little bounce, Democrats descended on the Sunday talk shows today to drum up their own soiree in Charlotte, which kicks off Tuesday. "I think the race is exactly where it was before they walked in [to Tampa], and now it's our turn," David Axelrod told Fox News, according to the Hill. "We have a lead in this race, it's a slight lead. We expected a close race, and we're going to have a close race." Other familiar Democrat themes today included lies and liars, notes Politico, with Obama 2012 deputy Stephanie Cutter telling CBS that the RNC amounted to "a week of personal attacks, empty platitudes" in which "lying was a virtue. I heard a lot of things that weren't true this week." Elsewhere on your pre-DNC Sunday dial, as per Politico: