Ten days to the election and the campaign trail is officially on FIRE. CNN's Ballot Bowl coverage this afternoon showed the four candidates (P's and VP's) campaigning across the map.

Sarah Palin is rallying Iowans, who seem to be leaning towards Obama. Interestingly, it seems the McCain-Palin ticket are taking on some toss-up states but ignoring others. In Iowa, Palin rallied Iowans to support "the underdog," and hitting the Obama campaign with socialist accusations. Palin stayed on message despite recent gaffes including her criticizing "robo calls," which her own campaign was using. To McCain-Palin advisors' delight, Palin emphasized Obama's socialist tax credit plans, referring to "Barack the wealth-spreader," and associating Obama with voter registration fraud.

While Palin was rallying Iowa, VP candidate Joe Biden was in Virginia, another blue-leaning state. Biden also stayed on message, which was critical after his own larger-than-life gaffe this week, proclaiming the world will test Obama when he gets into office. To counter this blip, Obama spoke to the press in Richmond, Virginia, discussing international challenges. He told the press that the next president will be tested no matter who it is because of the way the state of the nation is being left by thte Bush administration.

John McCain wasted no time in jumping on Biden's slip-up, using the line in all of his recent speeches.

In regards to Biden's gaffe, Obama aids said, "We knew that about him when we picked him, he has a lot of other assets that balance him out as a candidate."

While the VP candidates may be tripping over their gaffes, the presidential candidates are looking more presidential than ever. Even McCain, who during his campaign has seemed nervous, "erratic," and angry, is stepping up his game and maintaining his composure on the campaign trail. Today McCain was in New Mexico, pushing the "underdog" message and continuing to insinuate Obama's socialist agenda.

One of the greatest differences, however, in Obama and McCain's campaigns, is level of consistency. While McCain seems to have a new brand of messaging weekly, at least, Obama has stayed on message from the very beginning. Today in Nevada Obama countered McCain's accusations of socialism with his "need for change" message. He emphasized his rescue plan for the middle class and asked the crowd if they wanted "four more years of the Bush adminstration," a classic Obama message.

While the VP candidates are running up their own gaffe numbers, Obama and McCain have to take control of their own campaigns. CNN reminded viewers today of some disastrous gaffes by VP candidates including Palin's unsuccessful Katie Couric interviews. The coverage shows competent presidential candidates, but when will Biden and Palin catch up? One campaign is going to have to buckle down and win this election.