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12:25 PM ET, August 11, 2008

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New York Times:
Georgia Fight Spreads, Moscow Issues Ultimatum  —  GORI, Georgia — Russia issued an ultimatum to Georgian forces on Monday to surrender completely in and around the western pro-Russian separatist enclave of Abkhazia, in a sign that fighting could escalate on a second front in the west of Georgia.
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Robert Kagan / Washington Post:
Putin Makes His Move  —  The details of who did what to precipitate Russia's war against Georgia are not very important.  Do you recall the precise details of the Sudeten Crisis that led to Nazi Germany's invasion of Czechoslovakia?  Of course not, because that morally ambiguous dispute …
William Kristol / New York Times:
Will Russia Get Away With It?  —  In August 1924, the small nation of Georgia, occupied by Soviet Russia since 1921, rose up against Soviet rule.  On Sept. 16, 1924, The Times of London reported on an appeal by the president of the Georgian Republic to the League of Nations.
Tony Halpin / Times of London:
We helped in Iraq - now help us, beg Georgians  —  As Russia forces its neighbour to retreat from South Ossetia, the people of Gori tell our correspondent of betrayal by the West  —  As a Russian jet bombed fields around his village, Djimali Avago, a Georgian farmer, asked me: “Why won't America and Nato help us?
Mikheil Saakashvili / Wall Street Journal:
The War in Georgia Is a War for the West  —  As I write, Russia is waging war on my country.  —  On Friday, hundreds of Russian tanks crossed into Georgian territory, and Russian air force jets bombed Georgian airports, bases, ports and public markets.  Many are dead, many more wounded.
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
What Is Maximum Pressure?  —  Washington Times calls for the United States to exert “maximum pressure” on Russia in defense of Georgia.  This means, what, exactly?  Deploy troops?  Threaten nuclear war?  And then there's Robert Kagan who, as you'll recall, is considered the respectable neocon.
TigerHawk:
True colors: Where's the “anti-war” movement on the Russo-Georgia war?
Discussion: The Corner
Blake Fleetwood / The Huffington Post:
What a Convenient Little War for The Republicans
Discussion: Confederate Yankee
StrategyPage:
Why Georgia Lost The War
Discussion: A Blog For All
Frank James / The Swamp:   Bush won't sway Putin on Georgia
ABCNEWS:
Wolfson: Edwards' Cover-up Cost Clinton the Nomination  —  Aides Say She Would Have Won Iowa if Edwards Affair was Exposed  —  Sen. Hillary Clinton would be the Democratic presidential nominee if John Edwards had been caught in his lie about an extramarital affair and forced out of the race last year …
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Bob Cusack / The Hill:
Plans for Clinton convention rallies intensify
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Clinton told to portray Obama as foreign
Discussion: NY Daily News and Taylor Marsh
ABCNEWS:
Is John Edwards Still Lying?  —  Former Friend of Ex-Mistress Says Edwards Still Not Telling the Whole Truth  —  A one-time close friend of John Edwards' ex-mistress says the former Senator is still not telling the whole truth about how his affair with Rielle Hunter began.
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Serge F. Kovaleski / New York Times:
Behind a Meeting That Exposed Edwards's Affair
Discussion: DBKP and Deceiver.com
Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
7 worrisome signs for Obama  —  A few weeks back, Time magazine was musing that John McCain was in danger of sliding from “a long shot” to a “no-shot.”  Around the same time, a hard-nosed former Hillary Clinton insider declared the race “effectively over” thanks to the McCain campaign's ineptitude …
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Obama to McCain: Who's the ‘celebrity?’  —  In the celebrity by association game, which is worse: Paris Hilton or President Bush?  —  Barack Obama is banking on Bush's association with John McCain, targeted in a new campaign TV ad that links, with several big “embraces,” …
Digby / Hullabaloo:
All American Insult  —  Cokie Roberts said today that Obama shouldn't be going on vacation anywhere that has the “look of a foreign exotic place” and should go to Myrtle Beach instead.  Apparently, Hawaii isn't quite American enough for Cokie and her provincial pals in the beltway, even though it's one of the 50 states.
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Ted Johnson / Wilshire & Washington:
Angelina Jolie's Endorsement  —  It may seem as if most entertainment industry figures are aligning with Barack Obama and just a few with John McCain, but there are still a handful of famous names who are still on the fence.  And both campaigns are well aware of one star who stands out among the undecideds: Angelina Jolie.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Can It Happen Here?  —  The draft Democratic Party platform that was sent out last week puts health care reform front and center.  “If one thing came through in the platform hearings,” says the document, “it was that Democrats are united around a commitment to provide every American access to affordable, comprehensive health care.”
Discussion: The Mahablog and Working Life
Pat Forde / ESPN:
‘No way’ turns into ‘no quit’ for Lezak, men's relay team … BEIJING — Halfway through what might have been the greatest comeback swim in Olympic history, Jason Lezak peered through his goggles at the lane to his right and briefly abandoned hope.  —  “The thought really entered my mind for a split second,” Lezak said.
CNN:
CNN RELIABLE SOURCES  —  Edwards Admits to Extramarital Affair; Favre's Return to NFL Examined  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.  THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.  —  HOWARD KURTZ, HOST (voice over): Sex, lies and tabloid photos.  John Edwards admits …
Discussion: FishBowlDC, Gawker and Media Blog
 
 
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Chris Wallace / Fox News:
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Ken Dilanian / USA Today:
Vetting teams scour pasts of potential VPs
Discussion: TIME.com and MSNBC
Yuval Levin / The Corner:
Obama and the Born-Alive Act
Discussion: www.redstate.com
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