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1:25 PM ET, August 15, 2008

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Satyam / Think Progress:
McCain: Georgia conflict is the ‘first serious crisis internationally since the end of the Cold War.’  —  Speaking at the Aspen Institute in Colorado yesterday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said that recent Russian aggression in Georgia is the “first...serious crisis internationally since the end of the Cold War.”
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
HIS GRANDIOSITY ON DISPLAY  —  John McCain says: “My friends, we have reached a crisis, the first probably serious crisis internationally since the end of the Cold War.  This is an act of aggression.”  —  Let's run-down the list.  Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, followed by the US expulsion of Iraq from Kuwait.
Discussion: Eschaton
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
McCain alarms base with abortion comment  —  Top social conservative leaders in key battleground states are urging John McCain not to pick a running mate who supports abortion rights, warning of dire consequences from a Republican base already unenthused about their nominee.
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Mark Murray / MSNBC:
FIRST THOUGHTS: LOSING MY RELIGION?
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Mike Allen's PLAYBOOK
Discussion: Texas Monthly
CBN.com:
Rick Warren Plans to Bring up Obama, McCain's Personal Life  —  It's going to get a little personal Saturday night at Saddleback Church in California.  John McCain and Barack Obama will spend an hour each talking to Pastor Rick Warren at his Compassion Forum.
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Michael Goodwin / NY Daily News:
Barack Obama blinks in Hillary face-off  —  Russia rolls over Georgia, Hillary Clinton does the same to Barack Obama.  Now we know who's boss.  —  Obama blinked and stands guilty of appeasing Clinton by agreeing to a roll call vote for her nomination.  That he might not have had much choice …
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New York Times:
Rice Presses for Pullout as Georgia Signs Cease-Fire  —  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was there to see Georgia sign a cease-fire agreement with Russia on Friday and then declared that all Russian troops must leave Georgian territory immediately.  —  Ms. Rice, who was in Georgia …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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Washington Post:
McCain's Focus on Georgia Raises Question of Propriety
Wall Street Journal:
Evidence in Georgia Belies Russia's Claims of ‘Genocide’
Discussion: Danger Room
John R Bolton / Telegraph:
After Russia's invasion of Georgia, what now for the West?  —  At least for now, the smoke seems to be clearing from the Georgian battlefield.  But the extent of the wreckage reaches far beyond that small country.  —  Russia's invasion across an internationally recognised border …
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Philip Stephens / Financial Times:
The vulnerabilities that lie behind Putin's belligerence
New York Times:
Bush, Decrying ‘Bullying,’ Calls for Russia to Leave Georgia
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Taxpayers for Common Sense:
HEADLINES BY TCS  —  New information has surfaced that alleges Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK) turned a $5,000 investment into $129,250 profit with the help of a secret no-interest loan that the Senator had not previously disclosed.  —  Federal prosecutors filed a new motion late yesterday …
Discussion: The Crypt's Blogs
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Richard Mauer / Anchorage Daily News:
Feds reveal more in Stevens case
Discussion: TPMMuckraker
Jim Heintz / Associated Press:
Russia: Poland risks attack because of US missiles  —  MOSCOW - A top Russian general said Friday that Poland's agreement to accept a U.S. missile interceptor base exposes the ex-communist nation to attack, possibly by nuclear weapons, the Interfax news agency reported.
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Jonathan S. Landay / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Another flub?  Bush vowed Navy aid to Georgia too soon  —  WASHINGTON — President Bush Wednesday promised that U.S. naval forces would deliver humanitarian aid to war-torn Georgia before his administration had received approval from Turkey, which controls naval access to the Black Sea …
John McCain 2008:
Ensuring the Personal Security and Privacy of Americans in the Digital Age  —  “All Americans benefit enormously from the development of advanced technologies and the free flow of information on the Internet, whether for business, personal use, or social causes.
Discussion: The Huffington Post
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Associated Press:
North Texas school district will let teachers carry guns  —  Comments Recommend  —  HARROLD, Texas — A tiny Texas school district may be the first in the nation to allow teachers and staff to pack guns for protection when classes begin later this month, a newspaper reported.
Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
McCain, RNC report $96 million cash on hand  —  Featured Topics: - John McCain - Barack Obama  —  WASHINGTON - John McCain and the Republican National Committee started August with a hefty $96 million, financially flush and strongly positioned to compete with prolific fundraiser Barack Obama and the Democrats.
Lynn Smith / Los Angeles Times:
Doc blames Clintons for 9/11 miniseries' DVD holdup  —  ‘Blocking the Path to 9/11,’ produced by John Ziegler and Citizens United, claims that further showing of ABC's controversial project has been quashed.  —  In Hollywood docudramas, when the phrase “miscarriage of justice” is employed …
Discussion: Power Line and AlterNet
Francis Fukuyama / Wall Street Journal:
Iraq May Be Stable, But the War Was a Mistake  —  Sometime in May 2003, shortly after U.S. forces had taken Baghdad and President Bush landed on an aircraft carrier under the banner “Mission Accomplished,” an old friend remarked that he thought the war was going pretty well so far.
Discussion: Commentary and Swampland
Associated Press:
Obama bodysurfs at Sandy Beach  —  U.S. Sen. Barack Obama bodysurfed today at Sandy Beach today, a place he frequented as a teen-ager growing up in Honolulu.  —  The presidential candidate was photographed shaking hands with bodyboarders, catching a few waves and paying homage …
Stuart Koehl / Weekly Standard:
The Pain Game  —  A military response to Russia's aggression?  —  Conventional wisdom has rapidly hardened around the proposition that there is no practical military response to the Russian invasion of Georgia.  In fact, if the Georgians were inclined to fight, there is quite a lot …
Discussion: The Daily Dish and Balloon Juice
Jill Zuckman / Chicago Tribune:
John McCain and the POW church riot  —  HARRISBURG, Pa. — They called it the church riot.  —  Sen. John McCain, who is known for his reticence and even discomfort invoking faith on the campaign trail, was once dubbed a “Hell's Angel” for rioting against his captors in Vietnam in order to hold Sunday church services.
 
 
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