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9:00 PM ET, August 17, 2008

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D. S. Hube / NewsBusters.org:
NBC's Andrea Mitchell Floats Idea McCain Cheated  —  Think John McCain did pretty well in last evening's Saddleback Civil Forum on Presidency hosted by the Rev. Rick Warren?  You're not the only one.  The Obama campaign thinks he did well too — so good, in fact, that they think he might have cheated.
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Chuck Todd / MSNBC:
MCCAIN'S BACK IN THE SADDLEBACK  —  From NBC's Chuck Todd  —  Normally, on a night like tonight, we here at First Read would have been liveblogging every moment of Rick Warren's presidential forum.  But with the Olympics and the fact this is THE Saturday Michael Phelps will be making history, we kept our liveblogging in check.
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
The candidates define ‘rich’  —  At last night's forum at Saddleback Church, the Rev. Rick Warren asked a nearly identical set of questions to Barack Obama and John McCain, but one of the more memorable inquiries was just two words: “Define rich.”  —  Obama started with a joke at Warren's expense …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
MSNBC:
Aug. 17: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Gov. Tim Kaine (D-VA), Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA), political roundtable  —  Baltimore, Md., 9:00 a.m. Boston, Mass., 9:00 a.m. Chicago, Ill., 8:00 a.m. Dallas, Texas, 8:00 a.m. Detroit, Mich., 9:00 a.m. Miami, Fla., 9:00 a.m. Minneapolis …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and The Caucus
Ryan Corsaro / CBS News:
Despite Request, McCain Resorted to Stock Answers at Faith Forum  —  From CBS News' Ryan Corsaro:  —  (LAKE FOREST, CA.)  - There was one rule evangelical pastor Rick Warren wanted to make clear about his questions to both candidates during his forum on Saturday night, and he said it more than once.
Ed Stoddard / Tales from the Trail:
Obama says pointed abortion query “above his pay grade”  —  DALLAS - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama side-stepped a pointed query about abortion on Saturday by “mega-pastor” Rick Warren during a televised forum.  —  Asked at what point a baby gets “human rights,” Obama …
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
GEORGIA UPDATE....The latest on the ceasefire: … Well, we'll see.  I guess this all depends on whether the Russians have blown up enough Georgian infrastructure by then to satisfy their promise of leaving only after implementing those mysterious “extra security measures” they insisted on inserting into the ceasefire text.
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New York Times:
In Ukraine, Fear of Being a Resurgent Russia's Next Target
Discussion: ParaPundit and Reuters
Joe Lauria / The Huffington Post:
Did McCain Help Bait Russia into Georgia?
New York Times:   Kremlin Says Troops Will Begin Georgia Withdrawal
Mike Allen / The Politico:
79 Days — Obama wouldn't have nominated Thomas  —  Prime time last night: Faith, Phelps and Favre - whatacountry ... At Rick Warren forum, McCain is blunt and sometimes electric, Obama is calm and reassuring ... McCain quips “$5 million” when asked his definition of rich, then immediately …
CBN.com:
EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Barack Obama  —  Attention Brody File readers.  —  I was just granted an exclusive one on one interview with Barack Obama here at the Saddleback Civil Forum.  CBN News was the only media outlet to go behind the scenes and conduct an interview.
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Faiz / Think Progress:
Jindal stumped when asked to name new ‘big ideas’ that McCain is proposing.  —  This morning on NBC's Meet the Press, host David Gregory asserted that the Republican Party “used to be the party of big ideas.”  Gregory then asked his guest Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA), “What's the big idea Senator McCain is campaigning on?”
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
McCain's “Cross In The Dirt” Story  —  I've now heard it countless times.  McCain has used what appears to be an intensely personal moment in a prison camp as a reason to vote for him in a campaign ad.  As he tells it today, it was the pivotal moment in his struggle to survive in the Hanoi Hilton.
Ian Welsh / Firedoglake:
Ukraine Baits the Bear While Condi and Dubya Do Nothing  —  This is the stuff that makes me want to claw my eyes out: … Repeat after me “this is a treaty violation and the Russians can use it as a pretext to break the treaty acknowledging Sevastopol as yours.  Are you sure you can win a war with Russia?
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Radio Netherlands Worldwide:
Ukraine to join in US-led missile shield in Europe
Discussion: Pajamas Media
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Setting The Table For Armageddon  —  Where do they get these crazy ideas? … At this point the single most important hallmark of American conservatism is hypocrisy.  This, after all, is the man who stole an election and then invaded a country that had not threatened us in the name of spreadin' democracy.
Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
Deployments Are a Factor in Army's Deficit of Majors  —  Service's Plan for Growth Also Contributes to a Gap That Could Take Five Years to Close  —  The Army's growth plans and the demands of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are contributing to a shortfall of thousands of majors …
Discussion: Firedoglake
 
 
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Harold Pollack / American Prospect:
DOES ANYONE CARE HOW WE ACTUALLY RUN THE GOVERNMENT? …
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PBS:
BILL MOYERS:  —  Welcome to the JOURNAL.  —  America's in a pickle.
Stephen Mihm / New York Times:
Dr. Doom  —  On Sept. 7, 2006, Nouriel Roubini, an economics professor …
Andrew Garber / The Seattle Times:
Primary to winnow the field of candidates
Discussion: Open Left, HorsesAss.Org and MyDD
Jed Lewison / The Jed Report:
McCain Says No To Choice: ‘I Will Be A Pro-Life President’
Amy Larocca / Guardian:
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Bill Kristol's weekly moment of shame “...if countries don't have …
Matt / Think Progress:
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
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Josh White / Washington Post:
Kaine's Push for Obama Rolls Into Loudoun
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Bob Ewegen / Denver Post:
McCain suggests raiding Colorado's water
Associated Press:
Forces align against Republicans in Senate races
Discussion: TIME.com
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Condi Rice: Russian reputation in ‘tatters’
Discussion: The Crypt's Blogs
Jackie Kucinich / The Hill:
GOP rejects Pelosi's energy proposal
Discussion: Hot Air
Mark Hemingway / The Corner:
McCain As Good As Obama Was Bad
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