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3:14 AM ET, August 18, 2008

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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Despite Assurances, McCain Wasn't in a ‘Cone of Silence’  —  ORLANDO, Fla. — Senator John McCain was not in a “cone of silence” on Saturday night while his rival, Senator Barack Obama, was being interviewed at the Saddleback Church in California.  —  Members of the McCain campaign staff …
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CNN:
Warren: McCain did not violate ‘cone of silence’  —  From CNN Sr. National Editor Steve Brusk, CNN's Dana Bash, CNN's Mike Roselli  —  (CNN) - Sometimes you just have to take it on faith.  —  Pastor Rick Warren said John McCain didn't hear any of the questions in advance at Saturday night's Civil Forum …
Mike Allen / The Politico:
McCain protests NBC coverage  —  McCain's campaign manager Rick Davis asked Sunday for a meeting with Steve Capus, the president of NBC News, to protest what the campaign called signs that the network is “abandoning non-partisan coverage of the Presidential race.”
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.
Nate / FiveThirtyEight.com:
Pastor Warren Contradicts Self on ‘Cone of Silence’  —  Note: Second Update below contains video of Warren's appearance today on CNN.  [9:19 PM CDT]  —  In yesterday's Saddleback Forum, pastor Rick Warren on two occasions referred to John McCain's “cone of silence”, implying strongly …
Beth Fouhy / Associated Press:
No more hugs as Obama tears into McCain  —  RENO, Nev. - So much for hugging in church.  —  A day after Barack Obama and John McCain exchanged an embrace during a faith forum at a California megachurch, Obama called the U.S. economy a disaster thanks to “John McCain's president, George W. Bush …
Michael Goldfarb / John McCain 2008:   Saddleback: McCain Wins, Obama Camp Whines
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.
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Rickrocket / Daily Kos:
“Cross in the Dirt” story stolen from Solzhenitsyn (updated X3)  —  I was watching the forum last night and decided that since I hadn't eaten yet, I would try to listen to John McCain speak.  I was doing OK with the “my friends” and the evil chuckle when I heard him talk about his POW story of the cross in the dirt.
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits  —  Excitable Andy has decided to Swift Boat John McCain: … Uh huh.  Because the sign of the cross is a pretty well-kept secret, so how could prison guards invoke it twice in one century?  FWIW, the story appears in McCain's 1999 “Faith Of My Fathers” …
Damien McElroy / Telegraph:
Ukraine offers satellite defence co-operation with Europe and US  —  Ukraine inflamed mounting East-West tensions yesterday by offering up a Soviet-built satellite facility as part of the European missile defence system.  —  The proposal, made amid growing outrage among Russia's neighbours …
Discussion: GINA COBB and Don Surber
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Tom Lasseter / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Tour of Tskhinvali undercuts Russian version of fighting
Discussion: Washington Monthly
New York Times:
U.S. Watched as a Squabble Turned Into a Showdown  —  WASHINGTON — Five months ago, President Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia, long a darling of this city's diplomatic dinner party circuit, came to town to push for America to muscle his tiny country of four million into NATO.
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New York Times:
For Convention, Obama's Image Is All-American  —  WASHINGTON — One of the first images prime-time viewers will see of the Democratic National Convention next week is that of Michelle Obama, who will begin the four-day introduction of her husband, and her family, on her terms.
Andrew G. Biggs / Notes on Social Security Reform:
Obama on Social Security in Manchester Union Leader  —  Sen. Barack Obama has an op-ed in today's Manchester Union Leader regarding Social Security reform.  It's worth reading the whole thing, posted here, but here I'd like to dissect a few factual claims Obama makes in the piece.
Discussion: The Corner and EconLog
 
 
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Suburban Canvassing  —  I went canvassing for most of the morning …
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Harold Pollack / American Prospect:
DOES ANYONE CARE HOW WE ACTUALLY RUN THE GOVERNMENT? …
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Setting The Table For Armageddon  —  Where do they get these crazy ideas?
Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
Deployments Are a Factor in Army's Deficit of Majors
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Faiz / Think Progress:
Jindal stumped when asked to name new ‘big ideas’ that McCain is proposing.
Andrew Garber / The Seattle Times:
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Ryan Corsaro / CBS News:
Despite Request, McCain Resorted to Stock Answers at Faith Forum
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Bill Kristol's weekly moment of shame “...if countries don't have …
 

 
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