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Edwards Admits Sexual Affair; Lied as Presidential Candidate — In ABC News Interview, Edwards Says He Cheated, but Did Not Father Child — John Edwards repeatedly lied during his Presidential campaign about an extramarital affair with a novice filmmaker, the former Senator admitted to ABC News today.
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Pete Yost / Associated Press:
Edwards admits to affair, denies fathering child — WASHINGTON - Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards on Friday admitted to an extramarital affair while his wife was battling cancer. He denied fathering the woman's daughter. — Edwards told ABC News that he lied repeatedly …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
ABC News: Edwards admits affair — Rielle Hunter is his lover — but the kid is not his son. Er, daughter: … Stand by for updates. — Update: Who forced him to finally 'fess up? The Enquirer? Hunter? The Obama campaign? Other Democratic power brokers? Mickey Kaus? Who, I ask you?
New York Times:
Russia Threatens Retaliation After Georgia Says It Fired on Planes — MOSCOW — The sharpest fighting since the early 1990s in the disputed Caucasian enclave of South Ossetia threatened to draw Russia and the American-backed former Soviet republic of Georgia into direct military conflict on Friday.
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Georgia ‘under attack’ as Russian tanks roll in — TBLISI, Georgia (CNN) — Georgia's president said Friday that his country is under attack by Russian tanks and warplanes, and he accused Russia of targeting civilians as tensions over the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia appeared to boil over into full-blown conflict.
James Joyner / Outside The Beltway:
Russia Invades South Ossetia, Georgia Shoots Down Russian Planes — Russian tanks have moved into the disputed Caucasus region of South Ossetia, dramatically escalating already high tensions with Georgia. … This is still a holdover from the breakup of the Soviet Union.
Fox News:
Georgia, Russia ‘Very Close’ to War Over Breakaway Republic South Ossetia
Georgia, Russia ‘Very Close’ to War Over Breakaway Republic South Ossetia
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Guardian:
Russia invades Georgia to defend breakaway region
Russia invades Georgia to defend breakaway region
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Amy Sullivan / Time:
An Antichrist Obama in McCain Ad? — It's not easy to make the infamous Willie Horton ad from the 1988 presidential campaign seem benign. But suggesting that Barack Obama is the Antichrist might just do it. — That's just what some outraged Christian supporters of the Democratic nominee …
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Mark Murray / MSNBC:
MCCAIN'S NEW AD CONTAINS DUBIOUS CLAIMS — From NBC's Mark Murray — The McCain campaign has announced it's running yet another TV ad hitting Obama for his “celebrity” and for wanting to raise taxes. — The campaign says the ad is being cycled into its buy in Colorado, Iowa, Michigan …
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Obama Camp: McCain's Latest Celeb Ad “Is A Lie”
Obama Camp: McCain's Latest Celeb Ad “Is A Lie”
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
YEP — Schumer: “I would answer back hard. What do you mean [Obama's] not one of us?
YEP — Schumer: “I would answer back hard. What do you mean [Obama's] not one of us?
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
MUST BE GRAND ... Must be grand to be flying in your private jet …
MUST BE GRAND ... Must be grand to be flying in your private jet …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Know-Nothing Politics — So the G.O.P. has found its issue for the 2008 election. For the next three months the party plans to keep chanting: “Drill here! Drill now! Drill here! Drill now! Four legs good, two legs bad!” O.K., I added that last part.
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Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
When Identity Politics Backfire — Nikki Tinker's resounding defeat in her primary challenge to Rep. Stephen Cohen may suggest that identity politics don't work quite as well as they used to. — This week the Democratic primary in the mostly African-American Ninth District in Memphis, Tennessee made national headlines.
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Michael Luo / New York Times:
Group Plans Campaign Against G.O.P. Donors — Nearly 10,000 of the biggest donors to Republican candidates and causes across the country will probably receive a foreboding “warning” letter in the mail next week. — The letter is an opening shot across the bow from an unusual …
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Denver Post:
Clinton backers want vote — Brenda Krause is tired of fearmongering among the Democrats. — The 55-year-old delegate to the Democratic National Convention doesn't think the party — or its unity — is in any way compromised by her voting for Hillary Rodham Clinton at the roll call.
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Anne E. Kornblut / Washington Post:
Democratic Aides Working on Plan To Keep the Peace At the Convention
Democratic Aides Working on Plan To Keep the Peace At the Convention
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Gabriel Malor / Ace of Spades HQ:
Obama is a Zero — Many commenters have pointed out this hilarious attempt at a new rallying symbol for Obama. — These people are really stretching. — More: Several bloggers have noted the call-back to Star Trek's The Way to Eden, but I think Baldilocks was first.
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Jeff Stein / SpyTalk:
Suskind to Release CIA Interview Transcripts on ‘Forged’ Document — Author Ron Suskind says he will release transcripts of his interviews with a top CIA official that will confirm his story that in 2003 the White House ordered the agency to fabricate a phony document linking Iraq to the Sept. 11 …
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Accountability Now/Strange Bedfellows money bomb — Richard Nixon, August 8, 1974, 9:01 p.m. from the Oval Office: … Thirty-four years ago today, Richard Nixon was forced from office as a result of mounting public anger, which in turn fueled the bipartisan intent of Congress to impeach him …
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Marc Ambinder:
Just Asking... If there were a group of questionable donations all with the name Abdullah — that were funneled through a guy in Jordan — who is under investigation for war profiteering — would this be a bigger deal?
Washington Post:
Atlantic Scores Internal Clinton Campaign Emails — Just when you thought everyone had moved on... former advisers to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton are in a tizzy over an upcoming piece in the Atlantic Monthly that chronicles the inner workings of the now-defunct campaign.
Brian Goldsmith / CBS News:
Evangelical Leader Warns McCain On VP Pick — Political Players: Richard Land Says VP Selection Is The “Most Important” Decision Of The Campaign … CBSNews.com: You've not always been the biggest McCain fan. Has he done a good job in this campaign reaching out to you, and reaching out to the Southern Baptists you represent?
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Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Republican Energy Fumble — Politics has its puzzling moments. John McCain and most of the GOP experienced one late last week. That was when five of their own set about dismantling the best issue Republicans have in the upcoming election. — It's taken time, but Sen. McCain and his party …