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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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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 …
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The Other McCain
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.
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Mike Allen's PLAYBOOK — 81 days - Obama once telemarketed NYT subscriptions - Karen Finney b'day - Breaking: HRC proposing luggage-fee exemption for troops — Obama releases 41-page rebuttal to best seller ... Maria Comella, Ben Porritt joining McCain campaign ... Matt Burns will come to HQ …
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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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Zzaki / Political Punch:
Rick Warren Would Have Serious Compunctions About Voting for an Adulterer, Says John Edwards Has Lost the Trust of America — I had the privilege of interviewing Rick Warren today, the best-selling author of The Purpose-Driven Life and the world-famous evangelical pastor.
Krissah Williams Thompson / Washington Post:
GOP Loyalty Not a Given For Young Evangelicals — DULUTH, Ga. — Jonathan Merritt is a Baptist preacher's son with a pristine evangelical lineage. It was his dad, the Rev. James Merritt, who reportedly brought President Bush to tears in the days after the Sept. 11 attacks when he called the president “God's man for this hour.”
Washington Post:
McCain's Focus on Georgia Raises Question of Propriety — After Chiding Obama, He Dwells on Crisis as a President Might — Standing behind a lectern in Michigan this week, with two trusted senators ready to do his bidding, John McCain seemed to forget for a moment that he was only running for president.
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Michael Falcone / New York Times:McCain Displays Credentials as Obama Relaxes
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New York Times:
Lawyers' Ties Hint at Extent of Hiding Edwards's Affair — As tabloid reports of a sex scandal threatened former Senator John Edwards's presidential campaign last December on the eve of the Iowa caucuses, two lawyers surfaced with written statements that appeared to exonerate the candidate.
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Philip Stephens / Financial Times:
The vulnerabilities that lie behind Putin's belligerence — Some time ago when the Kremlin distributed photographs of a shirtless Vladimir Putin brandishing a hunting rifle the temptation was to snigger. Another middle-aged man; another mid-life crisis. Alas, this week's invasion of Georgia …
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Alexander Mooney / CNN:
Biden, Bayh get VP night slots at convention — (CNN) — The two senators widely believed to be at the top of Barack Obama's shortlist for VP have been given prime-time speaking slots at the Democratic convention Wednesday night — the very same night the vice presidential candidate is slated to speak.
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Pakistan Daily Times:
Deal is done — * Coalition offers president safe passage, security cover if he resigns * Nawaz ready to show flexibility — ISLAMABAD: The coalition government has offered indemnity and security to President Pervez Musharraf if he resigns, sources privy to the developments said on Thursday.
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Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
John McCain raises $27 million in July — Featured Topics: - John McCain - Barack Obama — WASHINGTON - John McCain raised $27 million in July, his largest one-month fundraising haul since clinching the Republican presidential nomination, while the Republican National Committee brought in nearly $26 million.
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Rich Lowry / Real Clear Politics:
The Lieberman Option — A vice-presidential pick is always important, but John McCain confronts a starkly existential choice this year. — Is he running as a Republican or chiefly as a bipartisan deal-maker? Does he have a reasonable shot at victory, or face desperately long odds?
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
Wall Street Journal:
McCain's Son Sat on Troubled Bank's Board — Silver State Bancorp Is Facing Big Losses, Regulatory Scrutiny — Sen. John McCain's son served until last month on the board audit committee of a Nevada bank that is struggling to survive amid mounting losses and regulatory scrutiny.
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