| 8:27 PM: | McCain slams Obama again for defeatism over Iraq. U.S. presidential candidate John McCain on Saturday again accused his opponent Barack Obama of defeatism and said the Democratic senator from Illinois did not have what it took to be the country's commander in chief. Reuters. | |
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| 8:11 PM: | Edwards furious with ABC News. Edwards had hoped to control the news cycle by making his admission late on a Friday night when the country was watching the Olympics and the long weekend yawned ahead. B&C. | |
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| 7:50 PM: | The Public Editor: Sometimes, There's News in the Gutter. Just because it's in The Enquirer doesn't make it untouchable. NYT. | |
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| 5:36 PM: | Lieberman 'on McCain short-list' Joe Lieberman, the former Democratic vice-presidential nominee who has endorsed John McCain, is being vetted as a potential running mate for the Republican presidential hopeful, according to an adviser to Mr McCain’s campaign. FT. | |
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| 5:34 PM: | Russian response called 'far disproportionate' Russia's use of strategic bombers and ballistic missiles against Georgia's civilians outside of the South Ossetian conflict is "far disproportionate" to Georgia's alleged attack on Russian peacekeepers, a senior U.S. official said Saturday. CNN. | |
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| 4:20 PM: | The Trouble with Lobbyists Running Your Campaign. McCain foreign policy director Randy Scheunemann represented the former Soviet republic of Georgia as a lobbyist between 2004 and 2006. ABC. | |
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| 1:47 PM: | Reticence of Mainstream Media Becomes Story Itself. Political blogs, some cable networks and a few newspapers reported on it -- or, more accurately, reported on The Enquirer reporting on it. Jay Leno and David Letterman made Mr. Edwards the butt of jokes on their late-night shows, but their own networks declined to report on the rumors surrounding him on the evening news. Why? NYT. | |
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| 12:40 PM: | Why McCain would be a mediocre president. McCain says he doesn't understand the economy. He's demonstrated that he doesn't understand the workings of Social Security, or the political history of the Middle East. He doesn't know who our enemies are. He says he wants to reduce global warming, but then proposes ideas that would stimulate -- not reduce -- demand for fossil fuels MarketWatch. | |
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| 11:41 AM: | A role reversal for McCain, Obama campaigns. While Barack Obama is on vacation, John McCain is hitting the campaign trail. CNN. | |
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| 11:41 AM: | Growing diversity in swing counties favors Obama. Young and minority Americans have been flocking to the nation's "swing counties," hotly contested areas that could play a crucial role in this year's election. USA Today. | |
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| 11:27 AM: | Gallup Daily: Obama 47%, McCain 42% The latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking update finds Barack Obama with a 47% to 42% lead over John McCain, when registered voters are asked for whom they would vote if the presidential election were held today. Gallup. | |
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| 6:00 AM: | 'Invasion of Georgia' --a '3 a.m. moment' Bush, Obama statements reflect those of Democratically elected world leaders, while McCain takes more aggressive approach. Politico. | |
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| 5:57 AM: | Authorities: American tourist killed in Beijing. Beijing authorities say a Chinese man attacked two American tourists on the opening day of the Olympic Games, killing one of them before committing suicide. AP. | |
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| 5:55 AM: | Old media dethroned. When John Edwards admitted Friday that he lied about his affair with filmmaker Rielle Hunter, a former employee of his campaign, he may have ended his public life but he certainly ratified an end to the era in which traditional media set the agenda for national political journalism. LA Times. | |
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