| 10:45 PM: | Forces align against Republicans in Senate races. Even the top Republican in charge of the party's Senate campaigns concedes that the GOP will lose seats this year. USA Today. | |
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| 10:44 PM: | Are we now officially a Christian nation? I admire Obama's courage in going to the Saddleback Church forum, but I regret he did it. I hope he doesn't come to feel the same way. Salon. | |
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| 10:44 PM: | Russia digs in amid pullout calls. Russian forces tighten their control of a key highway in Georgia despite calls to pull out forces under a signed ceasefire. BBC. | |
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| 10:06 PM: | Barack Obama's purpose-driven gamble. The Democrat wanted to show he could compete for evangelical votes, too. Will he succeed? Salon. | |
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| 7:29 PM: | 4 Great iPhone App Review Sites. Today, ReadWriteWeb brings you 4 iPhone/iPod app review sites. ReadWriteWeb. | |
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| 7:20 PM: | Russia Is Not Jamaica. "There was a brief five-year period when we could get away with treating Russia like Jamaica -- that's over. Now we have to deal with them like grown-ups who have more nuclear weapons than anybody except us." Maureen Dowd. | |
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| 7:18 PM: | McCain Tonight. I don't know how to say this more clearly: If John McCain can perform during the three debates the way he is performing tonight with Rick Warren, he will win this election. The contrast between him and Barack Obama (who answered the same questions an hour before him) has really been quite startling. Commentary. | |
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| 7:16 PM: | Crowley: McCain talks his way into a 'lightning round' Asked whether he believes in merit pay for teachers, McCain said yes -- and let's find the bad teachers other jobs. CNN. | |
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| 7:14 PM: | Thoughts On Rick Warren's Forum. Who says John McCain fares poorly in these types of sessions? At Rick Warren's forum, he seemed more comfortable and his answers flowed a bit more naturally than Barack Obama's. Granted, the audience was probably more favorably inclined to him. Obama did fine. Penty of humility. And his answer on taxes was as crisp as I've heard. Atlantic. | |
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| 7:11 PM: | Obama cites past drug use at forum on faith. U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama cited his youthful experimentation with drugs and alcohol as his greatest moral failing on Saturday at a forum on faith and values that also featured Republican John McCain. Reuters. | |
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| 3:32 PM: | Biden bound for Georgia. Biden announced Saturday that he is headed to the scene of this week's clashes between Russia and Georgia. Politico. | |
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| 1:37 PM: | Obama to General Wesley Clark: Your Services Not Needed. General Wesley Clark is not attending the Democratic National Convention. I was told by General Clark's personal office in Little Rock that he would not be attending. Clark was informed by Barack Obama's people that there was no reason to come. General Clark has been given no role of any kind at the convention. Washington Note. | |
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| 1:35 PM: | Former Four Star NATO Commanders Grow on Trees. Meanwhile, here's Clark making sense of the Georgia-Russia situation. Clearly, we'd rather hear about how to handle this delicate military tussle from Evan Bayh and Ken Salazar. I do want to point out how deeply we respect John McCain's service to his country, though of course, Wes Clark's 34 years in the military and near fatal wounds in Vietnam are kind of yawners. Open Left. | |
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| 1:30 PM: | Obama Raised $51 Million in July. Sen. Barack Obama raised $51 million in July, falling short of his one-month record, but raising enough to end the month with $65.8 million in the bank -- a formidable number for the middle of the summer. Washington Post. | |
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| 11:15 AM: | Forum on faith puts Obama-McCain back in spotlight. Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain agreed to appear on the same stage Saturday night, if only to share a handshake, as a televised discussion of faith ends a mid-August lull in the presidential campaign. AP. | |
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| 10:34 AM: | Obama campaign raises $51M in July. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama raised more than $51 million in July and the Democratic National Committee reported $27.7 million in donations last month, putting Obama in a strong position for the fall campaign. USA Today. | |
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| 9:12 AM: | McCain to Crash Democrats' Party. Flush with donations, the Republican plans to advertise during his opponent's convention this month. The decision breaks political tradition. Mark Halperin. | |
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| 9:11 AM: | Obama's Massive Headfake: Hillary for VP? Clinton receiving upwards of 40% on the first ballot and then being chosen as the VP could enhance the "catharsis." Obama would simply be bowing to the will of Democratic Convention-goers. Patrick Ruffini. | |
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