westernfrontamerica.com - 8/18/2008
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I watched a good portion the Saddleback Civil Forum on Saturday evening. It was a decent showing for both candidates but McCain probably did the best in what was viewed by many conservatives as a possible ambush by a pro-Obama evangelical pastor at a forum conceived by a variety of ideologically questionable characters. Instead, McCain really fumbled only once and came across as a decisive, ...
Obama, McCain, and Musharraf
blogs.tnr.com 8/18/2008 — McCain has put out an utterly banal and perfectly appropriate statement describing Musharraf's resignation as "a step toward moving Pakistan onto a more stable political footing." But it's worth remembering that, until recently, McCain was ...
Obama and the netroots: looking a tad desperate these days
meganmcardle.theatlantic.com 8/18/2008 — Megan's Fourth Law of Politics: The party that starts looking for implausible and unprovable conspiracy theories about the opposition candidate is in trouble. This spring, it was bizarre accusations against Barack Obama: he's a closet ...
Exclusive: McCain to name VP on Aug. 29
politico.com 8/19/2008 — Senior Republicans are in the dark about who he’ll name at a Dayton, Ohio, rally, although they say Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty are top contenders.
McCain defends vets card, raps Obama —
First Read 8/18/2008
From NBC/NJ’s Adam Aigner-Treworgy and NBC’s Domenico Montanaro ORLANDO, Fla. -- McCain also defended his call for a Veterans’ Care Access Card in his speech at the VFW Convention here today by saying that it was an “expansion” of the VA not a ...
Obama camp launches veterans group —
First Read 8/18/2008
From NBC's Alex Wall In an attempt to mobilize support among veterans, the Obama campaign announced a veterans group designed to tout their candidates’ judgment on military issues.
Phillip Carter, the campaign's veterans director, said in a ...
Obama Takes Issue with McCain’s Definition of ‘Rich’ —
FOXNews.com 8/18/2008
Barack Obama seized the opportunity Monday to criticize comments made by his opponent John McCain over the weekend in which the presumptive GOP nominee defined wealthy Americans as those who make an income of $5 million or more.
“He [McCain] ...