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DAY'S END ROUNDUP
News — DAY'S END ROUNDUP A study showing that military voters donated to Barack Obama at a rate of six-to-one over John McCain undermines the GOP presidential candidate’s argument that he is more qualified to be commander in chief, liberal bloggers say. Some conservative bloggers side with former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) in saying McCain has "better choices" than former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) for his vice presidential pick and the Obama campaign has begun mounting its defense against former Swift Boat Veterans for Truth leader Jerome Corsi. Troops giving to a Democrat over the GOP is not just unusual, it’s game changing in terms of national security issues, MyDD's Jonathan ...

Carol Platt Liebau: The Difference Between the US and Russia
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — For anyone who might see still be taking a "moral equivalence" approach toward Russia and its dealings in the world (see, for example, Barack Obama's statement after the Russian invasion of Georgia ), the news out of Poland is revealing. Along with hosting elements of a global anti-missile shield in conformity with US wishes, Poland is also looking for assurances of US help and friendship -- including a permanent US base in Poland as a symbolic gesture. Get it now, moral equivalence gang? Free people seek a US presence . . . and fear a Russian one. What does that tell you?

Missiles in Poland
Ben Smith's Blog — The Bush administration's agreement today with Poland to place a missile-defense system there -- a move resented by Russia -- is exactly the sort of muscular, confrontational retaliation McCain has pushed for, and that many Democrats and realists have resisted. The deal seems to involve an explicit promise to defend Poland from a (presumably Russian) attack, and though that's already built into the NATO treaty, it won't please Moscow. I haven't yet seen statements from the two campaigns, but in the past, McCain has backed the deal, while Obama has promised to cut "unproven missile defense systems." In an interview with the Polish-American press, he ...

Evening links
Sister Toldjah — It was another hectic day at the office, and there’s a lot to catch up on.  The following is a list of links to what the blogosphere is talking about today: —- The big headline currently at the top of the Memorandum page reads, “Troops Deployed Abroad Give 6:1 To Obama.”  I found that to be a head-scratcher, to say the least, until I read Jay Tea’s post giving the percentage of US troops this represents: Percentage of US troops deployed overseas donating at least $200 to presidential campaigns this year: 0.079%. Or, in simpler terms, less than one in ten thousand. Or, ...