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Drudge banners: "IOU" and links to this LA Times story on the budget crisis in California. And the U.S. says North Korea does not appear to be readying a missile launch in this Bloomberg story is also highlighed on Drudge. ... READ MORE

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The Huffington Post banners: "Obama's first major military operation underway in Afghanistan" and links to this AP story. Unemployment to hit a 9.6 percent, a 26 year high, according to this AP report, highlighted on the HuffPo. And Jesse Berney ... READ MORE

HotAir
The Obama administration doesn't see the contradiction between calling for free elections in Honduras and staying out of the election in Iran, writes Allahpundit. And veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas went "nuclear" on the White House for controlling the ... READ MORE

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Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) wants to president but "she couldn't even get her own campaign's scheduling staff to give her enough time to run," writes Jed Lewison. And South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's (R) recent confessions have set off ... READ MORE

Townhall
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's (R) Republican enemies hope he stays in office, writes Matt Lewis. And, drawing on examples from other countries, Carol Platt Liebau writes what ObamaCare "really means." READ MORE

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Advancing the debate over torture is always going to be difficult, writes Daniel de Groot. And Mike Lux takes a look at the fight over a new Pecora commission. READ MORE

RedState
The press is "finally" calling out the Obama administration for controlling the press, writes Paint it Red. And Moe Lane takes a detailed look at the 2010 election and the ages of several Democratic committee chair people. READ MORE

MyDD
Mitt Romney appears to be urging Republicans to stand up to President Obama, writes Charles Lemos. And Lemos also writes that South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) must think the Associated Press is a "licensed therapist." READ MORE

Powerline
Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.) appeared to open the door to the Obama administration making more demands Israel in the peace process while in the country, writes Paul. And new polling shows that support for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is ... READ MORE

Matthew Yglesias
The entire committee system in Congress "leaves a lot to be desired," writes Matthew Yglesias. And Yglesias also points out a general thought among the punditry right now: Congress is asserting its dominance in setting and controlling the agenda, not ... READ MORE

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August 13, 2008

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@ 9:26 am by Walter Alarkon

John McCain is showing how a president should lead in his response to the crisis in Georgia, according to conservative bloggers. Former blogging supporters of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) propose ways to address lingering Clinton-Obama friction at the convention. And Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) receives ridicule from liberal bloggers for suggesting that Jesus has already saved the planet from global warming.

McCain, whose staunch support for Georgia was cited Tuesday by President Mikheil Saakashvili, has become the international spokesman on the issue, writes John Hinderaker at Power Line. Barack Obama has been caught napping on the conflict, as a new poll shows that McCain is trusted by most Americans to handle a similar crisis, writes Hot Air's Allahpundit. But it's not such a good sign that former U.N. ambassador John Bolton and other foreign policy hardliners are now turning to McCain instead of Bush, writes TalkingPointsMemo's Josh Marshall.

With former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner slotted as the keynote speaker at the Democratic convention instead of Clinton, her supporters in need of a catharsis should place her name in nomination for president on the convention floor, writes former Clinton backer Jerome Armstrong at MyDD. Another Clinton backer, TalkLeft's Jeralyn, would be fine with retired Gen. Wesley Clark as Obama's running mate. Clark, whose motto of "Securing America's Future" is the same as the theme for the convention's Wednesday session, was skeptical about the Patriot Act, is open to medical marijuana and called for former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's ouster before many others did, Jeralyn notes.

Bachmann said there's no need for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to save the planet because Jesus already did 2,000 years ago, notes TPM Election Central's Eric Kleefeld. But Jesus' story was about Christian salvation, not climate change, reminds Firedoglake's Eli.

FROM THE BLOGS:
McCain Leads The Way - John Hinderaker, Power Line
Majority Prefers McCain on Similar Crisis - Allahpundit, Hot Air
Bolton And Hardliners to McCain - Josh Marshall, TalkingPointsMemo
What Did We Tell Georgia? - Josh Patashnik, The Plank
Mark Warner to Keynote on Tuesday - Jerome Armstrong, MyDD
Could Clark Be the Veep Pick? - Jeralyn, TalkLeft
Bachmann: Jesus Already Saved Planet - E. Kleefeld, TPM EC
The Environment Is Not a Truck - Eli, Firedoglake
Bachmann: Jesus, Not Environmentalists - S. Benen, Carpetbagger

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Virginia's Warner Tapped for Democrats' Key Speech - Associated Press
On Georgia's Crisis, McCain's Tone Grows Sharper - Washington Post
Book on Obama Hopes to Repeat Anti-Kerry Feat - New York Times
McCain Ignoring Calls to Cancel Controversial Fundraiser - The Hill

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