David Gregory authoritatively proclaimed on Meet the Press last Sunday that when it comes to addressing the crisis in Georgia, "nuance doesn't work for Democrats," and noted Obama's perceived weakness relative to the Bush administration's "very tough language against Russia." Far be it from us to question Gregory's word, but we figured we would take a look for ourselves at just how tough the administration talk against Russia has really been ...

Many of you are familiar with Andrew J. Bacevich, the retired Army Colonel and International Relations expert, who's become one of the most insightful critics of contemporary American militarism. By most historical standard Bacevich is a conservative. But his criticism of America's post-Cold War military posture, particularly the Iraq War have made him an ally of many on the left. And in a tragic turn of events his son, First Lieutentant Andrew J. Bacevich, was killed last year in Iraq -- a war his fathe

I don't know how widely Obama is running this ad. But it's good. And it captures something key about McCain ...