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Sunday, August 17, 2008; A05

Pelosi Might Consider Offshore Drilling

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signaled on Saturday her willingness to consider opening more coastal areas to oil and gas exploration.

In the Democratic Party's weekly radio address, Pelosi (Calif.) said opening portions of the Outer Continental Shelf for drilling will be part of energy legislation that House Democrats intend to put forward in the coming weeks to address oil dependence and high gasoline prices.

U.S. Is 'Ready for Excellence,' Governor Says, Adding That State Will Play Key Role in November

By Josh White
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, August 17, 2008; C04

Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine spoke with groups of ardent Barack Obama supporters yesterday in Washington's outer suburbs, stumping for the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee at packed town hall meetings, where voters expressed concerns about the economy, U.S. energy policy and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Kaine (D), who has long supported Obama's run for the presidency, told prospective voters that the U.S. senator from Illinois stands for more than change in Washington and praised Obama for his "excellence" in several areas, including his aspirations for the country, judgment and character.

By Shailagh Murray and Perry Bacon Jr.
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, August 17, 2008; A01

LAKE FOREST, Calif., Aug. 16 -- Barack Obama and John McCain made their first joint appearance of the general election Saturday night, breaking away from the debates over national security and the economy that have dominated the campaign in recent weeks to court evangelical voters at an Orange County megachurch.

The forum at Saddleback Church presented a rare opportunity for Christian voters to contrast candidates who do not conform neatly to party stereotypes. While Obama has spoken often about his faith -- and endured a storm of controversy over comments made by the former pastor of the Chicago church he attended until recently -- McCain has largely avoided public discussions of faith and values during his career, which has contributed to a sometimes rocky relationship with evangelical leaders.

By George F. Will
Sunday, August 17, 2008; B07

Last August, John McCain's campaign was a guttering candle, out of money but flush with half-baked ideas that were unlikely to be improved by further baking. Anyway, to have many ideas is to have too many for a campaign's concluding sprint, and McCain's revival has not been robust enough to bring him even with Barack Obama. Now McCain's rejuvenated hopes rest on his ability to recast this election, focusing it on who should lead America in a world suddenly darkened by Russia's war of European conquest.

To begin the recasting, he should weed from the unkempt garden of his political thinking the populism that often seems like mere attitudinizing redeemed by insincerity. His silliness about sinful Wall Street and exploitative corporations cannot compete with Democratic entrees in the nonsense sweepstakes. Furthermore, his populism subverts his strength -- the perception that although he is an acquired taste, he is serious, hence incapable of self-celebratory froth such as "we are the ones we've been waiting for."

By David S. Broder
Sunday, August 17, 2008; B07

CHICAGO -- While Barack Obama and his family were sunning on the beach in Hawaii last week, it was full speed ahead at his headquarters here. When I visited for the first time, the suite of rooms on the 11th floor of a rather posh office building on North Michigan Avenue -- known as "The Magnificent Mile" -- was filled with young people, most of them engrossed with the laptops on their desks.

I went there in part to take the temperature of Obama's senior aides before next week's opening of the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Having seen the Obama "machine" at work in places from Iowa to New Hampshire to South Carolina and elsewhere during the nomination fight, I was curious how they were gearing up for their first national campaign.

Saturday, August 16, 2008; A05

BURNING BOOK

Obama Campaign Angered by McCain's 'Sense of Humor' Comment

With the rest of the political universe buzzing about a controversial new book on Sen. Barack Obama, one person is staying quiet: Sen. John McCain.

While John Edwards has drawn widespread scorn and ridicule for his affair with a video producer on his payroll, campaign-finance lawyers say the payments were most likely legal.

Associated Press

John Edwards (right), who admitted to an extramarital affair, probably didn't break campaign finance rules, say experts.

"There is nothing that has come out already that screams FEC violation," said Marc Elias, a Democratic lawyer with Perkins Coie LLP. "I think that the senator's problems rest in the court of public opinion, not the Federal Election Commission."

Soyuz Will Soon Be Only Shuttle Flying to Space Station

By Marc Kaufman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, August 15, 2008; A16

NASA's ability to send its astronauts to the $100 billion international space station is in danger of becoming a costly casualty of the Russia-Georgia war.

Because the American fleet of space shuttles will be retired in 2010 and the United States won't have a replacement ready until at least 2015, NASA wants to negotiate a contract this year to have Russia's Soyuz spacecraft transport all astronauts traveling to and from the station during the gap.

By Eugene Robinson
Friday, August 15, 2008; A21

Here come the goons, right on schedule.

The "author," and I use the term loosely, whose vicious lies damaged John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign has crawled back out from under his rock to spew vicious lies about Barack Obama. Right-wing radio talk-show hosts are dutifully transmitting this concocted venom. This presidential campaign has officially gotten ugly.

Can the computer maker meld consumer sensibilities into a business notebook line?

Darren Gladstone, PC World
PC World
Friday, August 15, 2008; 12:19 AM

UPDATED: 8/12/08 -- 11:26 a.m. PDT

Today Dell unveils its new take on the business notebook with its "E" family of laptops. Trying to merge consumer sex appeal with business-savvy notebook features is no easy task--but that isn't stopping Dell from making the attempt. Is the new line merely business as usual, or is it--as the press materials say--"Business Unusual?"