The Weather Nerd: Get used to that phrase — “Hurricane Gustav.” You’ll be hearing a lot of it over the next week or so. Indeed, the GFDL shows Gustav as a monster Category 5 hurricane peaking at 180 mph winds on Saturday as it enters the Gulf of Mexico and ominously stalks the central Gulf Coast.

Micheal Totten writes from Tbilisi: The truth about Russia and Georgia.

Jake Tapper, ABC News: As frustrated Democrats converged on Denver yesterday, some began chanting “caucus fraud,” while others shouted the word “sweetie,” a reference to the time Obama called a female reporter by the same name. One Clinton supporter who spoke to ABC News said Obama couldn’t be trusted. Another said, “He’s shifty and untrustworthy.”

Dan Riehl: A Rezko accomplice awaiting sentencing for extortion with deep connections to Biden and really soooo much more than that. He was also Biden’s Midwest field director in his 1988 bid.

Michael Rubin, Washington Post: Biden’s Blink on Iran… Obama picked Biden for experience, but he might also have considered judgment. When it comes to Iran, Biden could stare down dictators; too bad he blinks.

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