08-22-08

Tropical Storm Fay, one of the wettest cyclones to hit Florida, is weakening and may give residents a reprieve from the monsoon-like rains that drenched the state this week.

Gerard Baker: Barack Obama’s historic procession to the American presidency has been rudely interrupted. The global healing he promised is in jeopardy. If you’re prone to emotional breakdown, you might want to take a seat before I say this. He might not win.

LUIZA CH. SAVAGE: Untangling and judging the Bush presidency with its complexities and inner contradictions will engage historians and politicians for decades. But there is no doubt that Bush achieved what Vice-President Dick Cheney once said he wanted: a presidency that was “consequential.”

Ralph Peters: A specter is haunting Europe-the specter of Putinism. Confronted by a masterful Russian leader without living peer in brilliance or ruthlessness, the continent sorely lacks leadership and a sense of common purpose.

Ed Morrissey: Obama: Know where it’s really great to do business…well, as long as you forget about the oppressive Communist government and the lack of freedom and the Internet filtering and the re-education camps … China sounds really groovy

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