I don't know about the street, but I haven't seen anybody mention it even in passing.
I assume Bush and Putin talked about this at the Olympics, and I would guess Bush told him that the Georgians were on their own.
--- On Mon, 8/11/08, Marvin Gandall <marvgandall at videotron.ca> wrote:
> From: Marvin Gandall <marvgandall at videotron.ca>
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] South Ossetia
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Monday, August 11, 2008, 7:09 AM
> Are you starting to pick up any concern on the Russian
> street or in official
> circles about being drawn into a wider confrontation with
> the US? I haven't
> seen any mention of such in the press accounts.
>