The Note’s Must-Reads for Wednesday, February 10, 2010

The Note’s Must-Reads are a round-up of today’s political headlines and stories from ABC News and the top U.S. newspapers. Posted Monday through Friday right here at www.abcnews.com

Compiled by ABC News Desk Assistants PETER MARTINEZ, JAYCE HENDERSON, KRISTEN RED-HORSE and CARRIE HALPERIN

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PRESIDENT OBAMA:

ABC News Analysis by Gary Langer: “2010 Elections: Republicans are in the Hunt” LINK

ABC News’ Jake Tapper, Sunlen Miller and Karen Travers: “President Obama: ‘Put Aside Matter of Party’ of Jobs Bill, Health Care” LINK

ABC News’ Sunlen Miller: “Obama Pays Homage to the ‘Soundtrack of a Movement’” LINK

USA Today’s Richard Wolf: “Senators back cuts in deficit, not in budget” LINK

Time’s Massimo Calabresi: “Obama and Counterterrorism: The Debate Moves Right” LINK

The Washington Post’s Shailagh Murray and Paul Kane: “Obama meets with Republicans to bridge partisan divide” LINK

The Washington Post’s Anne Kornblut: “Obama holds traditional news conference to talk bipartisanship” LINK

Politico’s Manu Raju & Patrick O’Connor: “Nancy Pelosi resists President Obama’s outreach efforts” LINK

FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA:

The Washington Times’ Joseph Weber: “Obama fights obesity with executive power” LINK

The New York Times’ Shery; Gay Stolberg: “Childhood Obesity Battle Is taken Up by First Lady” LINK

The Washington Post’s Robin Givhan: “First lady Michelle Obama: ‘Let’s move’ and work on childhood obesity problem” LINK

FOREIGN AFFAIRS:

The Los Angeles Times’ Alex Rodriguez: “Pakistani Taliban confirms leader’s death” LINK

The Los Angeles Times’ David G. Savage: “Corporate free-speech ruling speaks of shift in Supreme Court” LINK

The Washington Times’ Bill Gertz: “Chinese see U.S. debt as weapon in Taiwan dispute” LINK

The Washington Times’ Nicholas Kralev: “Obama ratchets up Iran sanctions threat” LINK

Bloomberg’s Ladane Nasseri and Indira A.R. Lakshmanan: “Obama Pushes Sanctions to Block Iran’s Path Toward Nuclear Bomb” LINK

The New York Times’ Jane Perlez: “Pakistan Is said To Pursue Role in Afghan Talks With U.S.” LINK

The New York Times’ Helene Cooper and Mark Landler: “U.S. Eyes Tougher Sanctions Over Iran Nuclear Program” LINK

CONGRESS:

Boston Globe’s Matt Viser and Lisa Wangsness: “With D.C. in drifts, some lawmakers dig in at home” LINK

The Hill’s Tony Romm, Jared Allen, and J. Taylor Rushing: “House suspends votes this week, Senate cancels Wednesday votes due to snow” LINK

The Hill’s Alexander Bolton: “Jobs bill postponed, Senate votes unlikely rest of this week” LINK

The Los Angeles Times’ Janet Hook and Christi Parsons: “Senate jobs bill a show of bipartisanship” LINK

The Washington Times’ Jennifer Haberkorn: “Labor nominee blocked in Senate” LINK

The Wall Street Journal’s Melanie Trottman and Kris Maher: “Union-Backed Nominee Blocked in Senate” LINK

The Wall Street Journal’s Naftali Bendavid: “Senate’s Gridlock Fuels Frustration” LINK

The Washington Times’ Jim McElhatton: “Stimulus foes see value in seeking cash” LINK

Bloomberg’s James Rowley and Brian Faler: “Senate Democrats Push for Bipartisan Backing of U.S. Jobs Bill” LINK

The New York Times’ Sam Roberts: “Congress and Country: Behold the Differences” LINK

Politico’s Meredith Shiner: “Senate stops Craig Becker nomination” LINK

Politico’s Lisa Lerer: “Harry Reid pushes $80 billion jobs bill” LINK

DEMOCRATS / REPUBLICANS:

The Washington Times’ Stephen Dinan: “Dems seek quick fix on campaign finance” LINK

The Washington Post’s Dan Balz and Jon Cohen: “In poll, Republicans gaining political ground on Obama” LINK

Politico’s Jonathan Martin: “Rep. Vern Ehlers to announce plans Wednesday” LINK

Politico’s Manu Raju: “Shelby not done blocking nominations” LINK

SENATOR SCOTT BROWN:

Boston Globe’s Lisa Wangsness and Matt Viser: “Brown’s first vote not the deciding one” LINK

The Boston Herald’s Jessica Van Sack: “Scott Brown’s 1st Senate vote blocks Obama labor pick” LINK

HEALTH CARE:

USA Today’s David Jackson: “Obama’s aim on health care: Mesh ‘best ideas’” LINK

GITMO:

The Washington Post’s Peter Finn: “Former boy soldier, youngest Guantanamo detainee, heads toward military tribunal” LINK

DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL:

The Washington Post’s Ernesto Londono: “More tolerance for gay troops as end of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ is debated” LINK

SARAH PALIN / TEA PARTY:

The New York Daily News’ Michael Sheridan: “Stephen Colbert calls Sarah Palin a ‘f—ing retard’: ‘It’s satire,’ he claims” LINK

SUPREME COURT:

USA Today’s Joan Biskupic: “Supreme Court arguments reveal an old-fashioned bench” LINK

ENVIRONMENT:

ABC News’ Jonathan Karl: “New Wind Farms in the U.S. Do Not Bring Jobs” LINK

The Hill’s Alexander Bolton: “Climate-change legislation buried under record snowfall in capital” LINK

The Hill’s Jim Snyder: “Clean-energy backers shift focus off cap-and-trade bill to job creation” LINK

The Wall Street Journal’s Jeffrey Ball and Keith Johnson: “Climate Group Admits Mistakes” LINK

OTHER:

ABC News’ David Chalian: “Paterson Push Back Continues” LINK

ABC News’ Jake Tapper: “Is There Even Bipartisan Agreement on What ‘Bipartisan’ Means?” LINK

The Assocaited Press’ Michael Virtanen: “NY Senate Votes to Expel Convicted Lawmaker” LINK

USA Today’s Chris Hawley: “Drug cartels threaten Mexican stability” LINK

Time’s Leo Cedrowicz: “Should Europe Lift Its Arms Embargo on China?” LINK

Time’s Jim Frederick: “Book Excerpt: Anatomy of an Iraq War Crime” LINK

The Washington Times’ Stephen Dinan: “1 million fewer illegals in U.S., study says” LINK

ABC NEWS VIDEOS:

“White House Digs at Palin With Hand Joke” LINK

“Bush Billboard Asks ‘Miss Me Yet?’” LINK