The Mini-Note

— -- WASHINGTON, April 3

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MUST-READS:

The Wall Street Journal's Jackie Calmes: "Money Talks, but What Does It Mean? Romney's Big First-Quarter Take Muddies Republican Field"LINK

Politico's Jeanne Cummings: "Money Figures Trouble For McCain, GOP"LINK

Los Angeles Times' Michael Finnegan: "GOP presidential hopefuls struggle for attention"LINK

Associated Press' Liz Sidoti:" Analysis: Money Separates Contenders"LINK

Washington Post's Shailagh Murray: "Reid Backs Iraq War-Funds Cutoff"LINK

Washington Post's Matthew Mosk and Perry Bacon Jr.: "Romney Outpaces GOP Pack in Fundraising" LINK

New York Times' David Kirkpatrick: "Romney Reaps $20 Million to Top G.O.P. Rivals"LINK

Boston Globe's Scott Helman: "Romney tops GOP in race for funds"LINK

Fredreka Schouten of USA Today: "Romney Fundraising Tops GOP Rivals"LINK

New York Post's John Podhoretz: "The End of Rudy's Bliss"LINK

Lou Young of WCBS-TV: "Giuliani to Media: Lay Off My Wife"LINK

Des Moines Register's Tom Beaumont: "Giuliani Ventures into Iowa"LINK

Des Moines Register's Tom Beaumont: "Clinton Takes Campaign to Rural Iowa: Former Gov. Tom Vilsack urged the senator to reach out to smaller venues"LINK

New York Times' Christopher Drew: "Obama Built Donor Network From Roots Up"LINK

Associated Press' Holy Ramer: "Obama: 'I anticipated most of the problems' in Iraq" LINK

Boston Herald Editorial: "A run for their (big) money"LINK