The Mini-Note

— -- WASHINGTON, April 4

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MUST-READS:

New York Times' Adam Nagourney: "McCain Revamps His Fund-Raising"LINK

Politico's Mike Allen: "Chastened McCain Relaunches Campaign"LINK

USA Today's Jill Lawrence: "McCain hires new fundraising chief"LINK

The Washington Post's Sudarsan Raghavan: "Merchants, U.S. Officials Take Issue With McCain's Remarks on Security Gains"LINK

ABC News' Teddy Davis with Jonathan Greenberger, Raelyn Johnson, and Eloise Harper: "Democratic Rift Widens Over Iraq Funding" LINK

Washington Times' Stephen Dinan: "Hillary, Edwards urge war bill fight"LINK

Politico's Ben Smith: "Obama Faces Battle Over Iraq War Opposition"LINK

Jill Gardiner of the New York Sun: "Reid-Backed Iraq Funding Plan is Thorny Issue for Clinton" LINK

Washington Post's Dan Balz: "Clinton Decries Veto Threat, Urges Bush Compromise on Iraq"LINK

Des Moines Register's Erin Jordan: "Clinton: Push Bush to Sign Iraq Timeline"LINK

Chicago Tribune's David Jackson and Ray Long: "Obama knows his way around a ballot"LINK

The Associated Press: "Clinton Slips, Still Leads in Latest Poll"LINK

ABC News' Teddy Davis: "Romney Embraces Private Iraq 'Timetables'"LINK

ABC News' Teddy Davis: "Romney 'Absolutely Wrong' on 'Secret' Timetables, Hunter SaysLINK

The Union Leader's John DiStaso: "Romney: 1 Man 1 Woman"LINK

New York Times' Michael Luo: "Jackpot Won, Romney Now Works on Name Recognition"LINK

The Washington Post's Michael D. Shear: "Money Lead Gives Romney a Needed Jolt"LINK

Washington Post's Alec MacGillis: "Mormon Base a Mixed Blessing for Romney"LINK

Washington Post's Peter Baker: "For Bush, Fighting Democrats And Doubts"LINK

New York Times' Carl Hulse: "Tussle Over Iraq Bill Reminds Many of Bitter 1995"LINK

Washington Post's Jonathan Weisman: "Unrelated Items Part of Iraq Bills Since War Began"LINK