The Note's Must-Reads

Tuesday, May 1, 2007— -- MUST-READS:

Wall Street Journal's June Kronholz: "Could Bloomberg Shake Up Race? Voter Frustration Could Open Door To Independent Presidential Run"LINK

Iraq:

New York Times' Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Jeff Zeleny: "Bill on Iraq to Be Delivered 4 Years After Bush's Words"LINK

Washington Post's Jonathan Weisman: "Republicans Buck Bush On Iraq Benchmarks"LINK

Washington Times' S.A. Miller: "Democrats conceding on war bill"LINK

New York Times op-ed contributor Owen West: "Why Congress Should Embrace the Surge"LINK

Associated Press' Anne Flaherty: "Iraq Measure a Rare Rebuke in Wartime"LINK

Washington Post's E. J. Dionne Jr.: "The Democrats' Foreign Policy Primary"LINK

2008: Republicans: McCain:

Associated Press: "In California speech Tuesday, McCain to call for more cooperation with allies"LINK

2008: Republicans: Giuliani:

Associated Press' Philip Elliott: "Giuliani releases list of supporters, but not all are fans"LINK

New York Times' Jim Rutenberg for "The Caucus" blog: "Romney Favors Hubbard Novel"LINK

Chicago Tribune's Rick Pearson in "The Swamp" blog: "Rudy bashes Dems on terror, again"LINK

2008: Republicans: Thompson?

New York Times' Carl Hulse: "Ex-Senator Seen as Rehearsing for Prime Time"LINK

Politico's Mike Allen: "Thompson mulling summer announcement"LINK

Harford Connecticut Courant's Mark Pazniokas: "`Law & Order' Star Lured To Stamford"LINK

2008: Republicans: Gingrich?

Associated Press' Tim Talley: "Gingrich eyes presidential bid, says he can't explain polls"LINK

2008: Democrats: Clinton:

St. Petersburg Times' Bill Adair: "Clinton shows soft side to South: She ditches the accent and cracks jokes to try to win over conservatives"LINK

Associated Press: "Hillary's maiden name in distress on presidential Web site"LINK

New York Post's Ian Bishop: "Hill-ywood Cash Bash in Works"LINK

ABC News' Teddy Davis: "The Return of the 'Triple Bank Shot'?"LINK

2008: Democrats: Obama:

The Hill's Alexander Bolton: "Obama snubs Black Caucus"LINK

2008: Democrats: Edwards:

New Hampshire Union Leader's John Clayton: "Elizabeth Edwards charms the Queen City"LINK

Associated Press' Holly Ramer: "Elizabeth Edwards: Women can expect more"LINK

2008: Democrats: Gravel:

ABC News' Jennifer Duck: "Mike Gravel "Uncensored"LINK

2008: South Carolina:

Chicago Sun-Times Op-Ed by Jesse Jackson "Debate was in S. Carolina, but the focus was elsewhere"LINK

The South Carolina State: "Tenenbaum, others endorse Obama"LINK

New York Times' Mark Leibovich for "The Caucus" blog: "Courting, Fish Fry and All"LINK