The Note's Must-Reads

May 8, 2007— -- MUST-READS:

ABC News: "Cheney Makes Visit to Baghdad"LINK

Newsweek's Howard Fineman: "The year of the Third Force: Early primaries could mean festering dissatisfaction, favoring independents"LINK

2008: Republicans: Giuliani:

ABC News' Rick Klein: "Shifting Winds in Abortion Politics?"LINK

Washington Post's Michael D. Shear: "Conservatives Step Up Attacks On Giuliani's Abortion Stance"LINK

Los Angeles Times' Michael Finnegan: "Giuliani's foes see abortion as chink in armor"LINK

New York Post' Carl Campanile and Maggie Haberman: "ALA. BIG ON RUDY: POLL"LINK

New York Daily News' Celeste Katz: "Rudy in hard-sell South"LINK

New York Daily News columnist Mike Lupica: "He can dodge on abortion, but may get Bern'd on Kerik"LINK

2008: Republicans: McCain:

Des Moines Register's Tom Witosky: "Republicans betrayed base, McCain contends"LINK

2008: Republicans: Romney:

Associated Press' Glen Johnson: "Sharpton Denies Disputing Romney's Faith"LINK

New York Sun's Matthew Chayes: "Sharpton Criticized For Romney Quip"LINK

Associated Press: "Romney Ad Touts Plan to Expand Military"LINK

2008: Republicans: T. Thompson:

New Hampshire Union Leader's Stephen Beale: "Thompson says he's only candidate who has answers"LINK

2008: Democrats: Clinton:

New York Times' Michael Cooper and Patrick Healy: "Ending Speculation, Gov. Spitzer Says He'll Back Clinton for President"LINK

Washington Post's John Wagner: "O'Malley Expected To Back Clinton"LINK

Wall Street Journal's Jackie Calmes and Alessandra Galloni: "A Royal Lesson for Clinton?"LINK

American Spectator's W. James Antle III: "Republicans for Clinton?"LINK

Greenwich Time's Neil Vigdor: "Ex-prez pops into town"LINK

2008: Democrats: Obama:

Associated Press: "Obama Faux Pas: 10,000 Killed In Kansas Twisters"LINK

Roanoke Times' Michael Sluss: "Obama energizes Richmond crowd"LINK

Richmond Times-Dispatch's Tyler Whitley: "In Richmond, Obama touts health-care plan"LINK

2008: Democrats: Edwards:

Washington Post's Chris Cillizza: "Edwards Hits Iowa Airwaves"LINK

2008: Primary Moves:

Politico's Elizabeth Wilner: "Early primaries don't threaten democracy"LINK

2008: Campaign Finance Laws

Boston Globe's Charlie Savage: "Politics could cloud election panel's work"LINK

2008: Potpourri:

Ronald Brownstein in The Los Angeles Times: "What We Know After the Debates"LINK

Bloomberg's James G. Neuger and Gemma Daley: "Race to Succeed Bush Already Rivets Attention Around the World"LINK

Politico's Bruce Mehlman and Alex Vogel: "Flip-flopping in the age of YouTube"LINK

2008: Congress:

Washington Post's Juliet Eilperin and Michael Grunwald: "A New Pitchman -- and a New Pitch"LINK

War on Terror:

New York Times editorial: "The Democrats' Pledge"LINK