The Note's Must-Reads

August 10, 2007— -- Human Rights Campaign forum:

ABC News' Teddy Davis: "Would Obama Position Spread Same-Sex Marriage?" LINK

Los Angeles Times' Joel Rubin: "Democrats quizzed at LA gay-rights forum"LINK

New York Times' Patrick Healy: "Democrats Voice Support of Gay Rights in TV Forum"LINK

Washington Post's Perry Bacon Jr.: "Democratic Candidates Address Gay Rights Issues"LINK

New York Post's Geoff Earle: "Dems Leave Gays At The Altar In the Forum" LINK

USA Today's Jill Lawrence: "Forum puts Democrats in hot seat over gay issues"LINK

Iowa Republican Straw Poll:

The Washington Post's Michael Shear and Alec MacGillis: "Romney's Cash Beckons Iowans To Straw Poll" LINK

ABC News' Rick Klein and Jennifer Parker: "Fun and Firearms at the Ames Straw Poll" LINK

ABC News' Nitya Venkataraman: "Say What?! The Straw Poll Explained" LINK

Bloomberg.com's Hans Nichols: "Brownback, Huckabee May Find Iowa Straw Poll a `Peasant-Maker'"LINK

Los Angeles Times' James Rainey: "Democrats court Iowa, row by row"LINK

2008: Democrats: Clinton:

ABC News' Jake Tapper: "A Case of She Said vs. She Said: Did Clinton Contradict . . . Clinton?"LINK

New York Times' Jeff Zeleny: "Clinton, Too, Ruled Out A-Bomb Use"LINK

The Washington Times' Brian DeBose: "Hillary touts years as target"LINK

Daily News' Celeste Katz: "'Warm' Clinton's got a friend in Rev. Billy"LINK

2008: Democrats: Obama:

Concord Monitor's Shira Schoenberg: "Robinson speaks for himself"LINK

2008: Republicans: Romney:

New York Times' Adam Nagourney and Michael Luo: "Romney Pushed on Conservative Credentials"LINK

Associated Press' Glen Johnson:"Romney Adapts Business Plan to Politics"LINK

Des Moines Register's Perry Beeman: "Romney: Gays deserve respectful treatment"LINK

2008: Republicans: Huckabee:

The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza: "Huckabee: Dems Would Label Romney a Flip-Flopper"LINK

The Washington Times' Stephan Dinan: "Huckabee banks on presidential straw-poll victory"LINK

2008: Republicans: Giuliani:

ABC News' Jan Simmonds: "Giuliani Says He Is Equal to 9/11 Recovery Workers"LINK

New York Post's Carl Campanile: "Rudy's 9/11 Toxic Shock"LINK