The Note's Must-Reads

December 7, 2007— -- Pew Hispanic Center Poll:

New York Times' Julia Preston: "Poll Finds Hispanics Returning to Earlier Preference for Democrats"LINK

New York Sun's Sarah Garland: "Losses Among Hispanics May Threaten GOP's Future"LINK

2008: Republicans: Romney:

New York Times' Michael Luo: "Romney, Eye on Evangelicals, Defends His Faith"LINK

Washington Post's Dan Balz: "In Speech on Faith, Romney Vows to Serve 'No One Cause'"LINK

New York Times' David Brooks: "Faith vs. the Faithless"LINK

Washington Post's E. J. Dionne Jr.: "Boldness, Watered Down"LINK

Politico's Jonathan Martin: "Romney: I won't take orders from church"LINK

Wall Street Journal's Elizabeth Holmes and Suzanne Sataline: "Romney Address Wins Mixed Evangelical Reviews"LINK

Boston Globe's Michael Levenson: "Romney vows a balance on religion"LINK

Los Angeles Times' Miguel Bustillo, Stephanie Simon and Mark Z. Barabak: "Evangelicals may never take Romney on faith"LINK

USA Today's David Jackson: "Romney: There should be no religious test for presidency"LINK

Time's AMY SULLIVAN: "Romney's Risky Faith Gambit"LINK

Washington Times' Joseph Curl: "Romney takes independence vow"LINK

Washington Post's Michael Gerson: "Answering Critics -- and Kennedy"LINK

ABC News' Jake Tapper: "The First Mormon Presidential Candidate"LINK

Concord Monitor's LAUREN R. DORGAN: "Romney's faith speech moves few"LINK

Wall Street Journal's NAOMI SCHAEFER RILEY: "What Iowans Should Know About Mormons"LINK

Salt Lake Tribune's Thomas Burr: "Romney's Biggest Speech?"LINK

2008: Republicans: Huckabee:

USA Today's Fredreka Schouten: "Huckabee has fewer resources to fuel momentum"LINK

Associated Press: "Huckabee keeps faith views to himself"LINK

Time's DAVID VON DREHLE: "Why They Love Huckabee"LINK

New York Sun: "HUCKABEE FLESHES OUT TOUGH IMMIGRATION PLAN"LINK

Washington Post's Charles Krauthammer: "Huckabee Plays the Religion Card"LINK

2008: Republicans: Giuliani:

New York Daily News' Michael Saul, Heidi Evans and David Saltonstall: "Judith Nathan got security earlier"LINK

Boston Globe's Brian C. Mooney: "Group assails Giuliani comments on AIDS as 'hypocrisy'"LINK

New York Sun's NICHOLAS WAPSHOTT: "Sliding Poll Numbers Force Giuliani To Retool His Campaign"LINK

2008: Republicans: McCain:

Wall Street Journal's JUNE KRONHOLZ: "McCain's New Hampshire Glimmer"LINK

Associated Press: "On Iraq, McCain treads cautiously"LINK

2008: Republicans: Paul:

Politico's Kenneth P. Vogel: "Ron Paul blimp charts unprecedented course"LINK

The Nation's Christopher Hayes: "Ron Paul's Roots"LINK

2008: Republicans: