The Note's Must-Reads

January 2, 2008— -- Iowa Caucuses:

New York Times' Jodi Kantor: "Caucuses Give Iowa Influence, but Many Iowans Are Left Out"LINK

Washington Post's Shailagh Murray and Anne E. Kornblut: "Independent Voters May Give Obama Edge in Iowa"LINK

Los Angeles Times' James Rainey and Seema Mehta: "Not caucusing? Most of Iowa won't either"LINK

USA Today's Jill Lawrence: "Edge in Iowa hard to find among key groups"LINK

2008: Republicans: Huckabee:

New York Times' David D. Kirkpatrick: "Huckabee and Consultant Form an Uneasy Alliance"LINK

Washington Post's Sridhar Pappu: "As Huckabee Pulls Ad, Rollins, For Once, Must Pull a Punch"LINK

Time's MICHAEL SCHERER: "Huckabee's Final Publicity Push"LINK

2008: Republicans: Romney:

ABC News' JAKE TAPPER and RICHARD COOLIDGE: "Romney Says He Doesn't 'Have to Win' in Iowa"LINK

Boston Globe's Michael Levenson: "More of Romney's fortune is plowed into campaign"LINK

Washington Times' S.A. Miller: "Romney dismisses his 'one-hit wonder' rivals"LINK

Salon's Mike Madden: "Can money buy Mitt Romney love in Iowa?"LINK

Christian Science Monitor's Ariel Sabar: "As his lead slips, Romney targets McCain and Huckabee"LINK

2008: Republicans: McCain:

ABC News' RON CLAIBORNE: "For John McCain, Is Third Place Good Enough?"LINK

New York Post's CARL CAMPANILE: "MAC UNLEASHES GRAPHIC TERROR AD VS. ROMNEY"LINK

2008: Republicans: Giuliani:

Boston Globe's Brian C. Mooney: "Amid family displays, Giuliani goes solo"LINK

New York Sun's ELI LAKE: "Giuliani Will Back a 'Surge' in Afghanistan"LINK

2008: Republicans: Paul:

Washington Post's Libby Copeland: "To Be Young And in Love With Ron Paul"LINK

2008: Republicans: Thompson:

ABC News' RICK KLEIN and CHRISTINE BYUN: "Low-Key Thompson Stumbles Toward Finish Line"LINK

2008: Republicans:

New York Times' MARK LEIBOVICH: "Candidates Play to Audiences on the Road in Iowa"LINK

Washington Post's Jonathan Weisman: "For Republicans, Contest's Hallmark Is Immigration"LINK

Politico's John F. Harris: "GOP funk: Money, enthusiasm lagging"LINK

Wall Street Journal's JACKIE CALMES: "Republicans' Identity Crisis"LINK

Los Angeles Times' Janet Hook and Michael Finnegan: "GOP base scatters to rival camps"LINK

Bloomberg's Kristin Jensen and Catherine Dodge: "Iowa Caucus Run-Up Finds Paul Reading, Giuliani Taking a Break"LINK

2008: Democrats:

Washington Post's Jonathan Weisman: "For Democrats, Change Is of the Essence"LINK

Wall Street Journal's GREG HITT: "Democrat Hopefuls Agree On Activist Approach to Economic Policy"LINK

Des Moines Register's THOMAS BEAUMONT: "Democratic camps doubt poll figure on independents"LINK

Union Leader: "Clinton, Obama: Include all of us"LINK

2008: Democrats: Obama:

New York Times' JEFF ZELENY: "Saying Race Is No Barrier, Obama Still Courts Blacks"LINK