The Note's Must-Reads

January 3, 2008— -- Must Reads:

Politico's Jonathan Martin and Mike Allen: "Fred Thompson may drop out"LINK

Bloomberg's Matthew Keenan and William McQuillen: "Gates Donates $30 Million to Make Education a Campaign Issue"LINK

Iowa Caucuses:

Des Moines Register's Thomas Beaumont: "Democrats may draw more independents"LINK

New York Times' Jodi Kantor: "For Democrats, Too Many Good Picks; For Republicans, an Easier Path"LINK

Washington Post's Michael D. Shear and Anne E. Kornblut: "Last Pitches Before the First Vote"LINK

Politico's David Paul Kuhn: "Pols struggle to spin final Iowa polls"LINK

Wall Street Journal's JACKIE CALMES and AMY SCHATZ: "Populist Message Gets Louder As Iowa Caucuses Kick Off Race"LINK

USA Today's Kathy Kiely: "Field is wide open for Thursday's Iowa caucuses"LINK

2008: Republicans: Huckabee:

ABC News' Jake Tapper: "The Huck Heard 'Round the World?"LINK

Time's MICHAEL SCHERER: "A Dirty Trick Against Huckabee?"LINK

New York Sun's JOSH GERSTEIN: "Secret Huckabee Turns Out To Be Clintonesque"LINK

ABC News' Kevin Chupka: "Huck Does "Tonight Show"LINK

2008: Republicans: Romney:

Time's Joe Klein: "A Tale of Two Romneys"LINK

Boston Herald's Casey Ross: "Mitt let 118 cons go early"LINK

The Hill's Aaron Blake: "Romney is giving Bush some love"LINK

Concord Monitor's LAUREN R. DORGAN: "Romney ventures into news business"LINK

Wall Street Journal's Elizabeth Holmes: "Ann Romney Steps to Fore To Soften Spouse's Image"LINK

2008: Republicans: McCain:

Boston Globe's Michael Kranish: "Addressing age issue, McCain says he may seek only one term"LINK

Newsweek's Jon Meacham: "Giving Principle a Try"LINK

2008: Republicans: Giuliani:

New York Times' Michael Cooper: "Giuliani Keeps Campaign Focus on Terrorism"LINK

Politico's Kenneth P. Vogel: "Giuliani: Afghanistan surge, N.H. retreat"LINK

Boston Globe's Jim Tankersley: "Back on the stump, Giuliani now trails in poll"LINK

New York Post's CHARLES HURT: "OSAMA STARS IN GIULIANI TERROR AD"LINK

New York Daily News' RICHARD SISK: "Rudy Giuliani not taking New Hampshire primary for Granite"LINK

2008: Republicans: Paul:

USA Today's Martha T. Moore: "Paul soon will see whether N.H. effort pays off"LINK

2008: Republicans: