The Note's Must-Reads

August 12, 2008— -- 2008: McCain and Obama:

The Washington Post's Jay Mathews: "Is Voting A Measured Decision?" LINK

The Politico's Mark J. Penn: "Negative ads: They really do work" LINK

The Wall Street Journal's Corey Dade and John D. McKinnon: "Voter Registration Is the New Battleground" LINK

The Wall Street Journal's Aaron Rutkoff: "Obama Floods Florida Airwaves - Campaign Spends About $6.5 Million; McCain Leads State" LINK

The Wall Street Journal's Gerald F. Seib: "Russia-Georgia Conflict Offers Glimpse at New World Order" LINK

The Wall Street Journal's Laura Meckler: "Georgia Conflict Tests Candidates on Foreign Policy" LINK

USA Today's Mark Memmott: "Obama ad tags McCain as 'Washington celebrity'" LINK

The Los Angeles Times' Peter Wallsten: "McCain and Obama condemn conflict in Georgia" LINK

2008: McCain:

The New York Times' Michael Cooper: "War Puts Focus on McCain's Hard Line on Russia" LINK

The Politico's Daniel LIbit: "Pelosi hits McCain on absences" LINK

The Politico's Richard T. Cullen: "Enthusiasm gap plagues GOP convention" LINK

The Los Angeles Times' Peter Wallsten: "Longtime Republican voters are airing new views" LINK

The Los Angeles Times' Seema Mehta and Maeve Reston: "Sounds like Tom Ridge is out of the VP picture" LINK

The Washington Times' Stephen Dinan: "McCain Learns his Lesson on No. 2 Picks" LINK

The New York Sun's Russell Berman: "McCain Capitalizes on Russia-Georgia Conflict" LINK

2008: Obama:

ABC News' Jake Tapper: "Penn in December 2007 on Plan for Two-Way Race Against Obama: 'Release the Tapes'" LINK

The New York Times' Carl Hulse: "An Indiana Democrat Offers Risks and Rewards" LINK

The Washington Post's Alec MacGillis: "In a Changing Corner of Pa., a Glimpse of Obama's Age Problem" LINK

USA Today's Jill Lawrence: "Obama fans to get VP decision B4 NE1 else via e-mail, text" LINK

The Los Angeles Times' Kate Linthicum: "Obama barnstorms 2008-style" LINK

The Washington Times' : "Obama Responds to McCain with Own Negative Ad" LINK