The Note's Must-Reads

August 18, 2008— -- 2008: McCain and Obama:

The New York Times' Brian Stelter: "Enticing Text Messagers in a Get-Out-the-Vote Push" LINK

The Washington Post's Beth Fouhy: "No more hugs as Obama tears into McCain" LINK

The Wall Street Journal's Amy Chozick: "Potential Vice Presidential Candidates Tread Lightly - Contestants Toe Party Line, Avoid Seeming Over Eager" LINK

The Wall Street Journal's Laura Meckler: "Candidates Give Preview Of Presidential Debates in Church Talk" LINK

The Los Angeles Times' Seema Mehta: "Obama, back on campaign trail, calls McCain a continuation of Bush" LINK

The Los Angeles Times' Michael Finnegan: "McCain and Obama try to navigate the politics of abortion" LINK

The Los Angeles Times' My-Thuan Tran: "After Obama-McCain forum, Rick Warren sermon focuses on character" LINK

The Los Angeles Times' Greg Miller: "Who's rich? McCain and Obama have very different definitions" LINK

Time Magazines' Nancy Gibbs: "McCain and Obama on Abortion" LINK

2008: McCain:

The New York Times' Katharine Q. Seelye: "Despite Assurances, McCain Wasn't in a 'Cone of Silence'" LINK

The Politico's David Paul Kuhn: "McCain reopens the national security gap" LINK

The Politico's Mike Allen: "McCain protests NBC coverage" LINK

The Politico's Ben Smith: "McCain cites questionable 'evil' story" LINK

The Boston Globe's Foon Rhee: "McCain campaign hits Dean comment" LINK

The Boston Globe's Michael Kranish: "Evangelicals and Romney's V.P. prospects" LINK

The Boston Globe's Foon Rhee: "McCain fund-raising picks up" LINK

USA Today's Matt Kelley and David Jackson: "McCain OK with aide's lobbying past" LINK

The Washington Times' Stephen Dinan: "McCain Evolves into a Supply Sider" LINK

2008: Obama:

The New York Times' Jeff Zeleny and Jim Rutenberg: "For Convention, Obama's Image Is All-American" LINK

The New York Times' John M. Broder: "As Running Mate, Biden Offers Foreign Policy Heft but an Insider Image" LINK

The New York Times' Carl Hulse: "Democrats Use a Personal Touch to Coax Voters in Congressional Races" LINK