The Note's Must-Reads
The first stop in Politics -- It's what you need to know
August 19, 2008— -- 2008: Obama and McCain:
USA Today's Susan Page: "Suburbs: New shortcut to White House?" LINK
Bloomberg's Daniel Williams: "Miami Ethnic Clash May Preview U.S. Where `Minorities' Dominate" LINK
The New York Times' Elisabeth Bumiller and John M. Broder: "In V.F.W. Speech, McCain Attacks Obama on War" LINK
The New York Times' Leslie Wayne: "Ethics Thicket for Convention Parties Crimps Events" LINK
The Washington Post's Shailagh Murray and Jonathan Weisman: "Obama Tells Allies He Is Ready to Hit Back - As GOP Attacks Grow, He Links McCain, Bush" LINK
The Washington Post's Perry Bacon Jr. and Michael D. Shear: "Candidates Got Advance Look at Questions - Spokesman for Minister Says McCain, Obama Were Told of Some Topics" LINK
The Wall Street Journal's Gerald F. Seib: "McCain, Obama Duel on Russia" LINK
The Wall Street Journal's Amy Chozick and Elizabeth Holmes: "Candidates Hone Messages In Convention Run-Up - McCain Focuses On Foreign Policy, Obama on Economy" LINK
The Wall Street Journal's Amy Schatz: "Google Will Offer Services for Bloggers at the Conventions" LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Maeve Reston and Seema Mehta: "McCain says he's prepared to be president and Obama isn't" LINK
USA Today's David Jackson: "McCain uses vets meeting to rap Obama on Iraq" LINK
The New York Sun's Seth Gitell: "Battle of Pennsylvania" LINK
2008: McCain:
The Politico's Mike Allen: "Exclusive: McCain to name VP on Aug. 29" LINK
The Politico's Jonathan Martin: "McCain camp: Cross in dirt true story" LINK
Newsweek's Jonathan Alter: "The Smear Gap" LINK
The Boston Herald's Michael Gerson: " McCain Rides High at Saddleback" LINK
The New York Sun: "McCain for New York?" LINK
The New York Daily News' Richard Sisk: "Winning Over Hillary Clinton Voters Won't be Easy for John McCain" LINK
2008: Obama:
The New York Times' Patrick Healy: "The Lingering What-If Question: Clinton?" LINK
The New York Times' Adam Nagourney and Jeff Zeleny: "Obama Ready to Announce Running Mate This Week" LINK
