The Note's Must-Reads

The first stop in Politics -- It's what you need to know

ByABC News
September 9, 2008, 4:28 AM

September 17, 2008— -- 2008: McCain and Obama:

The Hill's Alexander Bolton: "Democratic Strategists Fear Obama Missed Chance to Define McCain"LINK

The Hill's Sam Youngman: "Obama Camp Dings McCain Over BlackBerry Claim"LINK

lThe Politico's Carrie Budoff Brown and Amie Parnes: "Obama, McCain duel over market turmoil" LINK

The New York Times' David D. Kirkpatrick: "Abortion Issue Again Dividing Catholic Votes" LINK

The Politico's Jonathan Martin: "McCain rips Obama for Streisand bash" LINK

The Politico's Ben Smith: "GOP group behind negative Obama poll" LINK

The Wall Street Journal's Nick Timiraos, Elizabeth Holmes and Michael M. Phillips: "Candidates Promise Broad Changes for Wall Street - McCain and Obama Have Similar Plans to Address Crisis" LINK

The Wall Street Journal's Brody Mullins and Glenn R. Simpson: "Hobnobbing Fund-Raisers Undercut Candidates' Talk of Reform" LINK

USA Today's David Jackson: "McCain, Obama eye Wall Street" LINK

USA Today's Dennis Cauchon: "Small Ohio towns play a hefty role" LINK

Bloomberg's Alison Fitzgerald and Christopher Stern: "McCain, Obama Seek Political Foothold With Wall Street Battered" LINK

Bloomberg's Matthew Benjamin: "McCain, Obama Campaign Promises Imperiled by Wall Street Rescue" LINK

The Associated Press' Terence Hunt and Glen Johnson: "McCain, Obama Trade Heated Jabs Over the Economy"LINK

The Washington Times' Valerie Richardson and S.A. Miller: "Candidates Confront Wall Street Turmoil"LINK

The New York Sun's Nicholas Wapshott: "Lowlier Than Thou"LINK

The New York Sun's Josh Gerstein: "Alleged Foreclosure Effort Sparks Mich. Political Fray"LINK

New York Daily News' Michael Mcauliff: "John Mccain & Barack Obama Both Have Advisers Tied To Wall Street Mess" LINK

The Washington Times' Christina Bellantoni: "Ads from 527's Aim to Divide, Conquer"LINK

2008: McCain:

The Boston Herald's Hillary Chabot: "Actuary: John McCain a Survivor"LINK

The Boston Herald's Inside Track: "Oy Fey! Tina's Riff Miffs McCain Camp"LINK

The Hill's Sam Youngman: "McCain Campaign Stumbles Through the Day"LINK

The Hill's Klaus Marre: "McCain Wants 9/11 Commission-style Panel on Wall St."LINK

The New York Times' Michael Cooper: "McCain Laboring to Hit Right Note on the Economy" LINK

The Washington Post's Michael D. Shear: "McCain Embraces Regulation After Many Years of Opposition" LINK

The Washington Post's Matthew Mosk: "McCain Able to Skirt Limits of Federal Financing" LINK

The Washington Post's Michael D. Shear: "McCain BlackBerry Easily Connects With Gore Internet" LINK

The Politico's David Mark and Avi Zenilman: "Historians say McCain camp not sleaziest" LINK

Bloomberg's Catherine Dodge and Holly Rosenkrantz: "Bush's Calendar Empty as McCain, Republican Lawmakers Avoid Him" LINK