The Note's Must-Reads

October 9, 2008— -- 2008: McCain and Obama:

ABC News' Katie Escherich and Lauren Sher: "Obama: McCain Scoring 'Cheap Political Points'" LINK

ABC News' George Stephanopoulos: "Stephanopoulos: Obama Outspending McCain 3 to 1 in Battleground Ads" LINK

ABC News' Teddy Davis: "Obama Now Rejects McCain's Mortgage Buy-Up Plan" LINK

ABC News Video: Watch the Entire Vice Presedential Debate Night 2: LINK

Politico's John F. Harris and Jim Vandehei: "The Worst Debate Ever" LINK

Politico's Carrie Budoff Brown and Amie Parnes: "Candidates Tout Economic Bona Fides" LINK

Politico's Staff Writers: "Obama Opposes McCain Home Plan" LINK

Bloomberg's Kim Chipman: "Obama, McCain Push Backers to Make Use of New Early-Voting Laws" LINK

The Boston Herald's Laurel J. Sweet: "Confection election" LINK

USA Today's Jill Lawrence: "Different styles, same goal: How the candidates made it work" LINK

The Washington Post's Robert Barnes and Michael D. Shear: "Battling Through Battleground States" LINK

The Washington Post's Zachary A. Goldfarb: "Fannie, Freddie Become Hot Topic in Campaign" LINK

The New YOrk Times Jennifer Steinhauer: "Road to November: Halfway There" LINK

The Hills' Sam Youngman and Alexander Bolton: "Obama Blasts McCain Proposal; White House Unsure" LINK

The Hills' Alexander Bolton: "McCain Goes Negative As Obama Lead Grows" LINK

The Los Angeles Times' Peter Nicholas: "McCain Campaign Ratchets Up The Rhetoric" LINK

The Los Angeles Times' Michael Finnegan: "Candidates take aim with sharpened messages" LINK

The Los Angeles Times' Dan Morain and Doug Smith: "Obama's Fundraising Prowess Exposes Flaws In Law" LINK

The New York Daily News' Richard Sisk and David Saltonstall: "Desperate McCain Campaign Pushes Obama Link To 1970s Radical" LINK

The New York Daily News' Staff: "John McCain Makes Gaffe, Calling Audience, 'My Fellow Prisoners'; Barack Obama Flubs Line, Too" LINK

The Boston Globes' Foon Rhee: "Obama: I Can Take Attacks, America Can't Take McCain-Bush" LINK

The Associated Press' Kevin Freking: "Report: Both Candidates Increase Health Coverage" LINK

2008: McCain:

The Boston Herald's Dave Wedge: "Vets do battle on campaign trail for John McCain" LINK

The Boston Herald's Margery Eagan: "For John McCain, these aren't the good ol' days" LINK

The New York Times' Michael Falcone: "Ads Criticize McCain, Republicans on Health Care" LINK

The New York Times' Carl Hulse and David M. Herszenhorn: 'G.O.P. Facing Tougher Battle for Congress" LINK

The New York Daily News' Kenneth R. Bazinet: "John McCain Wants To Buy Your Bad Loan" LINK

The Associated Press' Julie Hirschfeld Davis: "McCain Housing Proposal: Easier Said Than Done" LINK

The Washington Times' Stephen Dinan: "McCain Ratchets Up Attack Ads" LINK

The Washington Times' Christina Bellantoni and Joseph Curl: "McCain Casts Rival as Wrong Man for the Job" LINK

The Washington Times' Donald Lambro: "McCain Plan to Buy Bad Home Mortgages Hit" LINK

The Washington Times' Donald Lambro: "McCain Confronts the Crisis" LINK

Wall Street Journal's Mary Jacoby: "McCain Supporter Had Own Ties to Radical Protesters" LINK

Wall Street Journal's John D. McKinnon: "McCain Reshuffles Rescue Deal" LINK

Wall Street Journal's Evan Perez: "GOP Renews Complaints Over Voter Registrations" LINK

The Boston Globe's Sasha Issenberg: "Losing Female Support, McCain Alters Approach" LINK