The Note's Must-Reads
The First Stop in Politics -- It's What You Need to Know!
November 3, 2008— -- 2008: Obama and McCain:
ABC News' George Stephanopoulos: "George's Bottom Line - Election Night Predictions" LINK
The New York Times' William Glaberson and Margot Williams: "Next President Will Face Test on Detainees" LINK
The Washington Post's Shailagh Murray, Juliet Eilperin and Robert Barnes: "A Positively Negative Home Stretch - McCain, Obama Break Tradition By Staying On the Attack" LINK
The Washington Post's Alec MacGillis: "Hard-Fought Battle in Hard-Hit Ohio - Decisive State in '04 Is Economically Battered and Electorally Coveted" LINK
The Washington Post's Jose Antonio Vargas: "Politics and Social Networks: Voters Make the Connection" LINK
The Wall Street Journal's Laura Meckler and Jonathan Weisman: "Obama Leads in Home Stretch - Poll Shows - Narrowing to Eight-Point Edge; McCain Sees Hope Among Undecideds" LINK
The Wall Street Journal's Gerald F. Seib: "Campaigns Are Where the Real 'Change' Will Take Place" LINK
The Boston Globe's Lisa Wangsness: "In Pa. district, wary of Obama, and of McCain attacks" LINK
Bloomberg's Ken Fireman: "Obama, McCain Race Across Swing States on Campaign's Last Day" LINK
The Washington Times' Gary Emerling: "D.C. vote in House might come with Obama - McCain opposes House rights" LINK
The Washington Times' Greg Pierce: "Inside Politics" LINK
Newsweek Magazine's Mark Hosenball: "McCain, Obama, Favor Big Changes at CIA"LINK
The Washington Times' Stephen Dinan: "Stark differences in judicial nominees gain little notice"LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Cathleen Decker: "McCain, Obama Dash Through Swing States"LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Bob Drogin and Robin Abcarian: "In Ohio, Obama's Ground Game Outguns McCain's"LINK
2008: Obama:
ABC News' Gary Langer: "Obama Matches his Best, Boosted by Economic Woe" LINK
The New York Times' Jeff Zeleny: "Even Keel for Obama in Final Turn to Election" LINK
The New York Times' John Harwood: "The Caucus: Level of White Support for Obama a Surprise" LINK
The New York Times' Michael Luo: "Political Memo: What Happens to Public Financing, When Obama Thrived Without It?" LINK
The Washington Post's Jon Cohen and Jennifer Agiesta: "Poll Shows Obama Deflected Recent Attacks - Republicans Challenged Democrat on Taxes, Readiness and Crisis Management" LINK
The Washington Post's Howard Kurtz: "Obama's Talk Show Advantage Is No Idle Chatter" LINK
The Politico's Avi Zenilman: "Dems' firewall: Secretary of state offices" LINK
The Politico's Carrie Budoff Brown and Glenn Thrush: "Obama and Clinton reach common ground" LINK
The Politico: "Final score: Obama wins the day" LINK
USA Today's Kathy Kiely: "Obama pursues votes of the working class" LINK
The Associated Press: "Chavez: Obama win could spur talks with U.S." LINK
The Wall Street Journal's Corey Dade: "Liberals, Sensing Victory, Try to Pull Obama to Left" LINK
Time Magazine's Karen Tumulty: "Obama in Ohio: Optimistic But Cautious"LINK
Time Magazine's Jay Newton-Small: "A Long Campaign, And a Changed Barack Obama"LINK
The Washington Times' Christina Bellantoni : "Calls slam Obama in coal country"LINK
The Washington Times' Stephen Dinan: "Polls agree Obama's ahead, differ on margin"LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Richard Fausset: "For Some White Voters, Obama's Race Is Seen As A 'Bonus'"LINK
The New York Post's Ralph Peters: "Obama 2012: His Triumphs Abroad Our Greatest Foreign Policy President?" LINK
The New York Post's Jonah Goldberg: "Obama 2012: Four Years Later A Look Back At His Presidency"LINK
The New York Daily News' Erica Pearson: "Prayers and excitement over Obama intermingle with faith at black churches" LINK