The Note's Must-Reads
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May 25, 2007— -- Iraq:
New York Times' Carl Hulse: "Congress Passes War Funds Bill, Ending Impasse"LINK
Washington Post's Jonathan Weisman: "Making History, Reluctantly: In a Hill Anomaly, Pelosi Shepherds Iraq Bill She Opposes"LINK
New York Times' Dalta Sussman: "Poll Shows View of Iraq War Is Most Negative Since Start"LINK
Wall Street Journal's David Rogers: "War-Funds Bill Reveals Limits of MajorityLINK
Washington Post's Michael Abramowitz: "After Victory on Hill, President Shifts Tone on Iraq"LINK
Bloomberg's Ken Fireman and Janine Zacharia: "Bush, Reviving Baker-Hamilton Advice, Recasts Mission in Iraq"LINK
Bloomberg's Nicholas Johnston: "Congress Passes Iraq Funding, Handing Bush Legislative Victory"LINK
Los Angeles Times' Peter Spiegel: "Bush opens the door to a troop withdrawal"LINK
Associated Press' Julie Hirschfeld Davis: "Senators Brace for Backlash"LINK
Boston Globe's Susan Milligan: "Bush predicts bloody summer in Iraq; House OK's funding"LINK
Roll Call's Steven T. Dennis: "War-Funding Bill Approved as Many Democrats Look to Next Act"LINK
ABC News' Jonathan Karl: "EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Intelligence Community Predicted Trouble in Post-Saddam IraqLINK
Washington Post's E.J. Dionne: "See You in September"LINK
2008:
Boston Globe's Scot Lehigh: "United in Ambivalence"LINK
2008: Republicans:
Politico's Jonathan Martin: "McCain-Romney battle emerges into light"LINK
2008: Republicans: Giuliani:
ABC News' Rick Klein: "Mystique of 'America's Mayor' Tarnished"LINK
New York Times' Sarah Wheaton: "Paul Offers Giuliani a Few Policy Tips"LINK
New York Times' Marc Santora: "Giuliani Takes on Edwards"LINK
New York Post's Carl Campanile: "TRUMP JR. ON TEAM RUDY"LINK
Dallas Morning News' Todd Gillman: "9/11 row with Giuliani puts Texan in spotlight"LINK
2008: Republicans: McCain:
Associated Press "McCain to hold fund-raiser on rival Romney's home turf"LINK
2008: Republicans: Thompson?
New York Sun's Ryan Sager: "Fred Thompson Goes Nutmeg"LINK
2008: Republicans: Gingrich?
Orange County Register's Martin Wisckol: "Gingrich not out of the running"LINK
2008: Democrats:
Des Moines Register's Thomas Beaumont: "Democrats shrug off Clinton adviser's memo"LINK
2008: Democrats: Obama:
The Hill's Sam Youngman: "Code Pink ready to put pressure on Obama"LINK
Chicago Sun-Times' Mark Konkol: "Mr. Obama's neighborhood"LINK
2008: Democrats: Clinton:
Washington Post's Peter Baker and John Solomon: "Books Paint Critical Portraits of Clinton"LINK
New York Time's Katharine Seelye: "Clinton Revisits Health Care and Affordability"LINK
Wall Street Journal's Laura Meckler: "Clinton Sees $120 Billion In Health-Care Savings From Cost-Cutting"LINK
Chicago Tribune's Jill Zuckman: "Clinton offers health proposal"LINK
2008: Democrats: Edwards:
ABC News' Kate Snow: "Long-time Democratic Campaign Strategist Tells All"LINK
Associated Press' "Edwards: Bush bad, hopefuls worse"LINK
2008: Congress:
Politico's Josh Kraushaar: "Campaign Notebook: Optimism in General"LINK
Iran:
Washington Times' Joseph Curl: "Bush seeks harsher sanctions on Iran"LINK
Associated Press: "Bush Presses to Toughen Iran Sanctions As Tehran Vows to Pursue Enrichment"LINK
Immigration:
New York Times' Julie Preston and Marjorie Connelly: "Immigration Bill Provisions Gain Wide Support in Poll"LINK
Washington Times' Eric Pfeiffer: "Phones busy, fervor high on immigration overhaul"LINK
Wall Street Journal's Sarah Lueck: "Immigration Measure Lives On"LINK
Wall Street Journal's John Harwood: Candidates Pick and Choose Among Immigration DetailsLINK
Los Angeles Times' Maura Reynolds: "Amendments to dilute immigration bill are defeated"LINK
Chares Krauthammer in The Washington Post: "One Short Amendment"LINK
Los Angeles Time's Ronald Brownstein: "Border Brouhaha Baffles Beltway"LINK
New York Post's Charles Hurt: "ALIEN BILL HAS LITTLE DE-FENCE"LINK
President Bush:
Bloomberg's Edwin Chen and Laura Litvan: "Bush Launches Charm Offensive in Bid to Woo Skeptical Democrats"LINK
Congress:
New York Times' David Kirkpatrick: "House Votes to Lift Veil Over Donations From Lobbyists"LINK
Politico's Jeff Patch and Jeanne Cummings: "Lobbying reform measures pass House"LINK
Gonzales:
Washington Post's Dan Eggen and Paul Kane: "Politics At Work In Inquiry, Bush Says"LINK
New York Times' David Johnson & Eric Lipton: "Bush Reaffirms His Support for Gonzales"LINK
Margaret Carlson: Goodling Is Clueless -- Except When She's NotLINK
Los Angeles Times editorial: "Gonzales' Shaky Justice"LINK
Gore:
Los Angeles Times' Tina Daunt: "Politics not his game, Gore says"LINK