The Note's Must-Reads
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May 30, 2007— -- MUST-READS:
New Yorker Magazine's Jeffrey Goldberg: "Party Unfaithful: The Republican implosion"LINK
New York Sun's Ryan Sager: "Thompson To Dip His Toes"LINK
2008: Republicans: Giuliani:
New York Post's Carl Campanile: "BIRTHDAY BOY RUDY 'BOROUGHS' FOR $$"LINK
New York Daily News' David Saltonstall: " Giuliani gets 500G & boos on visit to city"LINK
New York Daily News' Mike Lupica: "Rudy THE expert on terror? No way!"LINK
2008: Republicans: Romney:
Boston Globe's Scott Helman: "Romney says he'd forgo president's salary"LINK
New York Post's Charles Hurt: "ANTI-MORMON MORON'S BIG FIT AT MITT"LINK
Boston Herald's Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa: "Affleck: Clean-cut Romney GOP pick in '08"LINK
2008: Republicans: McCain:
Associated Press: "McCain Urges Immigration Overhaul"LINK
2008: Democrats:
ABC News' Rick Klein: "No Lip Service: Dems Trade Higher Taxes for Social Programs"LINK
USA Today's Jill Lawrence: "Democrats duel over health care"LINK
2008: Democrats: Clinton:
Los Angeles Times' Duke Helfand and Steve Hymon: "Villaraigosa to endorse Clinton's presidential bid"LINK
Associated Press' Holly Ramer: "Clinton: Shared Prosperity Should Replace 'On Your Own' Society"LINK
Politico's Ben Smith: "Shrum: Bill Clinton pushed gay marriage ban"LINK
New Hampshire Union Leader's Tom Fahey: "Clinton calls for an end to favors for big business"LINK
New York Newsday's Martin Evan's "Clinton takes on the economy"LINK
2008: Democrats: Obama:
New York Times' Robin Toner: "Obama Calls for Wider Health Care Coverage"LINK
New York Times' Sarah Wheaton: "A Doodle Is Worth $2,000"LINK
Washington Post's Anne E. Kornblut and Perry Bacon Jr.: "Obama Says Washington Is Ready for Health Plan"LINK
Chicago Tribune's John McCormick and Mike Dorning: "Obama offers health plan focused on cutting costs"LINK
The Hill's Sam Youngman: "Obama won't play by the book"LINK
Time Magazine's Karen Tumulty: "Obama Channels Hillary on Healthcare"LINK
Salon.com's Walter Shapiro: "Barack Obama's quiet rebellion"LINK
2008: Democrats: Biden:
Des Moines Register's Thomas Beaumont: "Biden says rivals who are senators switched positions"LINK
2008: Health Care:
Wall Street Journal's Jackie Calmes: "Why Health Care No Longer Makes Politicians Leery"LINK
2008: Debates:
New Hampshire Union Leader's Stephen Beale: "NH Presidential debates open Sunday"LINK
2008: Primary Moves:
Associated Press: "Alaska, Georgia jump on the Feb. 5 primary bandwagon"LINK
2008: Potpourri:
Clarence Page: "Third party? Extremely possible"LINK
Iraq:
New York Times' Susan Saulny: "Some Hitherto Staunch G.O.P. Voters Souring on Iraq"LINK
Politico's Ryan Grim: "Peaceniks not all sorry to see Sheehan go"LINK
The State's James Rosen: "DeMint rips war 'wimps'"LINK
War on Terror:
New York Times' Scott Shane and Mark Mazzetti: "Advisers Fault Harsh Methods in Interrogation"LINK
Immigration:
New York Times' Jim Rutenberg: "Bush Takes On Opponents of Immigration Bill"LINK
Washington Post's Peter Baker: "Bush Chides GOP Critics of Immigration Plan"LINK
President Bush:
Washington Post's Michael A. Fletcher: "Bush to Seek Extension of AIDS Effort"LINK
Wall Street Journal "Bush's Lowest Rating Tops Nadirs for Nixon, Carter"LINK
Congress:
Anchorage Daily News' Richard Mauer: "Feds eye Stevens' home remodeling project"LINK
Washington Post's Paul Kane: "House GOP Cuts Off the $un$hine"LINK
World Bank:
New York Times' Steven Weisman: "Ex-Trade Envoy Is Bush's Choice for World Bank"LINK
Supreme Court:
Washington Post's Robert Barnes: "Over Ginsburg's Dissent, Court Limits Bias Suits"LINK
Gore:
ABC News' Teddy Davis: "Gore Against Funding U.S. Troops Without Timetable for Withdrawal"LINK
CIA Leak Case:
USA Today's Richard Willing: "Plame called on to explain varied accounts"LINK
Newsweek's Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball: "Was She or Wasn't She? Arguing that Libby deserves jail time, Fitzgerald says Plame was a covert agent"LINK
Parren J. Mitchell: 1922-2007:
Washington Post's Joe Holley: "Parren Mitchell; Politician, Civil Rights Activist"LINK
The Kicker:
New York Daily News' Ben Widdicombe: "Kerry pick: Lohan"LINK