The Note's Must-Reads

July 16, 2007— -- 2008: Fundraising:

Associated Press' Jim Kuhnhenn: "Obama, Clinton have $30 million-plus"LINK

Associated Press: "Presidential fundraising at a glance"LINK

New York Times' Michael Cooper and Michael Luo: "Democrats Continue to Beat Republicans at the Donor Box"LINK

Bloomberg's Jonathan D. Salant and Timothy J. Burger: "Clinton, Obama, Break Bush's Cash Record, Dwarfing Rivals"LINK

Rocky Mountain News' Burt Hubbard: "Obama on a roll with Colo. Donors"LINK

New York Sun's Jill Gardiner: "Clinton Fund-Raiser Swing To Sweep Into Hamptons"LINK

The Los Angeles Times' Dan Morain and Doug Smith: "Small donors give big to Obama"LINK

The Washington Post's Matthew Mosk and Sarah Cohen: "Campaigns Raise, Burn More Cash, More Quickly"LINK

The Washington Post's Shankar Vedantem: "Campaign Contributions Change Priorities, Not Beliefs"LINK

Chicago Sun-Times' Lynn Sweet: "$30 mil. Juggernauts"LINK

2008: Republicans:

The Wall Street Journal's Valerie Bauerlein: "Political Woes Dog Republicans Across the South"LINK

2008: Republicans: McCain:

Newsweek's Richard Wolffe: "Inside the McCain Campaign Meltdown"LINK

New York Magazine's John Heilemann: "Missing McCain"LINK

USA Today's Susan Page: "McCain's latest political strategy: Survival"LINK

The Associated Press: "McCain racks up $1.8M debt"LINK

2008: Republicans: Thompson:

ABC News' Jennifer Rubin: "Thompson Uses Loophole to Avoid Reporting Fundraising"LINK

US News & World Report's Dan Gilgoff: "Thompson Reaches to the Right: Laying the groundwork for evangelical support"LINK

Politico's Jonathan Martin: "Hungering for Thompson"LINK

2008: Democrats:

Associated Press' Deanna Bellandi: "Hopefuls lash Gonzales and court rulings"LINK

The New York Times' Robin Toner: "New Economic Populism Spurs Democrats"LINK

2008: Democrats: Clinton:

Newsweek's Anna Quindlen: "For Hillary: A Proposal"LINK

2008: Democrats: Obama:

Chicago Sun-Times' Mary Mitchell: "Obama call for end to violence lacks audience"LINK

2008: Democrats: Edwards:

Associated Press' Becky Bohrer: "Edwards proposes N.O. rebuilding plan"LINK

The New York Times' Leslie Wayne: "Edwards Embarks on Tour in South to Focus on Poverty"LINK

2008: Democrats: Dodd:

Union Leader's Jim Devine: "Candidate Dodd makes his points at Salem party"LINK

2008: Debates:

Newsweek's Andrew Romano: "YouTube Debate: Groundbreaking or Hype?"LINK

The State's Aaron Gould Sheinin: "Citadel popular stop for politicians"LINK

2008: Polls:

Concord Monitor's Lauren Dorgan: "Clinton, Romney lead poll"LINK

2008: Congress:

ABC News' Matthew Jaffe: "Franken Beats Coleman in Second Quarter Fundraising"LINK

Iraq:

ABC News' Liz Marlantes and Tom Giusto: "Bush Firm on Iraq as Senators' Tempers Flare"LINK

The New York Times' John F. Burns: "U.S. General in Iraq Speaks Strongly Against Troop Pullout"LINK

The New York Times' Brian Knowlton: "Top U.S. Official Asks Congress Not to Put Limits on Iraq Mission"LINK

The Los Angeles Times' Jim Puzzanghera and Nicole Gaouette: "White House rejects GOP call on Iraq"LINK

USA Today's Peter Eisler, Blake Morris, and Tom Vanden Brook: "Pentagon balked at pleas from officers in field for safer vehicles"LINK

The Washington Post's Walter Pincus: "Senators Seek Update to Iraq Authorization"LINK

New York Daily News' Michael McAuliff: "Thumbs down in Washington, Baghdad on quick Iraq pullout"LINK

The Washington Times' Eric Pfeiffer: "Hadley sees improved Iraq by September"LINK

Boston Globe's Charlie Savage: "In Iraq bills, a Vietnam echo"LINK

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Associated Press' Kelley Shannon: "Lady Bird Johnson laid to rest next to former president"LINK

USA Today's Andrea Stone: "Lady Bird Johnson buried beside husband"LINK