The Note's Must-Reads

September 12, 2007— -- Iraq:

Associated Press' Matthew Lee and Anne Flaherty: "Officials: Bush to Announce Troop Cut"LINK

Time's Mark Thompson: "Petraeus Under Heavy Fire"LINK

The Hill's Elana Schor: "GOP centrists get boost"LINK

Washington Times' S.A. Miller: "Hopefuls preening for the cameras"LINK

Washington Times' Sean Lengell: "No Democratic censure for MoveOn ad"LINK

Los Angeles Times' Peter Nicholas: "On Capitol Hill, seniority always rules"LINK

New York Times' David Sanger: "Officials Cite Long-Term Need for U.S. in Iraq"LINK

New York Times' Elisabeth Bumiller: "A General Faces Questions From Five Potential Bosses"LINK

Wall Street Journal's Neil Kink J. and Craig Jaffe: "How Iraq Hearings Segue Into Campaign Debate"LINK

Washington Post's Dana Milbank: "Enough About Iraq -- Let's Talk About Me"LINK

Boston Globe's Sasha Issenberg and Marcella Bombardieri: "In senatorial role, a chance to take spotlight on war"LINK

2008:

Chicago Tribune's: "Clinton, Romney top early primary polls"LINK

2008: Republicans: Giuliani:

Los Angeles Times' Janet Hook and Peter Wallsten: "Giuliani's support is soft in key states"LINK

ABC News' Peyton M. Craighill and Gary Langer: "Giuliani, 9/11 and the 2008 Race"LINK

ABC News' Cynthia Mcfadden, Eileen Murphy, And Roxanna Sherwood: "Giuliani, Six Years Later"LINK

Washington Post's Dan Balz and Jon Cohen: "Giuliani's GOP Lead Shrinks in New Poll"LINK

2008: Republicans: McCain:

Union Leader's Roger Simon: "Gen. Petraeus' Iraq successes may save John McCain's presidential campaign"LINK

2008: Republicans: Thompson:

ABC News' Christine Byun: "Fred08.com steps on another "Fred's" toes"LINK

New York Times' Michael Luo: "G.O.P. Spat Over Web Site"LINK

The State's John O'Connor: "GOP's Thompson brings young campaign to S.C."LINK

Los Angeles Times' Michael Finnegan: "Thompson piles on Southern charm"LINK

2008: Republicans: Romney:

Boston Globe's: "Romney tries to distance campaign from anti-Thompson site"LINK

2008: Democrats: Clinton:

New York Times' Patrick Healy: "Clinton Sees Fear Realized in Trouble With Donor"LINK

New York Post's Maggie Haberman: "Hill Shill Claimed Hsu Was A 'legit' Fit"LINK

New York Daily News' James Gordon Meek And Michael Mcauliff: "Team Clinton can't explain ignoring warnings on Hsu"LINK

New York Sun's Eli Lake: "It's Clinton Versus Petraeus"LINK

Politico's Mike Allen: "Waxman to probe Clinton files"LINK

Washington Post's John Solomon, Matthew Mosk and Anne E. Kornblut: "Clinton Campaign Cites Flawed Background Check"LINK

2008: Democrats: Biden:

ABC News Brian Wheeler: "Biden Dials Palmetto State Voters"LINK

2008: Democrats: Dodd:

ABC News' Donna Hunter Reports: "Chris Dodd: The Next John Kerry?"LINK

2008: Bloomberg?

ABC News' Teddy Davis: "Paying the Poor to Do the Right Thing?"LINK

2008: Early States:

ABC News' Rick Klein: "Presidential Calendar Mess Gets Messier"LINK

New York Times' Adam Nagourney: "First to Weigh In, and Taking It Seriously" [NH primary]LINK

2008: Fundraising:

Los Angeles Times' Dan Morain and Tom Hamburger: "Campaigns feel the effects of Hsu case"LINK

USA Today's Fredreka Schouten: "'08 hopefuls net millions from piggy banks"LINK

Bush Administration:

Wall Street Journal's John McKinnon and Evan Perez: "Attorney General Nominee May Face Fight in Congress"LINK

New York Sun's Nicholas Wapshott: "Why Bush Is Eyeing Theodore Olson"LINK

Congress:

The Hill's Bob Cusack: "Democrats make progress on their checklist from 2006"LINK