The Note's Must-Reads
The first stop in Politics -- It's what you need to know
September 18, 2007— -- 2008: Clinton Healthcare:
ABC News' TEDDY DAVIS: "Clinton's Middle Path on Health Care"LINK
Newsweek's Susannah Meadows: "How Hillary Won Over the Health-Care Industry"LINK
Time's Karen Tumulty: "Hillary's Health Care Do-Over"LINK
The Hill's Sam Youngman: "Clinton plan sparks frenzy"LINK
Associated Press' Beth Fouhy: "Clinton's health care plan mandates coverage"LINK
Des Moines Register's JENNIFER JACOBS: "Clinton plan requires insurance for all Americans"LINK
USA Today's Richard Wolf: "Clinton unveils details of her health care plan"LINK
USA Today's Ben Smith: "Hillary gets a health plan do-over'"LINK
New York Post's GEOFF EARLE: "HILLARYCARE 2.0"LINK
Los Angeles Times' Michael Finnegan: "Clinton leads pack as GOP target"LINK
New York Times' PATRICK HEALY and ROBIN TONER: "Wary of Past, Clinton Unveils a Health Plan"LINK
Wall Street Journal's LAURA MECKLER and JACKIE CALMES: "Clinton Health Plan Courts Business Allies"LINK
Washington Post's Perry Bacon Jr. and Anne Kornblut: "Clinton Presents Plan For Universal Coverage"LINK
Washington Post's E. J. Dionne Jr.: "What She Learned . . .The Humility in Clinton's Health-Care Plan"LINK
Washington Times' Christina Bellantoni: "Hillary revisits health care"LINK
Los Angeles Times' Peter G. Gosselin and Peter Nicholas: "Clinton unveils new healthcare plan"LINK
McClatchy Newspaper's STEVEN THOMMA: "Clinton health plan targets uninsured'"LINK
Boston Globe's Marcella Bombardieri: "Clinton, rivals taking moderate healthcare stance"LINK
Bloomberg's Aliza Marcus: "Clinton's Health-Care Plan Echoes Her Rivals, Not `Hillarycare'"LINK
New York Sun's RUSSELL BERMAN: "Clinton Seeks New Chance on Health"LINK
Boston Globe's Lisa Wangsness: "In ways, Clinton healthcare plan resembles Romney's Mass. Solution"LINK
Mukasey Nomination:
Newsweek's Michael Isikoff: "Here Comes the Judge"LINK
Time's MASSIMO CALABRESI: "How Bush's AG Pick Irritates the Right"LINK
Politico's Carrie Budoff Brown: "White House asks for quick Mukasey confirmation"LINK
Wall Street Journal's EVAN PEREZ and PETER LATTMAN: "Mukasey Leanings Hard to Decode"LINK
New York Times' PHILIP SHENON and BENJAMIN WEISER: "A Washington Outsider With Many Sides"LINK
Washington Post's Michael Abramowitz and Dan Eggen: "With Justice Pick, Bush Hopes to Avoid a Fight"LINK
Washington Post's Amy Goldstein and Dafna Linzer: "A Conservative Record, But Not in Lock Step"LINK
Washington Times' Jon Ward: "Ex-judge for Justice chief"LINK
Los Angeles Times' Richard B. Schmitt: "Mukasey is drawn into an old fight"LINK
New York Newsday's TOM BRUNE: "Will Schumer see Mukasey to attorney general post?"LINK
Boston Globe's Sasha Issenberg: "Democrats tentatively welcome Mukasey"LINK
2008: Republicans:
Miami Herald's BREANNE GILPATRICK: "GOP hopefuls woo faithful in Lauderdale debate"LINK
The Hill's Alexander Bolton: "GOPers jockey for 2nd, 3rd in Iowa"LINK
The Hill's Mike Soraghan: "Murtha: GOPers to abandon Bush on Iraq after primaries"LINK
Christian Broadcasting Network's Michael F. Haverluck: "Top GOP Candidates Dodge Values Debate"LINK
2008: Republicans: Giuliani:
ABC News' Sunlen Miller: "Giuliani: Clinton Health Care Plan is a 'Clear March Toward Socialized Medicine'"LINK
New York Post's CARL CAMPANILE: "GIULIANI TO WOO NRA"LINK
Washingon Post's Alec MacGillis: "Giuliani-Mukasey Ties Go Back Decades"LINK
2008: Republicans: Romney:
Reuters' Jason Szep and Patrick Worsnip: "Romney urges U.N. to bar Iranian president"LINK
2008: Republicans: McCain:
Washington Times' Ralph Z. Hallow: "McCain sees downward spiral in Michigan"LINK
Washington Times' Ralph Z. Hallow: "Michigan chairman said to quit McCain campaign"LINK
New York Times' Jennifer Steinhauer: "McCain Gets Push From the Senior Bush"LINK
Arizona Republic's Dan Nowicki: "At tour's end, McCain is on the rise"LINK
The State's JOHN O'CONNOR: "McCain stands firm"LINK
2008: Republicans: Keyes:
Associated Press: "Keyes Makes 3rd Bid for Presidency"LINK
2008: Democrats:
ABC News' Teddy Davis, Jonathan Greenberger, and Donna Hunter: "Clinton, Obama Take No Funding Pledge"LINK
2008: Democrats: Obama:
ABC News' Jonathan Greenberger: "Obama: We need a Democrat Who Doesn't 'Choke on the Word 'Union'"LINK
New York Post's MAGGIE HABERMAN: "OBAMA'S WALL STREET PLEA"LINK
New York Times' MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM: "Obama Urges Wall Street to Protect the Middle Class"LINK
Washington Times' Brian DeBose: "Obama tells Wall Street: Curb greed for U.S. good"LINK
Chicago Sun-Times' Lynn Sweet: "He gets their applause -- can he get their support?"LINK
2008: Democrats: Edwards:
ABC News' Rick Klein: "Edwards' Healthcare Shift"LINK
2008: Polls:
Baltimore Sun's Jennifer Skalka: "Clinton, Giuliani top Md. Poll"LINK
2008: Religion:
Washington Times' Stephen Dinan: "Candidates invite new questions about their faith"LINK
2008: Early States: South Carolina:
The State's AARON GOULD SHEININ: "Democrat, but socially conservative"LINK
2008: Congress:
The Hill's Aaron Blake: "Rep. Ramstad puts another swing district up for grabs"LINK
Iraq:
New York Times' CARL HULSE: "Key Senators Urge Shifting Responsibility to Iraq Army"LINK
Out Of This World:
Washington Post's Dana Milbank: "There's the Red Vote, the Blue Vote . . . and the Little Green Vote"LINK