The Note's Must-Reads
The first stop in Politics -- It's what you need to know
October 4, 2007— -- 2008:
ABC News' GARY LANGER: "Clinton Advances, Strong in Base; Giuliani's Lead has Less Oomph"LINK
Associated Press' RON FOURNIER: "Numbers Add Up to Wild Race"LINK
New York Times' JENNIFER STEINHAUER and RAYMOND HERNANDEZ: "In Ballot Fight, California Gets a Taste of '08"LINK
2008: Republicans:
Wall Street Journal's JOHN HARWOOD: "Republicans Grow Skeptical On Free Trade"LINK
Boston Globe's Lisa Wangsness: "S. Carolina key in Republicans' ambitions"LINK
New York Times' GAIL COLLINS: "Ah Newtie, We Hardly Knew Ye"LINK
2008: Republicans: Giuliani:
Associated Press: "Archbishop: No Communion for Giuliani"LINK
New York Times' MARC SANTORA: "Giuliani Tries to Reassure Religious Conservatives"LINK
Washington Times' Joseph Curl: "Giuliani selling self as winner"LINK
Los Angeles Times': "Archbishop would deny rite to Giuliani"LINK
ABC News' Jan Simmonds: "Military Needs to Be Larger, Maybe 100,000 More Troops"LINK
Concord Monitor's Joelle Farrell: "Giuliani concentrates on Clinton"LINK
Associated Press' HOLLY RAMER: "Giuliani begins new ads in NH, bashes Clinton in stops"LINK
New York Daily News' CELESTE KATZ: "Rudy Giuliani dodges cell questions, dishes heat on Hillary"LINK
New York Post's CARL CAMPANILE: "HILLARY IS 'LEFT'-OVER BILL: RUDY"LINK
New York Post's CARL CAMPANILE: "GIULIANI HANGS UP ON PHONIES"LINK
2008: Republicans: McCain:
ABC News's Bret Hovell: "McCain Renews Attack on Clinton"LINK
Bloomberg's Edwin Chen: "McCain's Campaign Showing Signs of a Comeback in New Hampshire"LINK
The State's RODDIE A. BURRIS: "McCain salutes S.C. State cadets"LINK
2008: Republicans: Romney:
Robert Novak: "Romney can no longer dodge the Mormon question"LINK
2008: Republicans: Thompson:
ABC News' Christine Byun: "A Thompson family affair"LINK
Des Moines Registers' ERIN JORDAN: "Thompson: Americans must appear united"LINK
New York Times' ADAM NAGOURNEY: "On Stump, Low-Key Thompson Stirs Few Sparks"LINK
Chicago Tribune's Rick Pearson: "Thompson changes view on ethanol"LINK
2008: Republicans: Huckabee:
ABC News' Kevin Chupka: "Huckabee Adds $1 Million to Campaign"LINK
2008: Republicans: Paul:
ABC News' JAKE TAPPER and Z. BYRON WOLF: "Ron Paul's Impressive Haul"LINK
Union Leader's GARRY RAYNOL: "Paul: Bring troops home"LINK
Politico's David Mark: "Ron Paul: A spoiler, not a contender"LINK
McClatchy Newspapers' Margaret Talev: "Paul turns heads with campaign donations"LINK
Deseret Morning News' Lisa Riley Roche: "Utahns help Paul rake in $5M in 3rd quarter"LINK
Wall Street Journal's SUSAN DAVIS: "Ron Paul's Fund Raising Doubled in Quarter"LINK
2008: Democrats:
Associated Press' ALAN FRAM: "Blacks split evenly on Clinton and Obama"LINK
Politico's David Paul Kuhn: "Dems must woo white men to win"LINK
Dallas Morning News' Carl P. Leubsdorf: "Dreams of Clinton's Democratic foes may rest on Iowa"LINK
Helen Thomas: "Democrats play into Bush's hands"LINK
New York Times' CHRISTINE HAUSER: "New Rules for Contractors Are Urged by 2 Democrats"LINK
New York Times' EDMUND L. ANDREWS: "Democrats Split on Ways to Ease Mortgage Crunch"LINK
2008: Democrats: Clinton:
New York Sun's RUSSELL BERMAN: "Senator Gets Backing From Teachers' Union"LINK
New York Daily News: "GOP circulates videos of Hillary Clinton's laugh"LINK
Associated Press' BETH FOUHY: "Clinton Would Fund Stem Cell Research"LINK
Los Angeles Times' Peter Nicholas: "On policies, Clinton plays it safe"LINK
Washington Post's Dan Balz and Jon Cohen: "In Latest Poll, Good News for Both Clintons"LINK
Washington Post's Dana Milbank: "Happy Days Are Hers Again"LINK
Associated Press' JIM KUHNHENN: "Clinton Airs Health Care Ads"LINK
Washington Times' Christina Bellantoni: "Hillary touts bill to unite illegals' kin"LINK
Washington Times' Douglas MacKinnon: "Hillary's vulnerabilities"LINK
Los Angeles Times' Peter Nicholas: "On policies, Clinton plays it safe"LINK
Associated Press:: "Teachers union endorses Clinton"LINK
Christian Science Monitor's Linda Feldmann: "Clinton moves up in polls and money"LINK
Matthew Yglesias in the Los Angeles Times: "Who's giving money to Bill Clinton?"LINK
2008: Democrats: Obama:
Washington Post's George F. Will: "The Democratic Economist"LINK
Washington Post's: "Kennedy Adviser Discusses History in Backing Obama"LINK
2008: Early States:
Gannett's Eun Kyung Kim: "Sen. Nelson to file suit over Fla. Primary"LINK
Miami Herald's BETH REINHARD: "No-show Democrats stick to their pledge"LINK
New York Times' Abby Goodnough: "Battle Lines Drawn Over Florida Primary"LINK
New York Times' ABBY GOODNOUGH: "Senator Suing Own Party Over Discord on Florida"LINK
2008: Congress:
New York Times' DANNY HAKIM: "Wishing and Hoping for Clinton's Seat"LINK
Child Health Bill Veto:
Associated Press' DAVID ESPO: "Bush's Quiet Veto of Child Health Bill Likely To Reverberate in '08"LINK
Bloomberg's Laura Litvan and Christopher Stern: "Bush Veto Gives Democrats Legislative Defeat, Political Opening"LINK
New York Times' SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and CARL HULSE: "Bush Vetoes Child Health Bill Privately"LINK
President Bush:
New York Times' Sheryl Gay Stolberg; "War Opponent Questions Bush"LINK
Domenici Retirement:
ABC News' Jake Tapper and Z. Bryon Wolf: "Senator Domenici to Retire"LINK
The Hill's Aaron Blake and Elana Schor: "Domenici's exit roils N.M. outlook in '08"LINK
Congress:
ABC News Jake Tapper and Z. Bryon Wolf: "Fires in Women's Bathrooms on Capitol Hill"LINK
Bloomberg's Laura Litvan: "Schumer `Won't Take No' as He Wields Political, Policy Clout"LINK
The Hill's Jackie Kucinich: "Partisanship rules panel"LINK
New York Times' PHILIP SHENON: "Democrats Won't Block Hearing for Gonzales Successor"LINK