The Note's Must-Reads
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October 10, 2007— -- 2008: Republican Debate:
ABC News' BRETT HOVELL and CHRISTINE BYUN: "Romney vs. Giuliani on Taxes"LINK
ABC News' TEDDY DAVIS AND NANCY FLORES: "'I Led. He Lagged' Giuliani Steals Thompson's Thunder"LINK
New York Times' ADAM NAGOURNEY and MARC SANTORA: "Romney and Giuliani Spar as New Guy Looks On"LINK
Los Angeles Times' Michael Finnegan and Janet Hook: "Thompson upstaged by Giuliani, Romney"LINK
Bloomberg's Kristin Jensen and Matthew Benjamin: "Thompson Says During Debate He Doesn't Expect a U.S. Recession"LINK
Bloomberg's Matthew Benjamin and Kristin Jensen: "Republicans Agree on Taxes, Back Trade With Caveats in Debate "LINK
Bloomberg's Margaret Carlson: "Thompson Stays Awake, Squeaks by on Big Test"LINK
Newsweek's Howard Fineman: "The New Kid"LINK
Time's Mark Halperin: "Grading the Republican Debate"LINK
The Hill's Sam Youngman: "Thompson survives debut"LINK
Politico's Roger Simon: "Thompson dull in long-awaited debut"LINK
USA Today's Jill Lawrence: "Romney, Giuliani steal the show in Michigan"LINK
New York Post's CARL CAMPANILE: "ROUGH & TUMBLE RUDY"LINK
Detroit Free Press' DAWSON BELL, JOE GUY COLLIER and KATHLEEN GRAY: "Contenders offer ideas to fix state's economic troubles"LINK
Detroit News' Charlie Cain, Gordon Trowbridge and Mark Hornbeck: "Candidates mix it up over economy"LINK
Detroit News' Gordon Trowbridge: "Thompson shows he's ready in first test"LINK
Daily News' DAVID SALTONSTALL: "Rudy, Mitt Romney go punch for punch at GOP debate"LINK
Boston Globe's Sasha Issenberg: "Romney, Giuliani spar over budgets"LINK
New York Daily News' THOMAS M. DeFRANK: "Fred calls foes 'boring,' but he's hardly life of the party"LINK
Wall Street Journal's JACKIE CALMES and AMY SCHATZ: "Republicans Spar on Economy"LINK
Chicago Tribune's Jill Zuckman: "Thompson debuts as GOP candidates clash"LINK
Salon's Joan Walsh: "GOP debate winner: Hillary Clinton"LINK
New York Times' Katharine Q. Seelye: "Debate Wrap-Up: Thompson's Debut"LINK
New York Times' Mark Leibovich: "In Debate Reviews, Thompson Survives"LINK
Washington Times' Stephen Dinan: "Thompson timing 'about right'"LINK
Boston Globe's Peter S. Canellos: "Thompson displays lack of command"LINK
2008: Republicans:
New York Times' David Leonhardt: "Atop G.O.P., It's Always Sunny"LINK
New York Times' Jim Rutenberg: "Former Bush Aide Ranks the G.O.P. Field"LINK
2008: Republicans: Romney:
Associated Press: "New Hampshire: Romney Aide Not Charged"LINK
Washington Times' Joseph Curl: "Log Cabin ad calls Romney flip-flopper"LINK
2008: Republicans: Huckabee:
Associated Press: "Huckabee says GOP rivals should throw in the towel"LINK
Associated Press: "Huckabee jokingly suggests opponents might consider suicide"LINK
2008: Democrats: Clinton:
Anne E. Kornblut and Dan Balz: "Clinton Cites Lessons of Partisanship"LINK
The Hill's Alexander Bolton: "Clinton's bills frame '09 agenda"LINK
New York Sun's NICHOLAS WAPSHOTT: "The Inevitable?"LINK
Politico's Carrie Budoff Brown: "Hillary is taking names in Iowa"LINK
New York Post's GEOFF EARLE: "CLINTON'S CAM-PAINS & 'LABOR' PAINS"LINK
Des Moines Register's JENNIFER JACOBS: "Clinton pitches savings plans"LINK
New York Times' Sarah Wheaton: "Elvis Costello to Play Clinton Birthday Party"LINK
New York Times' Patrick Healy: "New Program for Saving Is Proposed by Clinton"LINK
Associated Press': "Clinton Urges 401(k)s, Matching Funds"LINK
New York Times' MAUREEN DOWD: "Bomb, Bomb Iran"LINK
Wall Street Journal's JACKIE CALMES: "Clinton Proposes Additional Retirement-Savings Benefit"LINK
Washington Times' Editorial: "Clinton's lead in perspective"LINK
Washington Times' Editorial: "Friends like Sandy Berger"LINK
Washington Times' Donald Lambro: "Hillary eyes subsidized retirement accounts"LINK
Boston Globe's Marcella Bombardieri: "Clinton eyes boost to 401(k) savings"LINK
Anne E. Kornblut and Dan Balz: "Clinton Cites Lessons of Partisanship"LINK
2008: Democrats: Obama:
ABC News' Sunlen Miller: "Michelle Obama in Accident"LINK
Union Leader's TRENT SPINER: "Obama talks about environment, energy"LINK
ABC News' Sunlen Miller: "Obama Aide Deploys for Military Duty"LINK
Boston Globe's Scott Helman: "Private-equity lobbyist to join Obama"LINK
Chicago Tribune's John McCormick: "Michelle Obama's van involved in Iowa crash"LINK
Chicago Sun Times' Lynn Sweet: "Obama dodged Hsu headache"LINK
Associated Press' Philip Elliott: "Obama: Only an outsider can bring changes that rivals have failed to enact"LINK
2008: Democrats: Edwards:
New York Times' CHRISTINE HAUSER: "Forgoing TV, Edwards Cultivates Grass Roots"LINK
Associated Press' Brad Cain: "Edwards Courts Oregon Union Members"LINK
2008: Democrats: Biden:
Boston Globe's Scot Lehigh: "Biden's gutsy proposal for Iraq"LINK
2008: Bloomberg?
New York Times' RAYMOND HERNANDEZ: "Despite Mayor's Disclaimers, Some Work to Have Him Run"LINK
2008: Early States:
Detroit Free Press' TODD SPANGLER, DAWSON BELL and KATHLEEN GRAY: "Most of the top Dems pull out"LINK
Detroit News' Gordon Trowbridge: "Five Dems pull out of state primary"LINK
Associated Press' KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN: "4 Democrats Pull Out of Michigan Primary"LINK
Union Leader's JOHN DISTASO: "Gardner: Michigan ballot has no effect on NH's date"LINK
Los Angeles Times' Scott Martelle: "Big names withdraw from Michigan primary"LINK
Wall Street Journal's JUNE KRONHOLZ: "Breaking a Primary Logjam"LINK
Wall Street Journal's ELIZABETH HOLMES: "Too Young to Vote, But Old Enough To Caucus in Iowa"LINK
New York Times' KATHARINE Q. SEELYE: "4 Democrats Leave Michigan's Early Primary; Clinton and Dodd Stay In"LINK
Los Angeles Times' Scott Martelle: "Big names withdraw from Michigan primary"LINK
Boston Globe's Susan Milligan: "Five Democratic hopefuls pull names off Michigan ballot"LINK
President Bush:
New York Time's SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and DIANA JEAN SCHEMO: "Bush Prodding Congress to Reauthorize His Education Law"LINK
Associated Press': "Bush Pushes Congress on 'No Child' Law "LINK
Myanmar:
Wall Street Journal's Commentary by First Lady Laura Bush: "Stop the Terror in Burma"LINK
Congress:
Politico's Josephine Hearn: "Pelosi, echoing Bush, won't list mistakes"LINK