The Note's Must-Reads
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December 6, 2007— -- ABC News/Washington Post Poll:
ABC News' Gary Langer: "Clinton Fends Off Obama in N.H. With More Committed Support"LINK
2008: Republicans: Romney:
New York Times' Michael Luo: "Crucial Test for Romney in Speech on His Religion"LINK
Washington Post's Jacqueline L. Salmon: "Romney Aims to Prove His Christianity"LINK
ABC News' Matt Stuart: "Forget JFK, Romney Seeks His Own Voice"LINK
USA Today: "Observers offer insight into Romney's speech"LINK
Wall Street Journal's ELIZABETH HOLMES: "Romney to Take on Issue of Faith -- Vaguely"LINK
Boston Globe's Maria Cramer and Connie Paige: "Reaction mixed after Romney fires service"LINK
Boston Globe: "Romney's immigration lesson"LINK
Times' Michael Duffy: "Is This Romney's Kennedy Moment?"LINK
Newsweek's Jon Meacham: "What Romney Should Say"LINK
Washington Post's Robert D. Novak: "For Romney, a Risky Speech"LINK
2008: Republicans: Huckabee:
New York Times' JODI KANTOR and DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK: "Pulpit Was the Springboard for Huckabee's Rise"LINK
Boston Globe's Susan Milligan: "Huckabee defends his role in Ark. rapist's parole case"LINK
ABC News' Teddy Davis: "Huckabee on Being In The Dark: 'It's Going to Happen Again'"LINK
GQ Magazine's Ross Douthat: "Is This Guy For Real?"LINK
ABC News' JENNIFER PARKER: "Huckabee Courts Evangelical Vote in Iowa"LINK
Washington Times' Stephen Dinan: "Rise a surprise to all but Huckabee"LINK
2008: Republicans: Giuliani:
New York Times' Michael Cooper: "Recalling Iranian Hostage Crisis, Giuliani Invokes Reagan as a Model"LINK
2008: Republicans: McCain:
New York Times' Marc Santora: "Schilling Joins McCain in New Hampshire"LINK
Politico's Carrie Budoff Brown: "McCain hoping for second look"LINK
Boston Globe's Sasha Issenberg: "McCain voices guarded optimism on Iraq but says hurdles are high"LINK
2008: Republicans: Thompson:
Washington Times: "Fred Thompson"LINK
The State's JOHN O'CONNOR: "Thompson: Don't trust Iran"LINK
2008: Republicans: Paul:
Washington Post's Alec MacGillis: "Paul's Quixotic, Chaotic Run May Make Its Push in N.H."LINK
2008: Republicans:
ABC News' Christine Byun: "Southern Protestors Unhappy with Thompson and Romney's Flag Remarks"LINK
2008: Democrats:
Los Angeles Times' Peter G. Gosselin and Peter Nicholas: "Clinton, Edwards up the ante on foreclosures"LINK
2008: Democrats: Clinton:
New York Times' Jeff Zeleny: "Slapping Down a Viral Smear"LINK
Washington Post's Dan Balz and Jon Cohen: "As N.H. Primary Nears, Clinton Clings to Narrow Lead"LINK
Politico's Mike Allen: "Hillary warns Wall Street"LINK
Des Moines Register's THOMAS BEAUMONT: "Clinton chairwoman dismissed over e-mail on Obama"LINK
2008: Democrats: Obama:
The State's Gina Smith "Oprah event outgrows arena"LINK
Chicago Sun Times' Lynn Sweet: "2004 comes back to haunt Obama"LINK
The Hill's Aaron Blake: "Holy-grail youth vote favors Obama, also wants third-party alternative"LINK
Associated Press: "Obama Proposes Expansion Of National Service Programs"LINK
The Hill: "2008 and Counting: Gen. Clark says Obama started it all"LINK
Des Moines Register's JASON CLAYWORTH: "Obama: PAC contributions violated no campaign rules"LINK
Concord Monitor: "17 minutes to stardom"LINK
2008: Democrats: Richardson:
Christian Science Monitor's Jane Lampman: "Bill Richardson: a negotiator's faith in fairness and finding the common good"LINK
Cedar Falls Courier's JOSH NELSON: "Richardson criticizes Bush administration's Iran position"LINK
2008: Democrats: Dodd:
Sioux City Journal's Bret Hayworth: "Dodd explains plan for health-care reform"LINK
2008: Early States:
Des Moines Register's Jane Norman: "Grassley predicts Romney, Obama will win caucuses"LINK
Politico's Roger Simon: "Inside the fight for Iowa"LINK
USA Today's Kathy Kiely: "Parties struggle to control primaries"LINK
Time's Betsy Rubiner: "The Iowa Campaign's Foot Soldiers"LINK
Associated Press: "NH educators to endorse Clinton, Huckabee"LINK
Political Endorsements:
The Hill: "The endorsements that would make huge waves"LINK
Immigration:
Los Angeles Times' Janet Hook: "1 in 3 would deny illegal immigrants social services"LINK
Associated Press: "Calderón rebukes U.S. candidates"LINK
Bloomberg's Hans Nichols: "Iowa Republican Kingmaker Makes Immigration a Household Issue"LINK
Campaigning:
Boston Globe's Joanna Weiss: "In high-tech world, candidates still turn to TV"LINK
Fundraising:
Wall Street Journal's Christopher Cooper: "Fund-Raising Brokers Reshape U.S. Campaigns"LINK
Congress:
Politico's Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei and John F. Harris: "Cheney bashes top Democrats"LINK
President Bush:
Washington Post's David Cho and Neil Irwin: "Bush Wins Agreement To Freeze Mortgages"LINK
Iran:
John R. Bolton: "The Flaws In the Iran Report"LINK
Washington Post's Michael Abramowitz and Robin Wright: "Bush Tells Iran to Disclose Nuclear Activities"LINK
ABC News' Martha Raddatz: "White House: Bush Knew in August Iran Had Halted Nuclear Weapons Program"LINK
Time's Joe Klein: "Iran's Nukes: Now They Tell Us?"LINK
Newsweek's Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball: "Anatomy of a Turnabout"LINK
The Nation's Robert Scheer: "Bush on Iran: Fool Me Twice"LINK