The Note's Must-Reads
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January 1, 2008— -- Des Moines Register Poll:
Des Moines Register's Thomas Beaumont: "New Iowa Poll: Obama widens lead over Clinton"LINK
Des Moines Register's Jonathan Roos: "GOP poll: Huckabee maintains lead over Romney"LINK
Iowa Caucuses:
Des Moines Register's David Yepsen: "In newest poll, soft preferences and newcomers make a fluid mix"LINK
USA Today's Diana Marrero: "Campaigns search for elusive youth vote"LINK
Washington Times' Christina Bellantoni: "Iowans ready to stand up and be counted"LINK
Chicago Tribune's Christi Parsons and Jason George: "Candidates still wooing undecided voters"LINK
Time's KAREN TUMULTY: "Bad Blood at Huckabee and Paul"LINK
Des Moines Register's JASON CLAYWORTH: "Clinton, Romney pick up most legislative backing"LINK
2008: Republicans: Huckabee:
ABC News' Jake Tapper: "Huckabee Stands Down on Rumble with Romney"LINK
New York Times' KATHARINE Q. SEELYE: "Huckabee Shows Negative Spot After Pulling It From Television"LINK
Washington Post's Michael D. Shear and Perry Bacon Jr.: "Huckabee Unveils Ad Only to Disavow It"LINK
Politico's Michael Calderone and Lisa Lerer: "Huckabee shows Romney attack ad to press"LINK
Boston Globe's Michael Kranish: "Huckabee criticized on foreign policy statements"LINK
Los Angeles Times' Dan Morain: "Huckabee foes open their wallets for attack ads"LINK
Time's MICHAEL SCHERER: "Huckabee's Growing Pains"LINK
Newsweek's Holly Bailey: "Keeping the Faith"LINK
The Hill's Sam Youngman: "Rep. King questions Huckabee move; Thompson said he had 'a nice laugh'"LINK
New York Post's CARL CAMPANILE: "HUCK WISHES LUCK TO MIKE"LINK
Rocky Mountain News' M.E. Sprengelmeyer: "Some scoff at Huckabee's change of heart over ad"LINK
2008: Republicans: Romney:
New York Times' ADAM NAGOURNEY and MICHAEL LUO: "A Once-Easy Campaign Becomes a Test for Romney"LINK
2008: Republicans: McCain:
Concord Monitor's Margot Sanger-Katz: "McCain parties like it's 1999"LINK
2008: Republicans: Paul:
Christian Science Monitor's Gail Russell Chaddock: "Ron Paul: an absolute faith in free markets and less government"LINK
2008: Democrats:
ABC News' Rick Klein: "Change Is Constant in Democratic Race"LINK
New York Times' ADAM NAGOURNEY: "What if Iowa Settles Nothing for Democrats?"LINK
Los Angeles Times' Peter Wallsten and Maria L. La Ganga: "Democrats angle for second place"LINK
New York Times' PATRICK HEALY and JULIE BOSMAN: "Democrats Fill Day Campaigning Before Ringing In '08"LINK
2008: Democrats: Obama:
Des Moines Register's JASON CLAYWORTH: "Obama about Iowa Poll: 'Who would have thunk it?'"LINK
Washington Post's Dan Balz and Shailagh Murray: "Poll Shows Obama With 7-Point Lead In Iowa Contest"LINK
Boston Globe's Lisa Wangsness: "Obama makes his pitch to the undecided"LINK
Concord Monitor's SHIRA SCHOENBERG: "New Hampshire essential for Obama"LINK
Newsday's Glenn Thrush: "Obama campaign predicts Iowa win"LINK
Salon's Walter Shapiro: "Barack Obama's nouvelle vague"LINK
2008: Democrats: Clinton:
New York Post's MAGGIE HABERMAN: "A SUNNY OUTLOOK FOR HILL"LINK
2008: Democrats: Edwards:
Politico's David Paul Kuhn: "Nader throws support to Edwards"LINK
Boston Globe's Sasha Issenberg: "Edwards brings fighting words"LINK
Concord Monitor's CHELSEA CONABOY: "After defeat, Edwards returned to his passion"LINK
2008: Democrats: Richardson:
The Hill's Aaron Blake: "Richardson says Iraq should be top issue"LINK
Des Moines Register's WILLIAM PETROSKI: "Richardson: I'll work across party lines to change U.S. politics"LINK
2008: Democrats: Biden:
Des Moines Register's Abby Simons: "Candidate profile: Biden draws from Senate years"LINK
Bloomberg:
New York Times' KEN BELSON and SERGE F. KOVALESKI: "Bloomberg in '08? If So, Paper Chase Starts Soon"LINK
New York Daily News' ADAM LISBERG: "Bloomberg out of the '08 ring - for now"LINK
2008: Early States:
Washington Post's Joel Achenbach: "An Odd Couple With Big Influence"LINK
Campaign Financing:
Washington Post's Matthew Mosk and John Solomon: "Clinton, Obama Top $100 Million In 2007 Donations"LINK
Independent Political Groups:
New York Times' Leslie Wayne: "After Ruling, Groups Spend Heavily to Sway Races"LINK
Campaigning:
Washington Post's Jose Antonio Vargas: "As the Iowa Caucuses Near, This Guy Is A Hot Potato"LINK