The Note's Must-Reads
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January 2, 2008— -- Iowa Caucuses:
New York Times' Jodi Kantor: "Caucuses Give Iowa Influence, but Many Iowans Are Left Out"LINK
Washington Post's Shailagh Murray and Anne E. Kornblut: "Independent Voters May Give Obama Edge in Iowa"LINK
Los Angeles Times' James Rainey and Seema Mehta: "Not caucusing? Most of Iowa won't either"LINK
USA Today's Jill Lawrence: "Edge in Iowa hard to find among key groups"LINK
2008: Republicans: Huckabee:
New York Times' David D. Kirkpatrick: "Huckabee and Consultant Form an Uneasy Alliance"LINK
Washington Post's Sridhar Pappu: "As Huckabee Pulls Ad, Rollins, For Once, Must Pull a Punch"LINK
Time's MICHAEL SCHERER: "Huckabee's Final Publicity Push"LINK
2008: Republicans: Romney:
ABC News' JAKE TAPPER and RICHARD COOLIDGE: "Romney Says He Doesn't 'Have to Win' in Iowa"LINK
Boston Globe's Michael Levenson: "More of Romney's fortune is plowed into campaign"LINK
Washington Times' S.A. Miller: "Romney dismisses his 'one-hit wonder' rivals"LINK
Salon's Mike Madden: "Can money buy Mitt Romney love in Iowa?"LINK
Christian Science Monitor's Ariel Sabar: "As his lead slips, Romney targets McCain and Huckabee"LINK
2008: Republicans: McCain:
ABC News' RON CLAIBORNE: "For John McCain, Is Third Place Good Enough?"LINK
New York Post's CARL CAMPANILE: "MAC UNLEASHES GRAPHIC TERROR AD VS. ROMNEY"LINK
2008: Republicans: Giuliani:
Boston Globe's Brian C. Mooney: "Amid family displays, Giuliani goes solo"LINK
New York Sun's ELI LAKE: "Giuliani Will Back a 'Surge' in Afghanistan"LINK
2008: Republicans: Paul:
Washington Post's Libby Copeland: "To Be Young And in Love With Ron Paul"LINK
2008: Republicans: Thompson:
ABC News' RICK KLEIN and CHRISTINE BYUN: "Low-Key Thompson Stumbles Toward Finish Line"LINK
2008: Republicans:
New York Times' MARK LEIBOVICH: "Candidates Play to Audiences on the Road in Iowa"LINK
Washington Post's Jonathan Weisman: "For Republicans, Contest's Hallmark Is Immigration"LINK
Politico's John F. Harris: "GOP funk: Money, enthusiasm lagging"LINK
Wall Street Journal's JACKIE CALMES: "Republicans' Identity Crisis"LINK
Los Angeles Times' Janet Hook and Michael Finnegan: "GOP base scatters to rival camps"LINK
Bloomberg's Kristin Jensen and Catherine Dodge: "Iowa Caucus Run-Up Finds Paul Reading, Giuliani Taking a Break"LINK
2008: Democrats:
Washington Post's Jonathan Weisman: "For Democrats, Change Is of the Essence"LINK
Wall Street Journal's GREG HITT: "Democrat Hopefuls Agree On Activist Approach to Economic Policy"LINK
Des Moines Register's THOMAS BEAUMONT: "Democratic camps doubt poll figure on independents"LINK
Union Leader: "Clinton, Obama: Include all of us"LINK
2008: Democrats: Obama:
New York Times' JEFF ZELENY: "Saying Race Is No Barrier, Obama Still Courts Blacks"LINK
2008: Democrats: Clinton:
Politico's Roger Simon: "Should Hillary Clinton have skipped Iowa?"LINK
Boston Globe's Marcella Bombardieri: "As the caucuses loom, Clinton strikes a serious tone"LINK
Los Angeles Times' Robin Abcarian: "Strategist has her feet on the ground in Iowa"LINK
Time's KAREN TUMULTY: "For Clinton, Women and Newbies First"LINK
2008: Democrats: Edwards:
John Edwards' "My Plan to Stop Corporate Abuses"LINK
New York Times' MICHAEL R. GORDON: "Edwards Calls for Quick Pullout of Troops Training Iraqi Forces"LINK
Union Leader's SCOTT BROOKS: "Edwards: Watch Musharraf closely"LINK
Baltimore Sun's Paul West: "Edwards has back to wall in Iowa race"LINK
New York Times' JULIE BOSMAN and PATRICK HEALY: "In Iowa, Edwards Faces His Past and His Future"LINK
2008: Democrats: Richardson:
Des Moines Register's WILLIAM PETROSKI: "Richardson predicts strong caucus finish"LINK
2008: Democrats: Biden:
ABC News' Brian Wheeler and Teddy Davis: "Biden Jabs at Clinton, if Not in Name"LINK
2008: Democrats: Kucinich:
ABC News' David Chalian and Teddy Davis: "Kucinich to Iowans: If Not Me, Then Obama"LINK
Wall Street Journal's MICHAEL M. PHILLIPS: "What Kucinich Saw: Witnesses Describe His Close Encounter"LINK
Union Leader's MARK HAYWARD: "Kucinich betting on NH with new campaign push"LINK
2008: Democrats: Dodd:
Wall Street Journal's DAMIAN PALETTA and ALEX FRANGOS: "Dodd Campaign Cashes In On Financial-Sector Ties"LINK
Des Moines Register's LISA ROSSI AND JARED STRONG: "Years of public service, experience form basis for Dodd's campaign"LINK
Quad City Times' Ed Tibbetts: "Dodd: If it could happen to Huckabee it could happen to me"LINK
2008: Presidential Election:
Wall Street Journal's GERALD F. SEIB: "An Epochal Battle"LINK
Bloomberg's Indira Lakshmanan and Edwin Chen: "White House Run Takes Different Skills Than Running the Nation "LINK
Bloomberg:
New York Sun's Nicholas Wapshott: "Polls: Mayor's Chances Better If Obama, Huckabee Chosen"LINK
2008: Early States: New Hampshire:
Union Leader's Mark Hayward: "New survey finds McCain, Clinton building NH lead"LINK
Voter Registration:
USA Today's Richard Wolf: "Legal voters thrown off rolls"LINK