The Note's Must-Reads
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January 3, 2008— -- Must Reads:
Politico's Jonathan Martin and Mike Allen: "Fred Thompson may drop out"LINK
Bloomberg's Matthew Keenan and William McQuillen: "Gates Donates $30 Million to Make Education a Campaign Issue"LINK
Iowa Caucuses:
Des Moines Register's Thomas Beaumont: "Democrats may draw more independents"LINK
New York Times' Jodi Kantor: "For Democrats, Too Many Good Picks; For Republicans, an Easier Path"LINK
Washington Post's Michael D. Shear and Anne E. Kornblut: "Last Pitches Before the First Vote"LINK
Politico's David Paul Kuhn: "Pols struggle to spin final Iowa polls"LINK
Wall Street Journal's JACKIE CALMES and AMY SCHATZ: "Populist Message Gets Louder As Iowa Caucuses Kick Off Race"LINK
USA Today's Kathy Kiely: "Field is wide open for Thursday's Iowa caucuses"LINK
2008: Republicans: Huckabee:
ABC News' Jake Tapper: "The Huck Heard 'Round the World?"LINK
Time's MICHAEL SCHERER: "A Dirty Trick Against Huckabee?"LINK
New York Sun's JOSH GERSTEIN: "Secret Huckabee Turns Out To Be Clintonesque"LINK
ABC News' Kevin Chupka: "Huck Does "Tonight Show"LINK
2008: Republicans: Romney:
Time's Joe Klein: "A Tale of Two Romneys"LINK
Boston Herald's Casey Ross: "Mitt let 118 cons go early"LINK
The Hill's Aaron Blake: "Romney is giving Bush some love"LINK
Concord Monitor's LAUREN R. DORGAN: "Romney ventures into news business"LINK
Wall Street Journal's Elizabeth Holmes: "Ann Romney Steps to Fore To Soften Spouse's Image"LINK
2008: Republicans: McCain:
Boston Globe's Michael Kranish: "Addressing age issue, McCain says he may seek only one term"LINK
Newsweek's Jon Meacham: "Giving Principle a Try"LINK
2008: Republicans: Giuliani:
New York Times' Michael Cooper: "Giuliani Keeps Campaign Focus on Terrorism"LINK
Politico's Kenneth P. Vogel: "Giuliani: Afghanistan surge, N.H. retreat"LINK
Boston Globe's Jim Tankersley: "Back on the stump, Giuliani now trails in poll"LINK
New York Post's CHARLES HURT: "OSAMA STARS IN GIULIANI TERROR AD"LINK
New York Daily News' RICHARD SISK: "Rudy Giuliani not taking New Hampshire primary for Granite"LINK
2008: Republicans: Paul:
USA Today's Martha T. Moore: "Paul soon will see whether N.H. effort pays off"LINK
2008: Republicans:
ABC News' Terry Moran: "Romney and Huckabee Face Off"LINK
2008: Democrats:
Los Angeles Times' Scott Martelle: "Richardson, Biden and Dodd: Woulda, coulda, shoulda"LINK
Washington Post's Dan Balz: "Choosing a Candidate, and More"LINK
2008: Democrats: Obama:
Washington Post's Dana Milbank: "Obama Has to Hope Cheers Equal Votes"LINK
Boston Globe's Sasha Issenberg: "Obama promises to bring an unlikely, unproven coalition tonight"LINK
Chicago Tribune's John McCormick and Christi Parsons: "Obama: 'People are willing to look beyond race'"LINK
ABC News' Terry Moran and Dana Hughes: "Obama Tapes Message of Peace for Kenya"LINK
2008: Democrats: Clinton:
Newsweek's Karen Breslau: "What If She Loses?"LINK
2008: Democrats: Edwards:
Bloomberg's Nicholas Johnston: "Edwards's Anti-Corporate Message Boosts Campaign's Final Days"LINK
Time's Jay Newton-Small: "Diary of the Edwards Marathon"LINK
Salon's Walter Shapiro: "John Edwards faces his day of reckoning"LINK
2008: Democrats: Richardson:
Bill Richardson: "Musharraf must go"LINK
Des Moines Register's WILLIAM PETROSKI: "Richardson calls Bush-Congress relationship dysfunctional"LINK
2008: Democrats: Biden:
Des Moines Register's Abby Simons: "Biden scoffs at poll figures, says race still 'wide open'"LINK
2008: Democrats: Dodd:
ABC News' Donna Hunter: "'Who Does Dennis Kucinich Think He Is?'"LINK
Des Moines Register's Jared Strong: "Dodd ties presidential bid to birth of his daughter"LINK
Bloomberg:
New York Times' Diane Cardwell: "Political Field Is Panned by Bloomberg"LINK
New York Post's David Seifman: "MIKE BLASTS CANDIDATES"LINK