The Note's Must-Reads
The first stop in Politics -- It's what you need to know
May 8, 2008— -- 2008: Democrats:
The New York Times' Patrick Healy and Jeff Zeleny: "Support for Clinton Wanes as Obama Sees Finish Line" LINK
The New York Times' Adam Nagourney: "For the Democrats, Signs of a Possible Changing of the Guard" LINK
The Politico's Carrie Budoff Brown and Ben Smith: "Clinton won't quit; Obama doesn't care" LINK
The Boston Globe's Sasha Issenberg: "Key superdelegates keeping preferences strictly under wraps" LINK
The Washington Times' Suzanne Fields: "Playing performance politics" LINK
2008: Obama:
The New York Times' Michael Cooper: "Republicans Focus on Obama as Fall Opponent" LINK
The Boston Globe's Susan Milligan: "Obama camp plays it close to vest on tactics" LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Peter Nicholas: "Obama's got a confident new strategy" LINK
USA Today's Susan Page: "Obama will need to unite divided party" LINK
The Washington Times' Editorial: "Onward Obama" LINK
Time Magazine Joe Klein: "Obama's Game Changing" LINK
Newsweek's Sarah Kliff: "The Down-Ticket Effect - Does Barack Obama help or hurt Democrats in local races?" LINK
2008: Clinton:
ABC News' Jake Tapper: "Clinton Fights On Amid Doubts She Can Win" LINK
ABC News' George Stephanopoulos: "George's Bottom Line on Clinton for Veep" LINK
The New York Times' John M. Broder: "Amid Talk of the End and Boos From the Crowd, Clinton Carries On" LINK
The New York Times' Jim Rutenberg: "TV's Pundits Pronounce Judgment: It's Over" LINK
The Washington Post's Dan Balz, Anne E. Kornblut and Perry Bacon Jr: "Clinton Spurns Calls to Quit Race" LINK
The Politico's Josephine Hearn and Amie Parnes and Martin Kady II: "Clinton tries to rally superdelegates" LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Mark Z. Barabak and Janet Hook: "Democrats seek graceful exit for Hillary Clinton" LINK
The Los Angeles Times' James Rainey: "Hillary Clinton's campaign is doomed, media commentators say" LINK
USA Today's Kathy Kiely and Jill Lawrence: "Clinton makes case for wide appeal" LINK
USA Today's Ken Dilanian and Fredreka Schouten: "Clinton continues despite dire predictions" LINK
USA Today's Susan Page: "Clinton lends campaign $6.4M for ongoing primary fight" LINK
Bloomberg's Heidi Przybyla and Laura Litvan: "Clinton's Vow to Fight On Stokes Concern Among Fellow Democrats" LINK
Bloomberg's Jeff Bliss and Jonathan D. Salant: "Clinton Loaned Her Campaign $6.4 Million, Aide Says (Update4)" LINK
The Washington Times' Donald Lambro: "Hillary's game plan" LINK
The Washington Times' Jerry Seper: "Once-secret memos question Clinton's honesty" LINK
The Washington Times' Christina Bellantoni: "Clinton idol tells her to end race" LINK
Time Magazine's Karen Tumulty: "The Five Mistakes Clinton Made" LINK
The New York Sun's Russell Berman: "Clinton Vows To Fight On In Campaign" LINK
The Hill's Alexander Bolton, Manu Raju and Sam Youngman: "Backs turn on Clinton" LINK
Maggie Haberman: "Hill's Allies Jump Overboard" LINK
The West Virginia Charleston Gazette's Tom Searls: "Hillary speaks today at Capitol - Husband Bill to barnstorm through West Virginia" LINK
The Washington Post's Dana Milbank: "What Part of 'In It to Win It' Does America Not Understand?" LINK
2008: McCain:
The New York Times' Elisabeth Bumiller: "McCain Pushes Priorities That Resonate on the Right" LINK
The Washington Post's Alec MacGillis and Peter Slevin: "Did Rush Limbaugh Tilt Result In Indiana?" LINK
The Boston Globe's Foon Rhee: "Democratic schism could put some Clinton loyalists in McCain's camp" LINK
The Washington Times' Editorial: "McCain's quest for the Hispanic vote" LINK
The Washington Times' Jack Kemp: "McCain's savvy tax ideas" LINK
The Washington Times' Stephen Dinan: "Protest votes handicap McCain in primaries" LINK