The Note's Must-Reads
The first stop in Politics -- It's what you need to know
May 14, 2008— -- 2008: West Virginia:
ABC News' Jennifer Parker: "Clinton Wins Big in West Virginia Primary, Solidly Defeating Sen. Barack Obama" LINK
ABC News' Gary Langer: "EXIT POLLS: The Race Factor in West Virginia - One-Third of Whites Citing Race in Vote Would Support Obama Over McCain" LINK
The New York Times' Patrick Healy: "Clinton Beats Obama Handily in West Virginia" LINK
The Washington Post's Dan Balz: "Clinton Handily Defeats Obama in West Virginia - Victory Does Little to Tighten the Delegate Race" LINK
The Politico's Roger Simon: "Hillary wins — does anybody care?" LINK
The Politico's David Mark: "Women, churchgoers fuel Clinton win" LINK
The Wall Street Journal's Jackie Calmes: "Clinton's Win Brings Little Reward - Delegates Gained In West Virginia Offset by Obama" LINK
The Boston Globes' Scott Helman: "Clinton crushes Obama in W.Va. - Touts her electability in the swing states; But dynamics don't change in nominating contest" LINK
The Boston Globes' Sasha Issenberg: "W.Va. Clinton fans want her to stay and fight" LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Mark Z. Barabak and Faye Fiore: "Clinton wins by a landslide in West Virginia" LINK
USA Today's Susan Page: "W.Va. blowout bolsters Clinton's resolve" LINK
Bloomberg's Laura Litvan and Karen Leigh: "Clinton's Wide Margin in West Virginia Won't Cut Obama's Lead" LINK
Time Magazine's Michael Grunwald: "Should Obama Worry About W.VA?" LINK
The New York Sun's Russel Berman: "Clinton Woos Party Elders After W. Virginia Landslide" LINK
The Hill's Sam Youngman: "Clinton coasts to win in West Virginia" LINK
The New York Post's Charles Hurt: "Moutain Landslide for Hope-less Hill – W. VA. Win is Meaningless" LINK
The New York Daily News' David Saltonstall: "No surprise: Hillary wins West Virginia" LINK
Tom Searls: "Hillary racks up big win - Observers still see Obama as nominee" LINK
2008: Democrats:
The Washington Post's Jose Antonio Vargas: "It's Finals Time For Student Superdelegates" LINK
2008: Obama:
The New York Times' Jim Rutenberg: "'Almost Nominee' Status Keeps Obama in Limbo" LINK
The Washington Post's Jonathan Weisman and Michael D. Shear: "Obama, McCain Aim to Curb '527s'" LINK
The Politico's Ben Smith: "Obama defeat shows need for coalition" LINK
The Wall Street Journal's Jackie Calmes: "Obama May Have His Work Cut - Out for Him to Draw Independents" LINK
The Wall Street Journal's Douglas Belkin: "Obama Has to Start From Scratch in Michigan State's Democrats Remain Polarized; An Economic Focus" LINK
The Wall Street Journal's Christopher Cooper and Kara Scannell: "Obama to Receive Endorsement Of 3 Former SEC Chairmen" LINK
2008: Clinton:
The Washington Post's Dana Milbank: "This Is an Ex-Candidate" LINK
The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza: "Clinton: Not Going Anywhere Anytime Soon" LINK
The Boston Globes' Michal Regunberg: "Sexism - stoked by the media" LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Dan Morain: "Hillary Clinton may need Barack Obama's help with her campaign debt" LINK
USA Today's Fredreka Schouten: "Repaying debt hard for losing side" LINK
The Hill's Alexander Bolton: "Clinton was brain behind the war room" LINK
2008: McCain:
The New York Times' Laurie Goodstein: "McCain Backer Regrets Comments on Catholics" LINK
The New York Times' Elisabeth Bumiller: "Stumping on Climate, McCain Faults Bush" LINK
The Washington Post's Michael D. Shear: "McCain Backer Apologizes For Anti-Catholic Remarks" LINK
The Politico's Roger Simon: "For McCain, distance from Bush is key" LINK
Elizabeth Holmes and Suzanne Sataline: "Pastor Backing McCain Apologizes to Catholics" LINK
The Boston Globes' Jeff Jacoby: "McCain's Supreme wrongheadedness" LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Maeve Reston: "Pastor John Hagee says he's sorry for anti-Catholic remarks" LINK
The Wall Street Journal's Mary Jacoby and Glenn R. Simpson: "McCain Consultant Is Tied To Work for Ukraine Party Political Group Had Opposed Pro-Western Bloc" LINK
2008: Libertarians: Bob Barr:
The New York Times' Michael Luo: "In the Tracks of Ron Paul, a Candidate Goes Forth" LINK