The Note's Must-Reads
The first stop in Politics -- It's what you need to know
August 5, 2008— -- 2008: McCain and Obama:
The Politico's Mark J. Penn: "In WH race, strong is often wrong" LINK
The Washington Post's Perry Bacon Jr. and Michael D. Shear: "Obama Urges Opening Up Oil Reserves - Policy Shift Is His Second in a Week on Energy Issue; McCain Urges Immediate Drilling" LINK
The Wall Street Journal's Amy Chozick and Elizabeth Holmes: "Obama Backs Using Oil Reserve - McCain Disagrees And Mocks Plan To Inflate Tires" LINK
The Wall Street Journal's Elizabeth Holmes: "Speak Softly, and Carry a Good Tire Gauge - McCain Camp's Sight Gag Is Latest Attempt To Rebut Obama and Keep Voters Interested" LINK
USA Today: "Obama outlines energy plan; McCain advocates drilling" LINK
USA Today's Mark Memmott: "Obama ad alleges McCain is in oil companies' 'pocket'" LINK
The Associated Press: "Fact Check: Properly inflated tires cut gas use" LINK
The New York Sun's Russell Berman: "McCain Rebukes Obama's Energy Shift"LINK
2008: McCain:
The New York Times' Jennifer Steinhauer: "G.O.P. Drops in Voting Rolls in Many States" LINK
The Washington Post's Anita Kumar: "Cantor Won't Talk About the VP Slot" LINK
The Washington Post's Mary Anne Akers: "Mitt For Veep, Stopping Joggers In Their Tracks" LINK
The Politico's Lisa Lerer: "In S.D., McCain courts the bikers" LINK
The Wall Street Journal's Susan Davis: "McCain Vets Cantor as Running Mate" LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Bob Drogin: "McCain campaigns at another sort of rally in Sturgis, S.D." LINK
2008: Obama:
The New York Times' Larry Rohter: "Obama, in New Stand, Proposes Use of Oil Reserve" LINK
The Washington Post's Karl Vick: "Alaskans for Obama: A Rare Democratic Push in the Last Frontier" LINK
The Politico's Carrie Budoff Brown: "Obama calls for tapping oil reserves" LINK
The Wall Street Journal's Gerald F. Seib: "What Obama Values in Kansas" LINK
The Boston Globe's Scott Helman: "Boston's birthday gift to Obama" LINK
The Boston Globe's Foon Rhee: "Paltrow urges Democrats to vote from abroad" LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Peter Nicholas and Janet Hook: "Barack Obama shifts on tapping national oil reserves" LINK
The Associated Press: "Michelle Obama describes duty as mother-in-chief" LINK
The Washington Times' Andrea Billups: "Obama Backs Oil Reserve Release"LINK
Time Magazine's Michael Grunwald: "The Tire Gauge Solution: No Joke"LINK
The New York Sun: "Obama-Bayh"LINK
The New York Sun's Anna Philips: "Anti-Obama Bloggers Say They Were Silenced"LINK
The New York Daily News' Richard Sisk: "Obama Refines Stance on Strategic Petroleum Reserve"LINK
2008: Robert Novak:
The Chicago Sun Times: "Sun Times Political Columnist Robert Novak Retires"LINK