The Note's Must-Reads
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September 16, 2008— -- 2008: McCain and Obama:
ABC News' Jennifer Parker: "Obama Campaign Accuses McCain of Lies in Latest Attack Ads - John McCain Admits Barack Obama Didn't Call Palin 'a Pig'" LINK
The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza: "Analysis: Economic Crisis Puts Candidates To Test" LINK
The Washington Post's Dan Balz and Robert Barnes: "Economy Becomes New Proving Ground For McCain, Obama" LINK
The Washington Post's Lois Romano: "Gender Politics In Ohio: Clinton Mostly Ignores Palin - In Akron, the Former Candidate Turns Her Sights on McCain" LINK
The Washington Post's Anne E. Kornblut and Shailagh Murray: "Ad Calls McCain's Campaign 'Dishonorable' - Obama on Offensive To Regain Traction" LINK
The Politico's Ben Smith and Avi Zenilman: "Obama, McCain diverge on Wall Street cures" LINK
The Politico's Roger Simon: "Wall Street greed hits Main Street" LINK
The New York Times' Jackie Calmes: "In Candidates, 2 Approaches to Wall Street" LINK
The New York Times' Jim Rutenberg and Michael Luo: "Interest Groups Step Up Efforts in a Tight Race" LINK
The Boston Globe's Foon Rhee: "Powell says he's still on fence" LINK
USA Today's Richard Wolf: "Candidates seek blame in financial 'crisis'" LINK
The Wall Street Journal's Gerald F. Seib: "Wall Street's Woes Challenge Both Candidates" LINK
The Wall Street Journal's Laura Meckler: "Studies Detail Contrasts in Rivals' Health-Care Plans - Obama's Proposal Would Insure More but at Higher Cost" LINK
The Associated Press' Liz Sidoti: "Obama, McCain Blame Economic Woes on Greed, Policy" LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Janet Hook: "Presidential Candidates Seize on Wall Street Turmoil" LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Michael Finnegan and Noam N. Levey: "Obama Accuses McCain Campaign of 'Lies and Spin'" LINK
Time Magazines' Massimo Calabresi: "The Candidates Play the Market Meltdown" LINK
The Washington Times' Joseph Curl: "McCain, Obama Have Little to Offer" LINK
Newsweek's Pat Wingert: "Geraldine Ferraro: Gender on the Trail" LINK
The New York Sun's Joseph Goldstein: "Obama, McCain Lay Blame Amid Wall Street Crisis"LINK
The New York Sun's Benjamin Sarlin: "Poll: McCain Fast Approaching Obama Among New York State Voters"LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Michael Finnegan and Noam N. Levey: "Obama Accuses McCain Campaign of 'Lies and Spin'"LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Janet Hook: "Presidential Candidates Seize On Wall Street Turmoil"LINK
2008: McCain:
Time Magazines' Michael Scherer: "McCain's Outraged and Outrageous Campaign" LINK
The Washington Post's Robert Barnes and Michael D. Shear: "McCain: Fundamentals of Economy are 'Strong' but 'Threatened'" LINK
The Boston Herald's Jessica Fargen: "Voters In Ohio Pumped For GOP"LINK
2008: Obama:
The Politico: "Final score: Obama wins the day" LINK
The Boston Globe's Scott Helman: "Obama takes economic message west" LINK
The Boston Globe's Foon Rhee: "Obama unveils new women's group" LINK
Bloomberg's Peter Cook and Kim Chipman: "Obama Calls for Closer Scrutiny of Credit-Ratings Agencies" LINK
Time Magazine's Michael Grunwald: "For Obama, Race is Elephant in the Room" LINK
The Washington Times' Donald Lambro: "Gunning for Victory a Risky Battle" LINK
The Washington Times' Jennifer Harper: "Obama Dominates McCain in 2008 Cyber Campaigning" LINK
The Washington Times' S.A. Miller: "Obama Descends on Pennsylvania to Woo Key Voters" LINK
The Associated Press' Kathy Barks Hoffman: "Race, Economy Lead Mich. Voters to Waver on Obama" LINK
2008: Palin:
The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza: "Hockey Moms Against Palin" LINK
The Wall Street Journal's Jim Carlton: "Creamery Case Has Palin Critics - Taking Aim at Fiscal-Conservative Claim" LINK
The Hill's Jim Mills: "Lipstick on a Campaign Pig" LINK
The Associated Press' Gene Johnson: "Palin Refuses to Testify if Probe is 'Tainted'" LINK
The New York Sun's On the Hustings: "Palin Declines To Speak In Troopergate Probe"LINK
2008: Campaign:
New York Daily News' Richard Sisk and David Saltonstall: "Barack Obama, John Mccain React To Lehman Brothers Crisis - With Wildly Divergent Opinions"
The New York Sun's Bari Weiss: "Clinton Urges Women To Fight for Fair Pay"LINK