The Note's Must-Reads
The first stop in Politics -- It's what you need to know
September 19, 2008— -- 2008: McCain and Obama:
ABC News' Jennifer Parker: "Presidential Race Tightens, Moves to Familiar Battlegrounds"LINK
ABC News' Jennifer Parker: "Bill Clinton: McCain 'A Great Man'; Praises Wife's, Not Obama's Economic Plan"LINK
The Hill's J. Taylor Rushing: "Hagel hints at who has his '08 vote"LINK
The Boston Herald's Joe Dwinell: "Polls show White House up for grabs"LINK
The Associated Press: "Michelle Obama: Don't vote because 'she's cute'"LINK
The New York Daily News' Kara Rowland: "John Mccain & Barack Obama In (Wall) Street Fight Over Economy" LINK
The Washington Times' Joseph Curl: "Parties Campaign In Enemy Territory" LINK
The New York Times' Larry Rohter: "Obama Attacks McCain in a Bid to Attract Hispanic Voters" LINK
The New York Times' Jackie Calmes and Jeff Zeleny: "For Rivals, Finance Crisis Is Posing on-the-Fly Tests" LINK
The Washington Post's Robert Barnes and Michael D. Shear: "Obama, McCain Trade Shots Over Responses to Financial Meltdown" LINK
The Washington Post's Anne E. Kornblut: "Obama: McCain Flits Between Goldwater and Kucinich" LINK
The Wall Street Journal's Gerald F. Seib: "Financial Upheaval Narrows Options of Next U.S. President" LINK
The Wall Street Journal's Elizabeth Holmes, Laura Meckler and Nick Timiraos: "McCain, Obama Jockey for Position on Economy - Agenda Is Overtaken by Market Turmoil; Cox in Cross Hairs" LINK
The Wall Street Journal's Greg Hitt: "With an Eye to History, McCain Hits Obama on Taxes - Republican Exploits Issue That Worked for Party in the Past" LINK
The Wall Street Journal's Elizabeth Williamson: "Industry Lobbyists Go After Candidates" LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Stephen Braun and Noam N. Levey: "McCain, Obama seize on Wall Street woes - McCain says he'd fire SEC chief Christopher Cox. Obama mocks that and calls for boosting liquidity, but he offers little detail." LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Nicole Gaouette: "Latinos in the U.S. dour about their situation, survey finds - They are upset about aggressive immigration enforcement policies of the Bush administration, the Pew Hispanic Center poll shows. Most support Obama for president." LINK
USA Today's David Jackson, Kathy Kiely and Richard Wolf: "Advisers give clue to candidates on economy" LINK
USA Today's Jordan Schrader: "Military issues drive vote in N.C." LINK
USA Today's Fredreka Schouten: "Union helps non-profit groups pay for attack ads" LINK
USA Today's Martha T. Moore: "Poll: Wall Street crisis won't affect voters' choices" LINK
Bloomberg's Lorraine Woellert and Julianna Goldman: "Obama Uses 'Rove's Playbook' to Counter McCain Ohio Ground Game" LINK
2008: McCain:
The New York Sun's Julie Satow: "McCain Calls for Cox's Ouster"LINK
The Hill's Sam Youngman: "McCain would 'fire' SEC chairman Cox"LINK
The Washington Times' Joseph Curl: "Mccain Wants SEC Chief Fired For Market Crisis" LINK
The New York Times' Adam Nagourney: "A New McCain on the Campaign Trail" LINK
The Washington Post's Shailagh Murray and Paul Kane: "GOP Sees Rebound in Battle for Congress - Party Hopes Momentum Will Help Limit Losses" LINK
The Politico's David Paul Kuhn: "Poll: GOP brand making comeback" LINK
The Wall Street Journal's John R. Emshwiller: "McCain Wins Endorsement of Democrat" LINK
The Boston Globe's Sasha Issenberg: "McCain theme evokes Watergate era" LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Paul Richter: "Spain is puzzled by McCain's remarks - McCain seemed to suggest that he thought Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero might be from Latin America." LINK
2008: Obama:
The New York Sun's Staff Reporter: "Many Obamas on Ballot in Brazil"LINK
The Hill's Alexander Bolton: "McCain cries hypocrisy on outsourcing"LINK
The Hill's Sam Youngman: "Gore joins MoveOn to raise cash for Senate candidates"LINK
The Washington Post's Michelle Boorstein: "Trying to Get Christian Music Fans to Tune To the Left" LINK
The Politico: "Final score: Obama wins the day" LINK
The Wall Street Journal's Nick Timiraos: "Obama Warns of Long Term Economic Fallout" LINK
The Boston Globe's Sasha Issenberg: "Playing the party card against Obama" LINK