The Note's Must-Reads
The first stop in Politics -- It's what you need to know
October 10, 2008— -- 2008: McCain and Obama:
The New York Times' Larry Rohter: "2 Endorsements of Nuclear Power, but Sharp Differences on Details" LINK
The New York Times' Elisabeth Bumiller and Patrick Healy: "McCain Joins Attacks on Obama Over Radical" LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Michael Finnegan and Peter Nicholas: "McCain, Obama seek to seed doubts" LINK
Politico's Staff Writers: "Final Score: No Winners Today" LINK
The Boston Globe's Foon Rhee: "Obama Says He'll Look Out For Taxpayers" LINK
The Washington Post's Robert Barnes and Michael D. Shear: "Candidates Spar Over McCain Plan for Loans" LINK
The Washington Post's Tom Shales: "Early Returns Are Promising In 'SNL's' Thursday Campaign" LINK
The Washington Post's Dan Eggen: "Bush Creates Council for Transition" LINK
2008: McCain:
ABC News Video: Gibson Exclusive with McCain LINK
ABC News' Ed O'Keefe: "John McCain Declares 'Underdog' Status in Race Against Barack Obama" LINK
ABC News Transcript: "Charlie Gibson Interviews McCain" LINK
ABC News' Ron Claiborne: "McCain Errs About Ayers" LINK
ABC News' Teddy Davis: "McCain: 'New Money' Might Fund $300 Billion Mortgage Plan" LINK
New York Times' Carl Hulse and David M. Herszenhorn: "G.O.P. Facing Tougher Battle for Congress" LINK
Politico's Carrie Budoff and Amie Parnes: "For First Time, McCain Raises Ayers" LINK
Politico's Ben Smith: "Hispanics turn cold shoulder to McCain" LINK
Politico's Kenneth P. Vogel: "McCain Didn't Report Tiest To Contra Group" LINK
The Boston Globe's Foon Rhee: "McCain Hammers Away At Ayers Connection" LINK
The Boston Globe's Foon Rhee: "Republicans Raise Red Flag Over Voter Fraud" LINK
Time Magazine's Amy Sullivan: "Does Sarah Palin Have a Pentecostal Problem?" LINK
Time Magazine's : "The Trouble, (for McCain) With Ukrainian Democracy" LINK
The Chicago Sun-Times' Mary Mitchell: "McCain, Palin Turn to Risky Politics" LINK
The Chicago Sun-Times' Abdon M. Pallasch: "McCain, Palin Attack Obama at Wisconsin Rally" LINK
The Washington Times' Stephen Dinan: "Squabbling Senators Disown McCain Mortgage Plan" LINK
The Associated Press' Mike Glover : "McCain: Obama Link to Ex-Radical is Honesty Issue" LINK
The Hill's Taylor Rushing: "Group Wants Probe Of McCain's Gambling Winnings" LINK
The New York Daily News' J. Bradford Delong: "John McCain's New Foreclosure Plan Is A Giveaway To The Banks" LINK
Washington Post's Michael D. Shear and Perry Bacon Jr.: "Anger Is Crowd's Overarching Emotion at McCain Rally" LINK
The Boston Herald's Roger Simon: "Mac still has time for one last surge" LINK
The Boston Herald's Dave Wedge: "Pollster says John McCain needs Hail Mary" LINK
The Associated Press: "McCain promises to go after Obama in final debate" LINK
The Associated Press: "Cindy McCain: Obama waging dirty campaign" LINK
2008: Obama:
ABC News' John Berman: "Obama Buys Primetime Television Time Before Election" LINK
The New York Times' Jim Rutenberg and Brian Stelter: "Obama, Purse Swelling, Plans Half-Hour TV Ad" LINK
The New York Times' Michael Luo and Griff Palmer: "Fictitious Donors Found in Obama Finance Records" LINK
The New York Times' Katharine Q. Seelye: "Obama Picks the Phillies" LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Michael Finnegan: "Obama Looks To 'Better Days Ahead" LINK
Wall Street Journal's "Greg Hitt and T.W. Farnam: "Democrats Hold Big Cash Edge In Battle for Control of Congress" LINK
Politico's Michael Calderone: "'We're Buying Half Blocks'" LINK
Wall Street Journal's Christopher Cooper and Amy Merrick: "Obama Keeps Focus On Economy In Ohio Push" LINK
Wall Street Journal's Susan Schmidt: "Obama's Staff Slips Up With Muslim Outreach" LINK
Politico's David Paul Kuhn: "Dem Strategists See Landslide" LINK
Bloomberg's Matthew Benjamin: "Obama 52% Victory Forecast By Yale Professor's Economy Model" LINK
The Boston Globe's Foon Rhee: "Obama Says He'll Look Out For Taxpayers" LINK
The Boston Herald's Jessica Heslam: "Barack Obama, tv $tar" LINK
USA Today's David Jackson: "Obama to go prime time as poll says debate boosts appeal" LINK
The Boston Herald's Peter Gelzinis: "Race, progress enter the homestretch" LINK
Time Magazine's Joe Klein: "The Obama Surge, Will it Last?" LINK
The Washington Times' Barbara Slavin: "Obama Sought to Sway Iraqis on Bush Deal" LINK
The Washington Times' S.A. Miller: "Obama Camp Downplays Payments to Acorn" LINK
The Associated Press' Jim Kuhnhenn: "Obama Plans Half-Hour TV Ad Days Before Election" LINK
The Associated Press: "Texas roommates punished for Obama signs" LINK
2008: Biden:
USA Today's Maureen Milford: "Though small in size, Delaware big on Biden" LINK
The Associated Press: "Biden: McCain plan bails out banks" LINK
2008: Palin:
The New York Times' Serge F. Kovaleski: "Palins Repeatedly Pressed Case Against Trooper" LINK
The New York Times' Michael Grynbaum: "In Struggling Ohio Town, Palin Again Invokes Ayers" LINK
Washington Post's Kimberly Kindy: "PR Consultant Helped Palin Grab Spotlight" LINK
The Boston Herald Wire Services: "Sarah Palin would love to REALLY be on SNL!" LINK
Newsweek's Susan Schrobsdorff: "Sister, Sister: What Some of America's Smartest, Most Successful Women Have to Say About Sarah Palin, Hillary Clinton and the Meaning of the Word 'Feminist' in 2008" LINK
The Associated Press: "Todd Palin had unusual access to wife's staff" LINK
The Associated Press: "Palin pre-empts state report, clears self in ethics probe" LINK
The Associated Press: "Todd Palin to campaign in Maine" LINK
2008: Voters:
USA Today's Fredreka Schouten: "Independent groups up spending" LINK
USA Today's Grant Schulte: "Ethanol could be key to Iowans on the fence" LINK
Newsweek's Linda Ellerbee: "The Kids Are All Right" LINK
The Associated Press' Whitney Woodward and Mike Baker: "Voter Registration Boom Favors Obama" LINK
2008: Economy:
ABC News' Mark Mooney: "Bush Forced Into 'Diminished Role' in Economic Crisis" LINK
The Boston Herald's Anthony Faiola: "The End Of American Capitalism?" LINK
USA Today's David J. Lynch: "Investors, bankers have lost their faith" LINK
Associated Press' Tim Paradis and Martin Crutsinger: "Snowballing Sell-off Drives Dow Down 679 Points" LINK
Associated Press' Tomoko A. Hosaka: "Asian Markets Plunge After Huge Wall Street Losses" LINK