The Note's Must-Reads
The First Stop in Politics -- It's What You Need to Know!
October 27, 2008— -- 2008: ABC NEWS VIDEOS:
ABC News Video: "The Roundtable: 'What If' Games" LINK
ABC News Video: "Shall Obama and Palin Dance" LINK
ABC News Video: "'Happy Days' - Obama Thumbs Up!" LINK
ABC News Video: "Graham Emanuel on the Final Days" LINK
ABC News Video: "George Stephanopoulos on Voters" LINK
2008: McCAIN and OBAMA:
ABC News' Jake Tapper: "McCain on Liberal D.C. Rule: 'Grab Ahold of Your Wallets!'" LINK
The Associated Press' Liz Sidoti: "McCain and Obama Spar From Afar in Final Stretch" LINK
The Associated Press' Mike Glover: "In Iowa, McCain Dismisses Sour Poll Numbers" LINK
New York Times' Adam Nagourney and Jeff Zeleny: "End of Battle Centers on Turf Bush Carried" LINK
USA Today's David Jackson: "McCain, Obama Campaign Hard In Final Stretch" LINK
Bloomberg's John Brinsley and Edwin Chen: "Obama, McCain Face Most Pressure Since FDR To Speed Transition" LINK
The Wall Street Journal's Anna Wilde Mathews: "Health-Coverage Plans Could Face Obstacles From Growing Budget Gap" LINK
The Washington Post's Nikita Stewart and Hamil R. Harris: "Faulty Ballots Sent To Voters" LINK
The Washington Post's Manuel Roig-Franzia: "Stealth Candidacy: The Green Party's Cynthia McKinney Takes Puzzling Path To the Electorate" LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Bob Drogin and Seema Mehta: "Barack Obama and John McCain Soften Their Blows" LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Bob Drogin and Seema Mehta: "Candidates Duke It Out In The West" LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Mark Z. Barabak and Maeve Reston: "Election's Endgame Is No Sure Thing" LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Don Frederick and Andrew Malcolm: "An Inaugural Speech At The Ready -- Ready For Ridicule, That Is" LINK
The New York Daily News' James Gordon Meek: "Defiant John McCain Pledges No Sleep Till Victory Over Barack Obama" LINK
The New York Daily News' Adam Lisberg : "Mayor Michael Bloomberg To New President: Call Me To Fix The Economy" LINK
The Washington Time's Jim McElhatton and Jennifer Haberkorn: "Candidates slow to detail foreign funds" LINK
2008: McCAIN:
New York Times' The Caucus: "Endgame: Oct. 26" LINK
Politico's Andy Barr and Harry Siegel: "Bettors Give McCain Bid Increasingly Long Odds" LINK
Politico's Lisa Lerer: "McCain Drops E-Word In Iowa" LINK
The Washington Post's Michael D. Shear: "McCain Again Asserts Independence From Bush" LINK
The New York Daily News' Richard Vanderford: "'60s leftist William Ayers: Time for GOP To Get Over It" LINK
Newsweek Magazine's Michael Isikoff and Suzanne Smalley: "Not The Change They Wanted" LINK
Newsweek Magazine's Jonathan Darman: "The Palin Problem: If McCain loses, the GOP will have a head vs. heart decision to make about the party's veep pick" LINK
Time Magazine's Alexandra Silver: "Unsolicited Advice for John McCain" LINK
The Washington Times' Stephen Dinan: "McCain seizes on gaffes of Democrats" LINK
2008: OBAMA:
ABC News' Jake Tapper: "Obama Jokes That McCain Supporters Should Vote on Nov. 5 (Election Day is Nov. 4)" LINK
ABC News' Jake Tapper: "Obama Shuns Press Conferences, Sits With 'EXTRA!'s' Mario Lopez" LINK
New York Times' The Caucus with John Harwood: "Rethinking the Notion of Political Dominance" LINK
New York Times' Kevin Sack: "Businesses Wary of Details in Obama Health Plan" LINK
Politico's Ben Smith: "Big Crowds For Obama's 'Red-State Tour'" LINK
Politico's Alexander Burns: "Former GOP Senator, Vet Backs Obama" LINK
Politico's Harry Siegel: "Final Score: Obama Wins The Day" LINK
Bloomberg's Kristin Jensen: "Obama Wages 'Uphill Battle' To Wrest West Virginia From McCain" LINK
USA Today's John Fritze: "Voter 'Anger' Has Dems Set For Big Gains In Congress" LINK
The Boston Globe's Lisa Wangsness: "For Obama, A New Cause For Confidence - And For Caution" LINK
The Boston Globe's Sasha Issenberg: "Obama Out To Score Big With Prized Demographic: Sports Fans" LINK
The Boston Herald's Wire Services: "Barack Obama Cuts TV Station's Cord Over Joe Biden Grilling" LINK
The Boston Herald's Mike Underwood: "Polls: Barack Obama Keeping Lead" LINK
The Washington Post's Robert Barnes: "Obama Avoids Partisan Rhetoric, Focuses On Unity" LINK
The Washington Post's Tim Craig and Jon Cohen: "Poll Gives Obama 8-Point Va. Lead" LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Dahleen Glanton: "Obama's Point Woman With Military Families: his wife, Michelle Obama" LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Gale Holland: "Democrats' Star Is Rising, Even At Biola" LINK
Newsweek Magazine's Jonathan Altman: "Why Obama Needs a Tina Fey" LINK
Newsweek Magazine's Howard Fineman: "What Have We Created?! Obama's supporters have high expectations, and they may expect to have a voice in governing" LINK
The Washington Times' Armstrong Williams: "Barack Obama, the Teflon man" LINK
The Washington Times' Stephen Dinan: "Obama jumps on McCain remark about Bush" LINK
The Washington Times' Michael Barone: "Obama wish list reality check" LINK
The Washington Times' Lanny Davis: "How we will feel if Obama wins" LINK
The Washington Times' Andrew Breitbart: "'Obama: The Feel-Good Blockbuster of the Election Season!'" LINK
2008: PALIN:
ABC News' Imtiyaz Delawala: "Palin Says Obama Should Delay 'Coronation'" LINK
ABC News' Kate Snow: "Palin to Release Medical Information Early This Week" LINK
The Boston Herald's Eva Wolchover: "Hockey Moms: How To Dress Like Sarah Palin For Way Under $150G" LINK
The New York Daily News' Michael Saul: "Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Sarah Palin Undress Clothes Critics As GOP VP Candidate Dumps Fancy Wardrobe" LINK
The New York Daily News' Celeste Katz: "She's Back To Plain Old Sarah Palin" LINK
2008: VOTERS/VOTING/POLLS:
ABC News' David Wright: "Voters Suffer Electoral Exhaustion" LINK
New York Times' Michael Powell: "Democrats in Steel Country See Color, and Beyond It" LINK
USA Today's Maite Jullian: "Stump Cities Pay Price For A Candidate Spotlight" LINK
The Wall Street Journal's Dionne Searcey and Easha Anand: "Economy Casts Shadow Over Local Ballot Measures" LINK
The Washington Post's Nikita Stewart and Hamil R. Harris: "Faulty Ballots Sent To Voters" LINK
The Washington Post's Manuel Roig-Franzia: "Stealth Candidacy: The Green Party's Cynthia McKinney Takes Puzzling Path To the Electorate" LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Marjorie Miller: "Economic Strife Drives Latino Vote" LINK
2008: ECONOMY:
The Associated Press' Jeremiah Marquez: "Asia Stock Markets Resume Slide on Recession Fears" LINK
Forbes' Liz Moyer: "Despite Turmoil, Wall Street Bonuses Survive" LINK