The Note’s Must-Reads for Thursday, August 13, 2009

The Note's Must-Reads are a round-up of today's political headlines and stories from ABC News and the top U.S. newspapers. Posted Monday through Friday right here at http://www.abcnews.com

Compiled by ABC News? JAYCE HENDERSON, KRISTEN RED-HORSE, CLAUDIA MORALES, CARRIE HALPERIN, VALENCIA WICKER and GEORGIA DAWKINS

BOOKMARKS:

The Note: LINK

The Must-Reads Online: LINK

Top Line Webcast (12noon EST M-F): LINK

ABC News Politics: LINK

The Political Punch (Jake Tapper): LINK

George's Bottom Line (George Stephanopoulos): LINK

Follow ABC News on Twitter: LINK

ABC News Mobile: LINK

ABC News on your iPhone/iPod Touch: LINK

PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION:

ABC News? Kristina Wong: ?Ted Kennedy Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom in Absentia? LINK

Politico?s Alexander Burns and Carol E. Lee: ?President Obama grants medals to Milk, King? LINK

USA Today?s Kathy Kiely: ?Senate ?pillar? Kennedy gets Medal of Freedom? LINK

The New York Times? Sheryl Gay Stolberg: ?Obama gives Medal of Freedom to 16 Luminaries? LINK

New York Daily News? Michael Sheridan: ?Obama honors 16 with Presidential Medal of Freedom; Sidney Poitier, Stephen Hawking included? LINK

The Washington Post?s Dan Eggen: ?Presidential Vacations Carry Heavy Baggage? LINK

The Washington Times' Andrea Billups: ?Trinkets that stick it to Obama start to sell? LINK

Wall Street Journal Opinion by Karl Rove: ?Obama and the Permanent Campaign? LINK

HEALTH CARE:

ABC News? Jake Tapper and Huma Khan: ?Obama?s Health Care Push Faces Citizens? Mounting Concern Over Deficit? LINK

ABC News? George Stephanopoulos:”Murkowski attacks Palin on ?death panels?? LINK

Politico?s Victoria McGrane and Chris Frates: ?The Democrats senior problem? LINK

Politico?s Lisa Lerer: ?At town halls, Grassley retreats? LINK

Politico?s Andy Barr: ?Steele laughs at Specter? LINK

Politico?s Chris Frates: ?Plan B for business groups: Going negative? LINK

USA Today?s Susan Page: ?Poll: Health care views take sympathetic tilt? LINK

Newsweek?s Katie Connolly: ?Health Care Protest Déjà vu: Welcome to 1994? LINK

The Hill's Molly K. Hooper: ?Rep. Cao to sit down with Obama on healthcare? LINK

The Hill?s Mike Soraghan: ?Former exec: Insurers fomenting town hall chaos? LINK

The Washington Times' Jennifer Haberkorn: ?AARP wields its power in health care debate? LINK

The Los Angeles Times' Christi Parsons and Mark Silva: ?Obama heading West to plug healthcare reform? LINK

The Wall Street Journal?s Naftali Bendavid: ?Emanuel's Brother Becomes a Target? LINK

The Wall Street Journal?s Janet Adamy: ?End-of-Life Provision Loses Favor? LINK

Boston Herald editorial staff: ?Obama?s big lie? LINK

The New York Times? David Kirkpatrick: ?Obama Injects Himself Into Health Talks, Despite Risks? LINK

The Washington Post?s Karla Adam: ?Health-Reform Rhetoric Gets Personal for Britons? LINK

The Washington Post?s Chris Cillizza: ?At Town Hall, A Turning Point?? LINK

The Washington Post?s Aaron Davis: ?Raucous Crowd Greets Cardin at Health-Care Town Hall in Hagerstown? LINK

Time Magazine?s Kate Pickert: ?Health-Insurance Exchanges: What They Would (and Wouldn't) Do? LINK

SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SONIA SOTOMAYOR:

ABC News? Sunlen Miller: ?Obama Praises Sotomayor, Senate for Tearing Down Barriers? LINK

USA Today?s staff and wire reports: ?Obama honors ?agents of change? LINK

FOREIGN AFFAIRS:

The Los Angeles Times' David Zucchino: ?Deadly contractor incident sours Afghans on U.S.? LINK

The Los Angeles Times' Borzou Daragahi: ?Iran opposition leader decries 'show trials,' prisoner treatment? LINK

The Wall Street Journal?s Will Connors: ?Clinton Urges Overhaul of Nigeria Elections? LINK

GOP:

Boston Herald?s Edward Mason: ?Mitt Romney has early lead in N.H. poll? LINK

Time Magazine?s Michael Grunwald: ?GOP at War with Itself in Florida Senate Race? LINK

The Washington Post?s Barton Gellman: ?Cheney Uncloaks His Frustration With Bush? LINK

ECONOMY:

USA Today?s Matt Kelley and Brad Heath: ?Some states get share of stimulus faster? LINK

Newsweek?s Nancy Cook: ?Start your own business, Now? LINK

The Wall Street Journal?s Douglas Belkin: ?'Fastest Dying Cities' Meet for a Lively Talk? LINK

The Los Angeles Times' Ralph Vartabedian and Ken Bensinger: ?Why 'clunkers' program won't take some of the most polluting cars? LINK

CLIMATE CHANGE, THE ENVIROMENT & ENERGY REFORM:

The Wall Street Journal?s Jon Hilsenrath: ?Cap-and-Trade's Unlikely Critics: Its Creators? LINK

The Wall Street Journal?s Lauren Etter: ?Food Firms Fret Over Potential Impact of Climate Bill? LINK

The New York Times? Cornelia Dean: ?Bush Mining Rule to Stand? LINK

OTHER MUST-READS:

The Wall Street Journal?s Geoffrey A. Fowler: ?Gay-Marriage Bid Is Delayed? LINK

Newsweek?s Michael Isikoff: ?A Vindication of Iglesias?? LINK

ABC NEWS VIDEOS:

?Hillary Compares U.S. Election to Nigeria's? LINK

?Tapper on $1.27 Trillion Deficit? LINK

?Ted Kennedy Receives Medal of Freedom? LINK

?Obama Awards Presidential Medals of Freedom? LINK

?Obama: Sotomayor's Rise Is America's Story? LINK

?Sotomayor 'Grateful' to America? LINK

U.S. GDP to grow 2% by 2014: IMFThe Note’s Must-Reads for Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Explore posts in the same categories: politicaln.wordpress.com

Tags: 2009, August, MUST, note, Reads, Thursday

Responses are currently closed, but you can comment below, or link to this permanent URL from your own site.