memeorandum: Breaking: Hostage Situation Reported At Hillary Campaign Office In New Hampshire (Greg Sargent/TPM Election Central)

5:30 PM ET, November 30, 2007

Top Items:

Man Takes Hostages At Clinton Campaign Office — ROCHESTER, N.H. — ROCHESTER, N.H. An armed man has taken two campaign workers hostage at the Hillary Clinton campaign office in Rochester, police said. — Officials with the campaign confirmed that there were two workers taken hostage …

MSNBC:

Hostages taken at Clinton N.H. office — Situation 'fluid,' police say after three people freed — Police in Rochester, N.H., set up Friday near the Hillary Clinton office where a man took hostages. — Hostage situation — Nov. 30: MSNBC's Chris Jansing and Contessa Brewer talk to NBC's Mike Memoli about the hostage taking.

Discussion: Wonkette, Taylor Marsh, Slog, The Democratic Daily and MyDD

WCVB-TV:

Hostages Taken At Clinton Campaign Office — Police Unclear As To How Many People Involved — BOSTON — An armed man took at least two workers hostage Friday at a Hillary Clinton presidential campaign office in New Hampshire, police said. — The incident happened at about 1 p.m. Friday at 28 Main St. in Rochester.

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs, Crooks and Liars, Firedoglake, The Swamp, Free Republic, The American Pundit, AMERICAblog, The Carpetbagger Report and Open Left

Michelle Malkin:

Report: Armed man takes hostages at/near Hillary NH office; WMUR confirms two being held; Update: Released? ; Update: Report - Still two hostages being held? ; Three total released, suspect ID'd as conspiracy theorist — WMUR screenshot of second hostage released — Update 3:54pm Eastern.

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, The Swamp, The Impolitic, No More Mister Nice Blog, Suitably Flip, UrbanGrounds, Chuck Adkins, Wizbang and Blogs of War

CNN:

Hostages held at Clinton campaign office — (CNN) — Two people held hostage at Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign office in Rochester, New Hampshire, have been freed, CNN affiliate WMUR said Friday. — Neither hostage was harmed, another affiliate, WCVB, reported on its Web site.

Discussion: Salon and Booman Tribune

Bryan / Hot Air:

Breaking: Man takes hostages at Clinton's NH campaign office; Update: Witness names suspect, claims he complained of bug being planted in his head; Update: Still hostages inside? Update: Suspect misidentified? — Going on right now in Rochester, NH. Clinton wasn't at the office or even in the state.

Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Wonkette

Michael James / Rapid Report:

Hostage Situation at Clinton Office — A man who claimed he had a bomb strapped to his body walked into a Hillary Clinton campaign office in Rochester, N.H., and initially took four hostages, law enforcement sources said. — Two of the four hostages — an adult and a child — subsequently were released, the sources said.

Discussion: The Raw Story and Threat Level

Russell Goldman / ABCNEWS: At Least 2 Hostages Released From Clinton's N.H. Office

Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Breaking: Hostage Situation Reported At Hillary Campaign Office In New Hampshire

Discussion: Confederate Yankee, Comments from Left Field and Daily Kos

Boston Herald:
Tense standoff outside Clinton N.H. office

Discussion: Pottersville

New Hampshire Union Leader:
Armed standoff reported at Clinton campaign office, several hostages held

Discussion: Think Progress and Lynn Sweet

CNN Political Ticker:
Clinton cancels DNC speech

Discussion: The Democratic Daily

Amanda / Think Progress:
Hostages held at Clinton's NH campaign office.

Discussion: Associated Press

The New / The Caucus:
Hostage Situation at Clinton Office in N.H.

Discussion: Los Angeles Times and TIME: Swampland

Beverley Wang / Associated Press:
Man takes hostages at Clinton office

Discussion: The Seminal

Michael Luo / The Caucus:

Romney Demurs on Giuliani Expense Issue — CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Maybe they are pals after all. — Mitt Romney was uncharacteristically charitable today toward his rival for the Republican presidential nomination, Rudolph W. Giuliani, when responding to questions from reporters …

Discussion: Think Progress, Salon, Outside The Beltway and TPM Election Central

Jonathan Martin / The Politico:

Romney reserves judgement on Rudy records — CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Mitt Romney said he would extend "the benefit of the doubt" to Rudy Giuliani over charges that the former mayor billed security expenses to obscure city agencies — but also suggested that he welcomed the story playing out further.

The Blotter:
NYPD Chief Casts Doubt on Giuliani Expense Story

Discussion: MoJoBlog and Spin Cycle

E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Know-Nothings Who Know Better — Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani …

Discussion: Washington Monthly and Patterico's Pontifications

CNN Political Ticker:

Murtha clarifies surge remarks — WASHINGTON (CNN) - Following a headline-grabbing uproar, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pennsylvania, moved swiftly Friday to clarify earlier remarks that seemed to suggest the Iraq surge policy was working. — The surge, he said in a statement …

Discussion: Free Frank Warner, The American Street, QandO and Liberty Pundit

John Bresnahan / The Politico:

Murtha's surge comments a problem for Dems — Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), one of the leading anti-war voices in the House Democratic Caucus, is back from a trip to Iraq and he now says the "surge is working." This could be a huge problem for Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other Democratic leaders …

Discussion: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The Swamp, Hot Air, The Huffington Post, Salon, Suitably Flip, Chuck Adkins, QandO, The Sundries Shack, Flopping Aces, A Blog For All, Captain's Quarters, The Van Der Galiën Gazette, UrbanGrounds, The American Pundit, The Strata-Sphere and Blue Crab Boulevard

The Politico:
Democrats: Voters shifting focus from Iraq

Discussion: Weekly Standard, Bloomberg, Washington Post, CNN, Don Surber and Wake up America

Frank Newport / Gallup:

Republicans Report Much Better Mental Health Than Others — Relationship persists even when controlling for other variables — PRINCETON, NJ — Republicans are significantly more likely than Democrats or independents to rate their mental health as excellent, according to data …

Discussion: The Newshoggers, The Opinionator, JustOneMinute, Wake up America, The Mahatma X Files, The Swamp and Connecting.the.Dots

Helen A / Daily Mail:

Thousands of Islamic fanatics wielding knives demand jailed teddy bear teacher is executed — Thousands of Islamic fanatics wielding clubs and knives are marching through the streets of Khartoum demanding the execution of teddy bear teacher Gillian Gibbons.

Mark Murray / MSNBC:

RUDY REFUSES TO ANSWER NYC QUESTIONS — From NBC/NJ's Matthew E. Berger — OKATIE, SC — Giuliani refused to take questions here today about allegations that travel expenses were picked up by obscure city offices when he was mayor of New York City. — "We've already explained it," …

Discussion: bustardblog

JournalismJobs.com:

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Discussion: Hot Air, NewsBusters.org and FishBowlDC

RushLimbaugh.com:

Moderates Dominate GOP Debate; Only Fred Sounded Conservative — BEGIN TRANSCRIPT — RUSH: It was fascinating to me, as I said, to watch this because it hit me upside the head — even though, as I say, I instinctively knew this — that all of the top-tier candidates, because of these questions …

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, National Review, Liberty Pundit, The Corner and Riehl World View

Charles Krauthammer / Real Clear Politics:

Stem Cell Vindication For Bush — "If human embryonic stem cell research does not make you at least a little bit uncomfortable, you have not thought about it enough." — WASHINGTON — A decade ago, Thomson was the first to isolate human embryonic stem cells.