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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Two Earthquakes — I've been through election nights that brought a political earthquake to the country. I've never been through an election night that brought two. — Barack Obama has won the Iowa caucuses. You'd have to have a heart of stone not to feel moved by this.
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New York Post:
CLINTONS NO LONGER THE LIFE OF PARTY — DES MOINES, Iowa - Awaiting her coronation here last night, Hillary Rodham Clinton instead faced a seething revolt within her own party. — More than 70 percent of Iowa Democrats rejected her bid to get back into the White House.
Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
Out With the Old, In With the New — Obama and Huckabee rise; Mrs. Clinton falls. — And so it begins. — We wanted exciting, we got exciting. — As this is written, late on the night of the caucuses, the outlines of the decisions seem clear: Barack Obama won.
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Obama Takes Iowa in a Big Turnout as Clinton Falters; Huckabee Victor — DES MOINES — Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, a first-term Democratic senator trying to become the nation's first African-American president, rolled to victory in the Iowa caucuses on Thursday night …
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CNN:
Huckabee, Obama leave Iowa as front-runners — DES MOINES, Iowa (CNN) — Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee have claimed victories in Iowa's first-in-the-nation caucuses. — With all Democratic precincts reporting, Obama had the support of 38 percent of voters, compared to 30 percent for John Edwards and 29 percent for Hillary Clinton.
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Steve Holland / Reuters:
Clinton and McCain lead in New Hampshire — MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican John McCain hold leads in New Hampshire four days before the state's presidential nominating contest, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Friday.
The Politico:
GOP race in total disarray — DES MOINES, Iowa — Mike Huckabee's startling, not-even-close victory over Mitt Romney and the rest of the GOP field in the Iowa caucus means the Republican Party is in for a wildly unpredictable ride in the weeks ahead. — Here's what's certain …
The Politico:
HRC team retools strategy, predicts N.H. win — Hillary Rodham Clinton plans to target what her campaign calls Barack Obama's inexperience over the next five days in New Hampshire and deliver much sharper — and likely much more personal and negative — attacks against the Iowa winner …
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:Obama Wins Iowa: Why Everyone Has a Reason to Celebrate Tonight
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John McCormick / The Swamp:Obama arrives in N.H., expresses pride in Iowa
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Washington Wire:Beginning of the End for Romney?
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GM's Corner:
Just Give Me A Corner To Die In — England's NHS (National Health Service) is considering the rationing of health care. This is nothing new and has been talked about numerous times as the Democrats and their leftish friends push for a National Health Care policy in these United States.
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Robert Pear / New York Times:U.S. Curtailing Bids to Expand Medicaid Rolls
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Make Them Accountable
bls.gov:
Employment Situation Summary — Technical information: — Household data: (202) 691-6378 USDL 08-0013 — Establishment data: 691-6555 Transmission of material in this release — http://www.bls.gov/ces/ is embargoed until 8:30 A.M.(EST) …
National Journal:
Data Bomb — Three weeks before the 2006 midterm elections gave Democrats control of Congress, a shocking study reported on the number of Iraqis who had died in the ongoing war. It bolstered criticism of President Bush and heightened the waves of dread — here and around the world — about the U.S. occupation of Iraq.
CNN:
Democratic caucus turnout shatters record — The Iowa Democratic Party released the following turnout information tonight, to be updated later this evening: — “With 96 percent of the precincts reporting we are seeing record turnout with 227,000 caucus attendees." — In 2004, the turnout was about 125,000 caucus goers.
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John Distaso / New Hampshire Union Leader:
John DiStaso's Granite Status: Several candidates see Tuesday as a must-win — SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE. Campaign consultants and candidate handlers can spin all they want, but it's clear: — Tuesday's New Hampshire primary is a must-win for several candidates and a potential last stand for others.
Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
Entrance Poll: The Second-Prefs Winner Was ... Edwards — So how exactly did those much-coveted second-choice votes in the Iowa Caucus work out — did they deliver a victory for Obama through all these mysterious deals? The answer is actually pretty surprising.
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Bush Ponders Move to Bolster Economy — WASHINGTON — President Bush said Thursday that he was considering whether to propose a stimulus package to shore up the economy, the clearest indication yet of a growing concern inside the White House over rising oil prices, the subprime mortgage crisis and the possibility of recession.
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