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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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Charles Peters / Washington Post:
Judge Him by His Laws — People who complain that Barack Obama lacks experience must be unaware of his legislative achievements. One reason these accomplishments are unfamiliar is that the media have not devoted enough attention to Obama's bills and the effort required to pass them …
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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 …
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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.
Out With the Old, In With the New — Obama and Huckabee rise; Mrs. Clinton falls.
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
CAJOLERY....Washington Monthly founder Charlie Peters …
CAJOLERY....Washington Monthly founder Charlie Peters …
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Obama Takes Iowa in a Big Turnout as Clinton Falters; Huckabee Victor
Obama Takes Iowa in a Big Turnout as Clinton Falters; Huckabee Victor
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Hilzoy / Obsidian Wings:
Andy Olmsted — Andrew Olmsted, who also posted here as G'Kar, was killed yesterday in Iraq. Andy gave me a post to publish in the event of his death; the last revisions to it were made in July. — Andy was a wonderful person: decent, honorable, generous, principled, courageous, sweet, and very funny.
Zogby:
Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby New Hampshire Poll: McCain Leads Romney; Clinton Leads Obama as Edwards Hits 20% — Huckabee a distant third, Rudy fourth — UTICA, New York - Republican John McCain has leapt into first place in the GOP primary race in New Hampshire, while Clinton holds on to a six-point edge …
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Richard Sisk / NY Daily News:
Giuliani stays positive despite weak campaign — BEDFORD, N.H. - He flatlined in Iowa and he's struggling in New Hampshire, but Rudy Giuliani shook off the early-state blues Thursday as only he can. — “None of this worries me - Sept. 11, there were times I was worried,” Giuliani said.
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Steve Kornacki / New York Observer:
Obama Makes a Clinton-Campaign Joke — Inside an old airplane hangar at what used to be Pease Airforce Base in Portsmouth, Barack Obama made his first New Hampshire appearance since his Iowa victory. — He recited his standard stump speech, but there was a confident, almost giddy …
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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.
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Stephen Green / VodkaPundit:
An Open Letter — I'll put this in language even your tiny little Iowa brains can understand: What the f*** is wrong with you people? — The news coming out of Des Moines (literally, French for “tell me about the rabbits, George") tonight is distressing in the extreme. 32 years ago …
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Ron Radosh / New York Sun:
America's ‘Fascist Moment’ — For decades, the left has used the term “fascist” to attack just about anyone they disagree with. That behavior continues: The feminist author Naomi Wolf has recently come out with a book condemning what she calls the “fascist shift” in America …
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Worthless chatter — I love when this happens. It's a reminder that the political prattle that spews forth from group-think media stars without end and which consumes our political dialogue for a full year is based on absolutely nothing. Also, most predictive “analysis” …
The Corner:
Admit it — Let's say last night really did indicate that Hillary's negatives will keep her off the ticket. (Or keep her from winning if she's on it.) You know what? Deep in my psyche, in the place that kind of misses the toothache I've been prodding at with my tongue, I am having a tiny little pang of missing Hillary.
Economics Blog:
Economists React: ‘Looking for a Bunker to Hide in’ — Economists and others weigh in on the weaker-than-expected gain in payrolls and the rise in the unemployment rate. — The sharp jump in the unemployment rate — from 4.7% to 5.0% — may be the most alarming feature of this report.
Ben Adler / The Politico:
Resignation greets Thompson's third place — DES MOINES, Iowa — Nothing makes for a lackluster afterparty like a tie for third place. And that's where Fred Thompson finished in Thursday's caucus. — The former Tennessee senator won 13 percent support, too close to Arizona Sen. John McCain …
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