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5:25 PM ET, January 4, 2008

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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 …
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 …
Andrew Malcolm / Los Angeles Times:
Clinton aides hint that now things'll get nasty
Discussion: The Huffington Post and QandO
Foon Rhee / Boston Globe:
Clinton reaches for the right argument
Discussion: Wonkette and Liberal Values
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
CAJOLERY....Washington Monthly founder Charlie Peters …
Josephine Hearn / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Seabiscuit!  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. - In a dawn appearance …
Discussion: The Swamp and The Hill
Joe Klein / Time:
Obama's Historic Victory
Atrios / Eschaton:   Trust Me  —  In all my dealings with Obama people …
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.
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Andrew Olmsted:
Final Post  —  “I am leaving this message for you because it appears I must leave sooner than I intended.  I would have preferred to say this in person, but since I cannot, let me say it here."  —  G'Kar, Babylon 5  —  “Only the dead have seen the end of war."  —  Plato*
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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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.
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
THE FEVER SWAMP....Former Dan Quayle speechwriter Lisa Schiffren is.....what?
Discussion: Booman Tribune
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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Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Giuliani supporters question organization
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 …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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.
Patrick Deneen / What I Saw in America:
Conserving Liberalism?  —  Remarkable goings on in American politics as of yesterday.  Much has been said everywhere, so I will add relatively little.  Of note, firstly, is that the victors are the two best speakers among all the candidates.  In our age of the soundbite …
Discussion: The Corner and Crunchy Con
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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.
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 …
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 …
Redstate:
McCain on a Roll  —  I'm listening in on the John McCain conference call.  McCain says that, like in Iowa, negative ads by Mitt Romney will not work.  He thinks that Romney is going to go more negative.  McCain's response will be to go back on Romney with what both Boston newspaper …
 
 
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Jack Shafer / Slate:
Who's Afraid of Bill Kristol?
Discussion: Lean Left and Salon
Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution:
What I think I am nearly certain about
LowerManhattanite / Group News Blog:
Pride and Palpitations  —  Obama Iowa Victory photo via CBS News
Discussion: HorsesAss.Org and unbossed.com
Chris Bowers / Open Left:
Exit Polls: Democrats Crush Republicans Across the Board
Lindsey Ellerson / Political Radar:
Bill Clinton: Hillary Can Be the ‘Comeback Kid’
Associated Press:
Fundraiser Hsu headed to prison
Ali / Think Progress:
Romney: People don't want change ‘in the White House.’
Discussion: The Sideshow
 Earlier Items: 
The Corner:
Huckabee  —  Just looking at his pre-Iowa numbers in South Carolina …
Discussion: Macsmind
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
Obamism: The Politics of Hope in the Year of the Political Independent
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
FINAL NUMBER  —  Seems the final participation number …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Michael Field / Stuff.co.nz:
Soviet icon surprises polar scientists
Michael Yon:
News Flash: The Battle over Body Armor
Discussion: Hot Air
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
MCCAIN: “WHAT ABOUT 100?"  —  This video is all you need …