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10:55 AM 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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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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion: The Swamp and TIME
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
A Whiff of Revolution From Iowa
Discussion: The Campaign Spot and Daimnation!
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 …
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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.
Richard Sisk / NY Daily News:
Giuliani stays positive despite weak campaign
Discussion: the albany project
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.
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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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.
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) …
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.
Don Frederick / Los Angeles Times:
Ron Paul gets some revenge  —  An easily overlooked aspect of the Iowa caucuses — Ron Paul not only besting Rudy Giuliani, but doing so by more than 2-to-1 — sparked a trip down memory lane for us.  —  It was mid-May, and the former mayor of New York was riding high following …
 
 
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The Big Trunk / Power Line:
GEORGE MACDONALD FRASER, RIP
The Corner:
Let Us Not Forget  —  ....as we parse Huckabee, Obama's immense victory.
CNN:
Schneider: How Huckabee won
Discussion: Hotline On Call
Fred Siegel / Wall Street Journal:
Their Friend, the State  —  In 1932, H.G. Wells, the British …
Discussion: The Corner
Jay Newton-Small / Time:
A Second-Place “Victory” for Edwards?
Kirk Johnson / New York Times:
With Few Options, Colorado Considers All-Mail Vote
Bob Owens / Pajamas Media:
HORTON HEARS A BOO: JOURNALISTIC HIJINKS AT HARPER'S EXPOSED
Michael Barone / Opinion Journal:
The 16-Year Itch  —  Voters seem unusually willing this year …
 Earlier Items: 
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Selzer vindicated  —  The Register's pollster must be feeling pretty good.
Discussion: AMERICAblog
GM's Corner:
Just Give Me A Corner To Die In
Discussion: Doug Ross
J. Skyler S. McKinley / Mike Gravel For President 2008:
We're Still in the Race!  —  Once again, the Mainstream Media …
Agence France Presse:
Europeans chafe under New Year ‘nanny state’ laws
StrategyPage:
Where Have All The Dead Americans Gone?
Discussion: Dr. Sanity
Isaac Chotiner / The New Republic:
Barkley on Obama's Win—and Obama's Speech
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The State Of The Parties  —  Tonight was in many ways devastating news for the GOP.
Matthew Yglesias:
Delivering  —  I think the manner of Barack Obama's win is pretty impressive.