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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.
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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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.
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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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Huckabee, Obama leave Iowa as front-runners
Huckabee, Obama leave Iowa as front-runners
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Chris Bowers / Open Left:
A New Generation Takes Charge Of The Democratic Party
A New Generation Takes Charge Of The Democratic Party
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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.
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 …
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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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.
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 …
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.
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Michael Barone / Opinion Journal:
The 16-Year Itch — Voters seem unusually willing this year to entertain candidates lacking in Washington experience. — The Iowa caucuses have just passed and we await, with just two weekday prime-time news nights in between, the New Hampshire primary. The biggest surprise of the campaign …