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10:55 PM ET, January 5, 2008

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Tight race in New Hampshire, post caucus poll shows — MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (CNN) — With three days to go until the New Hampshire primary, it's dead even in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. — A new CNN/WMUR New Hampshire presidential primary poll conducted …

Discussion: The Politico, The Swamp, Taegan Goddard's …, The New Republic, TalkLeft, Pollster.com and The Carpetbagger Report

Primary Monitor / yourconcord.com:

Monitor post-Iowa poll: McCain +6, Obama +1 — John McCain has doubled his support since mid-December and leads Mitt Romney, 35 percent to 29 percent, according to a Concord Monitor/Research 2000 post-Iowa survey of likely Republican primary voters in New Hampshire.

Discussion: Jonathan Martin's Blogs, Taegan Goddard's …, New York Observer, The Caucus, Spin Cycle, MyDD, Open Left, The Fix, Liberal Values, Redstate, Pollster.com and TIME

Marc Ambinder:

The GOP Debate: Thoughts.... On points, Fred Thompson won the debate. — Every answer was thoughtful and well-crafted; his tone matched the tone of the question; he wisely refrained from interjecting in the back and forth squabbling. He very deftly reminded viewers that he served …

Discussion: The Corner, MSNBC, Hot Air, BitsBlog and Spin Cycle

Mead Gruver / Associated Press:

Romney Wins Wyoming Caucuses — CASPER, Wyo. (AP) - Mitt Romney captured his first win of the Republican presidential race, gaining most of Wyoming's delegates at stake in GOP caucuses on Saturday. — The former Massachusetts governor won six of the first eight delegates to be selected.

Discussion: The Fix, Captain's Quarters, CNN, The Politico, MSNBC, Atlas Shrugs, 2008Central.net, Gateway Pundit, The Sundries Shack, Daily Pundit and PoliPundit.com

Robert D. Novak / Townhall.com:

Mitt's Divided Strategy — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Desperate to save Mitt Romney's Republican presidential campaign in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, his advisers all wanted to attack Sen. John McCain but were divided about how to do it. — Coming out of his disappointing performance in the Iowa Caucuses …

Discussion: The Palmetto Scoop, The Sundries Shack, Stop The ACLU, Macsmind, Outside The Beltway, Patterico's Pontifications and Punditry

Rasmussen Reports:

Election 2008: Obama vs. Giuliani and Romney — Obama Opens Lead Over Giuliani and Romney — The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that Senator Barack Obama has opened a ten-percentage point victory over former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, 47% to 37% (crosstabs available for Premium Members).

Discussion: DownWithTyranny!, Political Machine, A NEWT ONE, MyDD and TPM Election Central

Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Clinton: Obama has changed positions

Discussion: MyDD

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
CNN/WMUR: No bounce — I got an early look at the CNN/WMUR …

Discussion: The New Republic

Jonathan Adler / The Corner: Where'd Those Thompson Rumors Come From?

Michael Medved / Townhall.com:
Stop Lying About Huckabee and Evangelicals!

Discussion: Redstate, The Fix, Political Machine, Macsmind, Jonathan Martin's Blogs, Roger Ailes and race42008.com

Ruffin Prevost / Reuters:
Romney wins Wyoming Republican caucus

Discussion: michellemalkin.com, Casper Star Tribune and Associated Press

Lynn Sweet:

Fox's Bill O'Reilly in confrontation with Obama staffer at rally. UPDATE — NASHUA, N.H.— Fox News host Bill O'Reilly got into a confrontation with an Obama aide after O'Reilly started screaming at him as he tried to get Barack Obama's attention following a rally here.

John Dickerson / Slate:

The O'Reilly Rumble — WATCHING REALITY TELEVISION AT AN OBAMA RALLY. — You know when a celebrity television personality like Bill O'Reilly arrives at a political event because they always have a retinue and because people turn their cameras and camera phones from the candidate to capture the famous face.

Discussion: The Caucus, 2008Central.net and D-Day

New Hampshire Union Leader:

State GOP withdraws as FOX debate partner — MANCHESTER - The New Hampshire Republican Party has quit “with regret” as a co-sponsor of tomorrow night's nationally televised GOP forum on FOX News. — The 8 p.m. event at Saint Anselm College — the last debate before Tuesday's primary …

Discussion: michellemalkin.com, Open Left, Wake up America, Publius Endures, Hot Air, Daily Kos and The Impolitic

CNN: O'Reilly gets in confrontation with Obama staffer

John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Obama staffer says Bill O'Reilly confrontation got physical!

Discussion: TVNewser and RADAMISTO

John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
O'Reilly says he called Obama's staffer an SOB!

Discussion: Daily Kos

Maria Gavrilovic / CBS News:
Bill O'Reilly Causes a Stir at Obama Event

Discussion: The Caucus, Wilshire & Washington and Wonkette

Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
New Hampshire GOP Pulls Out Of Fox News Debate

Discussion: Think Progress

Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:

Clinton Criticizes Obama in NH Mailer — MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton criticizes rival Barack Obama's record on abortion rights in a mailing sent to New Hampshire voters. — The mailer says that seven times during his time in the Illinois state Senate …

Discussion: Political Radar and Taylor Marsh

Karen Tumulty / Time:
Clinton Machine Shaken by Setback

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs and The Moderate Voice

Eleanor Clift / Newsweek:
Reviving Camelot? — Obama's appeal transcends race and party.

Discussion: Macsmind and QandO

David Smith / Times of London:

UK living standards outstrip US — Living standards outstrip those across the Atlantic for first time in over a century — LIVING standards in Britain are set to rise above those in America for the first time since the 19th century, according to a report by the respected Oxford Economics consultancy.

Discussion: The Newshoggers and Liberal Values

Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:

They all hate Mitt — It's been a dominant theme of the GOP campaign and it's hanging over this debate tonight: Mitt Romney is despised by his fellow candidates. — Huck, McCain and, just now, Fred have all taken shots at him tonight. — Mitt cited the sort of health care mandates he supports …

Discussion: The Fix and Althouse

Mark Steyn / Orange County Register:

It's the secular Left vs. the Christian Left — Confronted by Preacher Huckabee standing astride the Iowa caucuses, smirking, “Are you feelin' Hucky, punk?”, many of my conservative pals are inclined to respond, “Shoot me now." — But, if that seems a little dramatic, let's try and rustle up an alternative.

Discussion: Liberal Values, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, No Left Turns, Blue Crab Boulevard, Cold Fury and RADAMISTO

Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:

Too Much Romney-Bashing — A quick thought on the GOP debate: — Mitt-bashing has been a preoccupation for this blog, and it was out in full-force tonight. Huckabee kicked off the proceedings after Romney told him to worry about explaining his own position “and I'll explain mine.”

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