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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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).
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Clinton: Obama has changed positions — MANCHESTER, N.H. - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Democratic presidential front-runner no longer, accused campaign rival Barack Obama of changing his positions on health care and “a number of issues” Saturday night in a debate three days before the New Hampshire primary.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
CNN/WMUR: No bounce — I got an early look at the CNN/WMUR …
CNN/WMUR: No bounce — I got an early look at the CNN/WMUR …
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Michael Medved / Townhall.com:
Stop Lying About Huckabee and Evangelicals!
Stop Lying About Huckabee and Evangelicals!
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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.
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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.
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 …
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Karen Tumulty / Time:
Clinton Machine Shaken by Setback — The scope of Barack Obama's victory in Iowa has shaken the Clinton machine down to its bolts. Donors are panicking. The campaign has been making a round of calls to reassure notoriously fickle “superdelegates” — elected officials and party regulars …
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Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
DEBATE BLOGGING: EDWARDS AGAINST HIMSELF. — In the debate over health care mandates, rather than argue for his plan, or against Obama's, Edwards went after Hillary as a force “of the status quo” fighting those trying to bring about change. It backfired. Clinton had looked …
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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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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 …