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6:35 AM ET, January 5, 2008

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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Bill Clinton takes a swipe at media  —  Bill Clinton voiced his abiding anger at the media's coverage of him and his wife in Durham, N.H., today, and suggested that media bias will force Clinton to go negative on Barack Obama.  —  He also expressed his frustration that his wife is perceived …
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New York Times:
A Campaign Retools to Seek Second Clinton Comeback  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton have been in career-threatening scrapes before, but never quite like the one they face in the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, when nothing less than their would-be dynasty will be on the line.
Discussion: BAGnewsNotes and No Left Turns
Dan Balz / The Trail:
Will N.H. Be Obama Territory, Too?  —  NASHUA, N.H. — There was a sense of urgency in Hillary Clinton's voice when she opened her first post-Iowa rally in an airplane hangar early Friday morning — and a look of concern on the face of the man who introduced her, former President Bill Clinton.
John F. Harris / The Politico:
Both Clintons' legacies may rest on N.H.
Discussion: The Fix
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DTM / Matthew Yglesias:
Clinton: Obama's Too Liberal  —  Hillary Clinton's campaign seems determined to convince Barack Obama's detractors in the blogosphere that he is so a liberal after all:  —  Progressive record?  Heaven forbid!  I thought he didn't have experience.  —  The Tom Edsall article I got …
Joe Klein / Time:
Obama's Historic Victory
Dean Barnett / Weekly Standard:
Democratic Voters to Nutroots: Take a Long Virtual Walk Off a Short Virtual Pier
Discussion: Liberty Pundit and JunkYardBlog
Matt Stoller / Open Left:   Turnout Thoughts  —  I am still gathering my thoughts on Obama's win.
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*
David Montero / Rocky Mountain News:
Rocky blogger Major Andrew Olmsted killed in Iraq  —  He was the first casualty for 2008 in Iraq.  And a small part of Maj. Andrew Olmsted likely would've chuckled at that fact.  It would be droll and play into his sense of self-deprecation.  —  But for everyone else, the news would be devastating.
Bill Gertz / Washington Times:
Inside the Ring  —  Inside the Ring  —  Coughlin sacked  —  Stephen Coughlin, the Pentagon specialist on Islamic law and Islamist extremism, has been fired from his position on the military's Joint Staff.  The action followed a report in this space last week revealing opposition to his work …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
WTF?  —  Okay, I could come up with a few good snarky lines on this one.  But I'll settle for someone just explaining to me what the hell Mike Huckabee's talking about.  —  TPMer Eric Kleefeld and I were chatting this evening about whether everyone's underestimating Huckabee's chances in this race.
Discussion: protein wisdom, The RBC and PoliGazette
The Corner:
Obama: Ecstasy & Agony  —  This is just a late Friday night prediction.  But after reading this regrettable excess from Ezra Klein as well as all of the more reasonable but nonetheless hopeful, proud, idealistic and sincere sentiments of pride and well-wishing for Obama as the first serious …
Discussion: Daily Pundit
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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Justices to Decide if Rape of a Child Merits Death  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide whether the Constitution allows the death penalty for the rape of a child.  —  The justices acted only three days before a scheduled argument in another important death penalty case …
Discussion: Stop The ACLU
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:   Court to rule on death penalty for child rape
The Corner:
Helping Huck  —  I am informed that Dick Morris and Newt Gingrich are helping Huckabee behind the scenes.  Morris has been everywhere today promoting Huckabee.
Joseph A. Palermo / The Huffington Post:
Barack Obama, RFK, and Blackwater  —  Forty years ago, in 1968, when Robert F. Kennedy started his campaign for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, he made a point to travel to what today would be considered “red” states.  Five days after he announced his candidacy, he visited Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee.
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and Vox Popoli
 
 
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