memeorandum: Daring to Believe, Blacks Savor Obama Victory (Diane Cardwell/New York Times)

3:50 PM ET, January 5, 2008

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Fox's Bill O'Reilly in confrontation with Obama staffer at rally. Developing. — NASHUA, N.H.—Bombastic 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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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:

Obama: The Movement Has Begun — NASHUA, N.H. — The line snaked for at least a half mile from the entrance of Nashua North High School. The first people in it had arrived at 7:30 a.m. — two-and-a-half hours before Barack Obama was scheduled to start speaking.

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Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:

Obama aide: O'Reilly shoved me — From NBC's Mark Hudspeth — NASHUA, N.H. — An aide to Barack Obama said talk-show host Bill O'Reilly shoved him several times at the rope line after a campaign event today. — Marvin Nicholson, Obama's trip director, said the commentator …

Steve Clemons / The Washington Note: Reported on Facebook: O'Reilly Shoves Obama Staffer

Zogby:

Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby New Hampshire Poll: McCain Leads Romney; Clinton Leads Obama as Edwards Remains at 20%... Zogby News Releases

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New Hampshire Union Leader:

Suffolk/7 Saturday poll: A post-Iowa bounce for Obama? — BOSTON - A new Suffolk University two-day tracking poll shows Barack Obama cutting into Hillary Clinton's lead in New Hampshire. Mitt Romney still holds a slim edge over John McCain. — The first half of the survey was done on Thursday …

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and Donklephant

Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:

MISCELLANEOUS OBAMA BLOGGING....This is more a conversation starter than anything else, but I thought there were two especially interesting aspects of Barack Obama's victory in Iowa on Thursday. Here they are: — Obama won (or tied) among all income groups and among union households.

Marc Ambinder:
Some Clintonology — A hoarse, happy, Barack Obama blew …

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Matthew Yglesias:
Clinton: Obama's Too Liberal

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Jay Newton-Small / TIME: Swampland:
Hillary Booed at NH Democratic Party Dinner

Michael Medved / Townhall.com:

Stop Lying About Huckabee and Evangelicals! — Predictably enough, most media commentators have totally misinterpreted the nature of Mike Huckabee's big win in the Iowa GOP caucuses. Conventional wisdom says that he swept to victory based on overwhelming support from Evangelicals, but conventional wisdom is flat-out wrong.

Discussion: Redstate, Roger Ailes, Jonathan Martin's Blogs and race42008.com

Associated Press:

Wyoming holds overshadowed GOP caucuses — CASPER, Wyoming (AP) — Mitt Romney grabbed the early lead in Wyoming's Republican caucuses Saturday as the state had its brief moment in the political spotlight sandwiched between attention-getting contests in Iowa and New Hampshire.

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Michelle Malkin:
What about Wyoming? “Where real America is.” …

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Wyoming Tribune-Eagle# Washington D.C. Newspapers:
Our View: Wyoming GOP caucuses futile

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The Campaign Spot:
With 24 Hours Until Caucusing Ends, The Projected Winner in Wyoming Is...

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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Huckabee Moves to New Hampshire, With Tweaks to His Message

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New York Times:
McCain May Benefit From Huckabee's Jolt to G.O.P.

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Robert D. Novak / Townhall.com: Mitt's Divided Strategy

Glenn Greenwald / Salon:

Jonah Goldberg and Glenn Reynolds warn of “social unraveling” if Obama loses — (updated below - Update II - Update III) — Over at National Review, Jonah Goldberg has a “theory” about what might help Obama win in the general election. After noting that Obama will be …

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Atrios / Eschaton: Negro Uprising — Aside from the racism, the real issue …

Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:

Is Bill Clinton About To Sandbag Hillary Clinton's Campaign? — It is often been said that former President Bill Clinton is Senator Hillary Clinton's closest, best and most astute political advisor. If that's the case and a recent statement he reportedly made is any indication, she should consider firing him and getting a new one.

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Nancy Benac / Associated Press:
Hillary Clinton leans on husband Bill

Discussion: Sweetness & Light and Blue Crab Boulevard

Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
TRB Calls the Democratic Race!

Discussion: JustOneMinute, race42008.com and Matthew Yglesias

Diane Cardwell / New York Times:

Daring to Believe, Blacks Savor Obama Victory — For Sadou Brown in a Los Angeles suburb, the decisive victory of Senator Barack Obama in Iowa was a moment to show his 14-year-old son what is possible. — For Mike Duncan in Maryland, it was a sign that Americans were moving beyond rigid thinking about race.

Discussion: JustOneMinute, Hot Air and Transterrestrial Musings

Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The African-American Awakening — There's a great piece in the NYT today on it.

Discussion: The Newshoggers and Buck Naked Politics

Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:

Hillary Campaign Won't Air Ads Attacking Obama — The Hillary campaign, which has promised a sharpening of “contrast” between her and Obama in the days ahead, appears to have concluded that they won't be running any ads against Obama in the run-up to the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday:

Discussion: TalkLeft, Ben Smith's Blogs and The Page

New York Times:
A Campaign Retools to Seek Second Clinton Comeback

BuzzFlash.org:

Obama Says That His First Action as President Would be to Bring U.S. Troops Home from Iraq — In an 11-minute interview with hometown Chicago radio broadcaster and journalist, Roland Martin, Barack Obama revealed that his first act, if elected president would be to pull our troops out of Iraq as quickly as possible.

Marc Ambinder:

Clinton Speaks Truth To Power, Bill O'Reilly, A Fire Marshal, And A Huge Crowd — The surreal moments that preceded Hillary Clinton's town hall here might have been avoided if her campaign anticipated a turnout befitting a candidate on the rise. — 500 people RSVPd for the event at the Merrimack High School here.

Discussion: CBS News and The Field

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.