memeorandum: Romney buys two minutes of TV time for Monday night (Jonathan Martin/Jonathan Martin's Blogs)

4:50 PM ET, January 5, 2008

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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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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.

Discussion: Jonathan Martin's Blogs

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 …

Discussion: TVNewser

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 and 2008Central.net

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

Discussion: Crooks and Liars

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

Jay Newton-Small / TIME: Swampland:

Hillary Booed at NH Democratic Party Dinner — If the New Hampshire Democratic Party's 100 Club dinner is any bell weather - Barack Obama will handily win here. When Obama, the dinner's last speaker, took the stage the crowd surged forward chanting “O-bam-a” and “Fired Up, Ready to Go!”

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

Discussion: Deadline USA

Matthew Yglesias:
Clinton: Obama's Too Liberal

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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.

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Associated Press:
Wyoming holds overshadowed GOP caucuses

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

Discussion: Casper Star Tribune and Associated Press

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

Discussion: NewsBusters.org and American Thinker

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

Discussion: All Spin Zone, MSNBC, Hullabaloo and PoliGazette

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

Discussion: Washington Post, Boston Globe and American Power

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 …

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.

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

Discussion: JustOneMinute, Hot Air, Transterrestrial Musings and No Left Turns

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

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.

Discussion: The Anchoress, Blue Crab Boulevard and QandO

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: race42008.com and JustOneMinute

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

Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:

Romney buys two minutes of TV time for Monday night — Mitt Romney has purchased two minutes on New Hampshire and Boston networks Monday night to make what an adviser describes as the candidate's “closing argument." — The spot, to be aired on Manchester's WMUR and Boston's WHDH …

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