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5:45 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.

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, Firedoglake, Hot Air, TVNewser, The Radio Equalizer, The Democratic Daily, Macsmind, Big Head DC, The Carpetbagger Report, Blogs of War, Althouse, Gateway Pundit and Brave New Films blog

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.

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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 …

Discussion: TVNewser

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

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: The Caucus, The New Republic, Taegan Goddard's … and Donklephant

Jim Tankersley / The Swamp:
Romney: No more ‘my way or highway’ diplomacy

Discussion: Marc Ambinder

Chris Bowers / Open Left:
Three Post-Iowa New Hampshire Polls

Discussion: The Newshoggers, Emptywheel, Talking Points Memo and TalkLeft

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: Jonathan Martin's Blogs, PoliPundit.com and Hotline On Call

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, The Fix, Jonathan Martin's Blogs, Macsmind, Roger Ailes and race42008.com

Michelle Malkin:

What about Wyoming? “Where real America is." Update And the first delegate goes to... The first GOP presidential delegate goes to...Romney: “Mitt Romney won the first delegate elected to the Republican National Convention Saturday when Albany County chose Tammy Johnson as its representative …

Discussion: Casper Star Tribune, Associated Press and Riehl World View

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

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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 …

Discussion: The Newshoggers, protein wisdom, Balloon Juice, Brilliant at Breakfast, BitsBlog, Buck Naked Politics, bustardblog, Too Sense, QandO, First Draft, Shakespeare's Sister, Daimnation!, The Heretik and The Corner

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.

Discussion: Buck Naked Politics

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

Discussion: Deadline USA

Matthew Yglesias:
Clinton: Obama's Too Liberal

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New York Times:

Officials Say Iraqi Soldier Killed 2 U.S. Soldiers — BAGHDAD — Two American soldiers killed last month during an operation in the northern city of Mosul appear to have been deliberately shot to death by an Iraqi soldier on patrol with them, senior Iraqi officers said on Saturday.

Discussion: The Newshoggers

Elena Becatoros / Associated Press:
Iraqi soldier accused of killing US GIs

Discussion: Gateway Pundit

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, The Field and Taylor Marsh

Patrick Healy / The Caucus:
Clinton Greets Fox's O'Reilly

Discussion: CBS News and Wilshire & Washington

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: TPM Election Central, michellemalkin.com, Publius Endures, The Impolitic and Daily Kos

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.

Discussion: JammieWearingFool

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, Hot Air and Blue Crab Boulevard