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10:45 PM ET, January 5, 2008

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CNN:
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.
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 …
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.
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).
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
CNN/WMUR: No bounce  —  I got an early look at the CNN/WMUR …
Discussion: The New Republic
Jonathan Adler / The Corner:   Where'd Those Thompson Rumors Come From?
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 …
CNN:   O'Reilly gets in confrontation with Obama staffer
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
O'Reilly says he called Obama's staffer an SOB!
Discussion: Daily Kos
Maria Gavrilovic / CBS News:
Bill O'Reilly Causes a Stir at Obama Event
Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
New Hampshire GOP Pulls Out Of Fox News Debate
Discussion: Think Progress
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
Obama aide: O'Reilly shoved me
Discussion: TVNewser
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Clinton Criticizes Obama in NH Mailer  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton criticizes rival Barack Obama's record on abortion rights in a mailing sent to New Hampshire voters.  —  The mailer says that seven times during his time in the Illinois state Senate …
Discussion: Political Radar and Taylor Marsh
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Karen Tumulty / Time:
Clinton Machine Shaken by Setback
Eleanor Clift / Newsweek:
Reviving Camelot?  —  Obama's appeal transcends race and party.
Discussion: Macsmind and QandO
Zogby:
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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 …
Discussion: The Fix and Althouse
David Smith / Times of London:
UK living standards outstrip US  —  Living standards outstrip those across the Atlantic for first time in over a century  —  LIVING standards in Britain are set to rise above those in America for the first time since the 19th century, according to a report by the respected Oxford Economics consultancy.
Discussion: The Newshoggers and Liberal Values
Mark Steyn / Orange County Register:
It's the secular Left vs. the Christian Left  —  Confronted by Preacher Huckabee standing astride the Iowa caucuses, smirking, “Are you feelin' Hucky, punk?”, many of my conservative pals are inclined to respond, “Shoot me now."  —  But, if that seems a little dramatic, let's try and rustle up an alternative.
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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Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
DEBATE BLOGGING: EDWARDS AGAINST HIMSELF.
Discussion: The New Republic
Tom Redburn / New York Times:
Huckabee's Tax Plan Appeals, but Is It Fair?
Discussion: Megan McArdle
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McCain's Never Been For Amnesty?
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Huckmentum  —  A sort of follow-up to my last post …
Greg Sargent / Horses Mouth:
Elizabeth Edwards To Chris Matthews And Rest Of Media: Ahem …
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Pro-Hillary mail: Be very afraid
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Obama: The Movement Has Begun
 

 
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