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Senator Hillary Clinton / New York Times:
The Democratic Debate in New Hampshire — The following is the transcript of the Democratic presidential debate at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., as transcribed by Federal News Service. — DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES DEBATE PARTICIPANTS: — FORMER SENATOR JOHN EDWARDS (D-NC)
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New York Times:
At Debate, Two Rivals Go After Defiant Clinton — MANCHESTER, N.H. — It was as if they sensed vulnerability. — Senator Barack Obama and John Edwards went after Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton as never before in a televised debate here on Saturday night.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
MY TAKE ON THE DEM DEBATE — So, a few observations about the Democratic debate. — First, a few months ago, I said that I didn't get what Barack Obama thought he was doing in one of the debates, that he was doing a very good job debating as the frontrunner, when in fact he was falling further and further behind Hillary Clinton.
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Dem Debate Roundup: Work Horse Versus Show Horse — A quick rundown on last night's Dem debate highlights... Here's the moment that came as close as possible to capturing, in a brief exchange, the entire argument between Hillary and Obama: … Hoping to highlight this disagreement …
Jennifer Parker / Political Punch:
Hillary's Debate Moment — It won't come across on the transcript, but Sen. Hillary Clinton got angry during the debate tonight. — She was bickering with Sen. Barack Obama about their differences on health insurance, and whether Obama's plan leaves millions of Americans uninsured.
Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:
“I Thought That Mitt Romney Won The debate.” — Dick Morris is no friend of Mitt Romney, and his declaration of Romney as the “winner” tonight is the assessment that caught my eye. That's called “an admission against interest,” and it is very significant. I think I know why.
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Michael Scherer / TIME: Swampland:
The GOP's High School Debate: The cool kid vs. the valedictorian
The GOP's High School Debate: The cool kid vs. the valedictorian
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Marc Ambinder:
The GOP Debate: Thoughts....
The GOP Debate: Thoughts....
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George McGovern / Washington Post:
Why I Believe Bush Must Go — Nixon Was Bad. These Guys Are Worse. — As we enter the eighth year of the Bush-Cheney administration, I have belatedly and painfully concluded that the only honorable course for me is to urge the impeachment of the president and the vice president.
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Michael Falcone / The Caucus:
New Hampshire G.O.P. Backs Out of Fox Forum — Ron Paul raised nearly $20 million in the last quarter, likely more than any of his rivals. He garnered 10 percent of the Republican vote in the Iowa Caucuses, surpassing Rudolph W. Giuliani. And he's in New Hampshire this weekend on the airwaves …
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Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby New Hampshire Tracking Poll: GOP and Dem …
Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby New Hampshire Tracking Poll: GOP and Dem …
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CNN:
Tight race in New Hampshire, post caucus poll shows
Tight race in New Hampshire, post caucus poll shows
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Playbook: Bradley to endorse Obama — Good Sunday morning. — The local front of the (Manchester) Union Leader has a story about media groupies who, in a quadrennial ritual, congregate around hotels in hopes of getting a photo with Chris Wallace or Tucker Carlson.
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Jennifer Parker / Political Radar:
Bill Bradley to Back Barack Obama — ABC News' Karen Travers Reports: Former Sen. Bill Bradley will endorse Sen. Barack Obama in New Hampshire on Monday, ABC News has learned. — A source close to the senator said that he has waited until now to endorse because he wanted to give former Sen. John Edwards a shot in Iowa first.
Jeremy Clarkson / Times of London:
For sale: West's deadly nuclear secrets — A WHISTLEBLOWER has made a series of extraordinary claims about how corrupt government officials allowed Pakistan and other states to steal nuclear weapons secrets. — Sibel Edmonds, a 37-year-old former Turkish language translator for the FBI …
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George Will / Real Clear Politics:
The Problem with Populists — WASHINGTON — Like Job after losing his camels and acquiring boils, the conservative movement is in distress. Mike Huckabee shreds the compact that has held the movement's two tendencies in sometimes uneasy equipoise. Social conservatives …
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Scratch an Independent Bloomberg and Get a Democrat, Positions Show — Hundreds of miles from the hustings of New Hampshire lurks a possible presidential candidate who supports gay marriage, abortion rights and stricter regulation of handguns. Who doesn't mind taxing the rich on their income …
The Corner:
McCain and the Debate — The more I thought about it last night, the less well his performance sat with me. I think he won as a political matter and now would be surprised if he doesn't win handily in New Hampshire. But he was nasty toward Romney, letting his hatred—and I used that word advisedly—show.
Jonathan Wynne-Jones / Telegraph:
Bishop warns of no-go zones for non-Muslims — Islamic extremists have created “no-go” areas across Britain where it is too dangerous for non-Muslims to enter, one of the Church of England's most senior bishops warns today. — The Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, the Bishop of Rochester …