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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.
New York Times:
U.S. Considers New Covert Push Within Pakistan — WASHINGTON — President Bush's senior national security advisers are debating whether to expand the authority of the Central Intelligence Agency and the military to conduct far more aggressive covert operations in the tribal areas of Pakistan.
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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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Democratic Debate: Edwards Backs Up Obama — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) cast off the magnanimous, above-the-fray approach she had used up until now in the campaign, aggressively challenging Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) and former Sen. John Edwards (N.C.) over which of the three can truly bring about change.
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
DEBATE BLOGGING: EDWARDS AGAINST HIMSELF.
DEBATE BLOGGING: EDWARDS AGAINST HIMSELF.
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The New Republic
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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Marc Ambinder:
The GOP Debate: Thoughts....
The GOP Debate: Thoughts....
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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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Hullabaloo
Bryan / Hot Air:
GOP debate videos: Fred defines amnesty; Huck chucks on the surge …
GOP debate videos: Fred defines amnesty; Huck chucks on the surge …
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Atlas Shrugs
Michelle Malkin:
Saturday night jive: The New Hampshire debates; Round One - GOP candidates
Saturday night jive: The New Hampshire debates; Round One - GOP candidates
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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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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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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 …
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 …
New York Times:
The Republican Debate in New Hampshire — Following is the transcript of the Republican presidential debate at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., as transcribed by Federal News Service. — PARTICIPANTS: FORMER NEW YORK MAYOR RUDOLPH W. GIULIANI — FORMER ARKANSAS GOVERNOR MIKE …
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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 …
Adam Clymer / New York Times:
Romney Wins Most Wyoming Delegates — CASPER, Wyo. — Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts who is locked in an intense primary battle in New Hampshire, captured the majority of Wyoming's delegates to the Republican National Convention as the state's Republicans met at county conventions.