memeorandum: Embattled Romney, Opponents Clash (Washington Post)

7:20 PM ET, January 6, 2008

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Hillary advisers fear N.H. loss — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Sen. Hillary Clinton's strategists, desperate for a win in New Hampshire, have decided against unleashing attack ads against Sen. Barack Obama before Tuesday's primary, Democratic sources said. — The senator's aides concluded …

Discussion: The New Republic, The Swamp, Boston Globe, Blue Crab Boulevard and Time

CNN:

Poll: Obama jumps ahead of Clinton in New Hampshire — MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (CNN) — With two days to go until the New Hampshire primary, a new CNN/WMUR poll out Sunday afternoon suggests that Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois has opened up a double digit advantage over New York …

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …, The Politico, Talking Points Memo, Deadline USA, THE LIBERAL JOURNAL and Political Radar

Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:

THE PACK....Ezra Klein watches pack journalism at work, 2008 style, and it's not pretty. Nickel version: If some other reporter says Hillary Clinton melted down because she displayed a flash of emotion in last night's debate, then she melted down. After all, who are you going to believe, the spin room or your own lyin' eyes?

Discussion: The New Republic, Matthew Yglesias, The RBC, Buck Naked Politics and TalkLeft

CNN:
Edwards vows to stay in race to convention

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …, Newsweek and Political Machine

Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
THE PRESS CORPS. — Read Chris Hayes on the psychology of the press corps here.

Discussion: The Newshoggers, The Nation, The Carpetbagger Report and Matthew Yglesias

Kate Gibson / MarketWatch:
Polls: Obama, McCain hold edge in New Hampshire

Discussion: Democratic Strategist

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
MY TAKE ON THE DEM DEBATE — So, a few observations about the Democratic debate.

Discussion: TPM Election Central, michellemalkin.com, Liberty Street, Taylor Marsh, New York Observer, Sister Toldjah, Pajamas Media, bustardblog, The Carpetbagger Report, Outside The Beltway, The Newshoggers, TigerHawk, The Heretik, bastard.logic and Corrente

Washington Wire:
ClintonÂ's Message on Change Goes Unchanged

Discussion: Open Left

Patrick O'Connor / The Politico:
Candidates show love, hate on shows

Discussion: The Swamp and New York Times

Mark Murray / MSNBC:
Hillary: time to ‘separate rhetoric from reality’

Discussion: 2008Central.net and Threat Level

Mark Blumenthal / Pollster.com: NH: VIEW FROM SUNDAY MORNING

New York Times:
At Debate, Two Rivals Go After Defiant Clinton

Discussion: The Swamp, NO QUARTER, Wake up America, TIME: Swampland, Buck Naked Politics, TechCrunch, Taylor Marsh, TalkLeft, Washington Post, Deadline USA, The Moderate Voice, American Prospect and The Fix

Ben Smith / The Politico:
Clinton lays out campaign ‘framework’

Discussion: The New Republic and Scared Monkeys

Jennifer Parker / Political Punch:
Hillary's Debate Moment

Discussion: RealClearPolitics, Matt Zeitlin, Ross Douthat, BitsBlog, Don Surber and The Huffington Post

Zogby:
Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby New Hampshire Tracking Poll: GOP and Dem …

Discussion: Open Left and TPM Election Central

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.

Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:

Romney's Weekend — Mitt Romney had an excellent exchange with Chris Wallace this morning on the network conservatives watch, the sort of confident showing that brings voters over, even as John McCain was deep in the immigration swamp on Meet The Press and the Manchester Union Leader led …

Discussion: Oliver Willis and The Corner

Hindrocket / Power Line:
LAST NIGHT'S DEBATE: A POST-MORTEM

Discussion: Townhall.com

Suffolk University:
Jan. 6, 2008 — It's Neck and Neck in New Hampshire: Obama …

Discussion: TPM Election Central

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 …

Discussion: The Newshoggers, Atlas Shrugs, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, Lionheart, Jules Crittenden and Media Blog

Wretchard / The Belmont Club: The men without a country

Telegraph:
Extremism flourished as UK lost Christianity

Discussion: Jay Currie, Heading Right and Bookworm Room

Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org:

Fred to MSM: ‘I Owe You Nothing’ — Fred Thompson today blasted the media for propagating a false rumor about his impending withdrawal, while reinforcing the role he has created for himself as the candidate in this race who does not suffer unwelcome questions gladly.

Discussion: Hot Air, JammieWearingFool, GINA COBB, PoliGazette, Stop The ACLU, The Corner, Flopping Aces and race42008.com

Alessandra Stanley / New York Times:

He Came, and He Saw, but Did He Moderate? — The first debates after the Iowa caucuses were a crucible for the candidates, but they were also a test of the Gibson Doctrine. ABC's anchor, Charles Gibson, began the evening with a policy statement: “The less of a moderator, the better.”

Discussion: michellemalkin.com, You Decide 08!, Lonewacko, NewsBusters.org, TVNewser and LewRockwell.com Blog

Mike Allen / The Politico:
Playbook: Bradley to endorse Obama

Discussion: Flopping Aces, BlueBloggin, MSNBC, Political Radar, Whiskey Fire and Liberal Values

Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:

McCain camp claims smear — A McCain aide sends over a crude flyer that they said has been spotted on ATMs around Manchester. — I've not seen it myself, but if any of you have seen the below out and about please drop me a line.

Discussion: TownHall Blog and Reason Magazine

Madeleine Sauer / ABCNEWS:

American Al Qaeda Leader To Bush: ‘We Will Be Waiting For You’ — Native Californian Al Qaeda Leader Makes Threats Against Bush Middle East Visit — American Al Qaeda leader Adam Gadahn told his followers to welcome Bush “with bombs and traps” upon his upcoming visit to the Middle East this week.

Discussion: Wake up America, Little Green Footballs, Macsmind and JammieWearingFool

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 …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, The BRAD BLOG, Screw Loose Change, JunkYardBlog, NO QUARTER, CANNONFIRE, The Reaction, The Newshoggers, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS and Unqualified Offerings

Tom Schaller / American Prospect:

R.I.P., THE CLINTON ERA, 9:34 P.M. EST. — Wow. — Get your kids out and put them in front of the TV: The Clinton Era officially ended at 9:34 p.m. EST when Edwards paired with Obama to bury Hillary as a non-agent of change. — Wow, again.

Discussion: Brilliant at Breakfast

Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:

A Liberal Reagan? — That's the possibility I raise in my Sunday Times column today. I was going back to read some of the speeches I have reprinted in full from Obama's campaign and came across this post from May 24 of last year. Here's an account of Obama's appeal, at a time when everyone seemed to believe Clinton was inevitable:

Ben Smith / The Politico:

Edwards: ‘Clinton campaign has no conscience’ — That's Edwards' take on [Clinton's shot at him last night] a Clinton aide's shot at him this morning, after Clinton said Nataline Sarkisyan could be alive if the patients bill of rights, which he'd boasted of championing, had passed.

Discussion: Captain's Quarters