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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.
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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 …
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.
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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.
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Clinton: Obama has changed positions — MANCHESTER, N.H. - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Democratic presidential front-runner no longer, accused campaign rival Barack Obama of changing his positions on health care and “a number of issues” Saturday night in a debate three days before the New Hampshire primary.
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).
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
CNN/WMUR: No bounce — I got an early look at the CNN/WMUR …
CNN/WMUR: No bounce — I got an early look at the CNN/WMUR …
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The New Republic
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 …
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Obama staffer says Bill O'Reilly confrontation got physical!
Obama staffer says Bill O'Reilly confrontation got physical!
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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 …
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Michelle Malkin:
Saturday night jive: The New Hampshire debates; Round One - GOP candidates — Update 9:16pm Eastern. Here's the vid of McCain's knock on Romney: “You're the candidate of change." And more vid highlights/lowlights here. — Caption contest! — Mark Hemingway at The Corner: “You hate the rich?
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
DEBATE BLOGGING: EDWARDS AGAINST HIMSELF. — In the debate over health care mandates, rather than argue for his plan, or against Obama's, Edwards went after Hillary as a force “of the status quo” fighting those trying to bring about change. It backfired. Clinton had looked …
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Marcus Baram / ABCNEWS:
Obama and Edwards Tag-Team Clinton — Narrowed Democratic Field Faces Off in First Debate Since Iowa's Stunning Results — Sen. Barack Obama got some unexpected help during a heated exchange with Sen. Hillary Clinton in tonight's debate, from former Sen. John Edwards, who snatched second place from Clinton in Iowa's caucus.
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Karen Tumulty / Time:
Clinton Machine Shaken by Setback — The scope of Barack Obama's victory in Iowa has shaken the Clinton machine down to its bolts. Donors are panicking. The campaign has been making a round of calls to reassure notoriously fickle “superdelegates” — elected officials and party regulars …
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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.”