memeorandum: Inside Obama's Dream Machine (Richard Wolffe/Newsweek)

6:05 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, MSNBC, Blue Crab Boulevard, Boston Globe and Time

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.

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

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.

Discussion: The Swamp, 2008Central.net, Wake up America, Buck Naked Politics, TechCrunch, Taylor Marsh, Washington Post, TalkLeft, Deadline USA, The Moderate Voice, American Prospect and The Fix

Washington Wire:
ClintonÂ's Message on Change Goes Unchanged

Discussion: Open Left

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: TPM Election Central and Open Left

Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Dem Debate Roundup: Work Horse Versus Show Horse

Discussion: NO QUARTER, Matthew Yglesias, TIME: Swampland, The Newshoggers and Corrente

Hindrocket / Power Line:

LAST NIGHT'S DEBATE: A POST-MORTEM — I wasn't able to watch the Republican debate last night, so I viewed it this morning here. I haven't read any newspaper coverage of the debate yet, but have briefly scanned 30 or 40 emails from the campaigns, from which it appears that, as usual, all of the candidates are claiming victory.

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

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

Discussion: Democratic Strategist

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

Discussion: The Swamp

Michael Scherer / TIME: Swampland:
The GOP's High School Debate: The cool kid vs. the valedictorian

Discussion: Hullabaloo and Shakespeare's Sister

John McCain / The Page:
GOP Debate: Halperin's Report Cards

Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and Lawyers, Guns and Money

Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:
“I Thought That Mitt Romney Won The debate.”

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, TBogg, The Carpetbagger Report, race42008.com, Riehl World View, JunkYardBlog, Balloon Juice, PrestoPundit, Stop The ACLU and Wizbang

Leslie Wayne / New York Times: Iowa Victories Scramble the Money Game, Too

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.

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, Buck Naked Politics and TalkLeft

Ezra Klein / American Prospect:

THE PRESS CORPS. — Read Chris Hayes on the psychology of the press corps here. I'd add that it's a bit astonishing to watch the real-time narrative construction that went on at last night's debate. I must have heard the term “meltdown” in reference to Hillary 65 times.

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

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

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

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

Discussion: The New Republic, Scared Monkeys, ABCNEWS and Taylor Marsh

Michael R. Blood / Associated Press: Mail-in ballots go out in California

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

Telegraph:
Extremism flourished as UK lost Christianity

Discussion: Jay Currie, Heading Right and Bookworm Room

Wretchard / The Belmont Club: The men without a country

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

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, CANNONFIRE, JunkYardBlog, NO QUARTER, The Reaction, The Newshoggers, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS and Unqualified Offerings

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: Little Green Footballs, JammieWearingFool and Macsmind

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