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10:05 PM ET, January 6, 2008

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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 …, Daily Kos, The Politico, D-Day, Talking Points Memo, AMERICAblog, TPM Election Central, Deadline USA, Althouse, Boston Globe, McClatchy Washington Bureau and THE LIBERAL JOURNAL

USA Today:

Obama up by 13 points, McCain up by 4 in USAT/Gallup Poll in N.H. — Sen. Barack Obama has opened up a 13 percentage point lead over Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the battle for votes in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, according to a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll conducted in the state from Friday through this afternoon.

Discussion: The Fix, Washington Wire, Taegan Goddard's …, MyDD, Blue Crab Boulevard and Los Angeles Times

The Politico:

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, Boston Globe, Political Machine, YID With LID, Blue Crab Boulevard, The Swamp, TPM Election Central, Deadline USA, Time and TalkLeft

Dean Barnett / Weekly Standard:

Is There Something Happening Here? — Something rather odd is happening in New Hampshire, and for once it has nothing to do with my Nashua based in-laws. While bearing in mind that what follows may be a Romney guy struggling to keep hope alive... Rasmussen's polls show the race tightening.

Discussion: Hot Air and Riehl World View

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: TalkLeft, The New Republic, Taylor Marsh, The RBC, Matthew Yglesias, Buck Naked Politics and Political Punch

USA Today:
Poll: Obama, McCain leap ahead in N.H.

Discussion: The Trail and Hotline On Call

WMUR:
Barack Moves Into Lead; McCain Holds Onto Top Spot

Discussion: JammieWearingFool and Hotline On Call

Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:
Romney's Weekend — Mitt Romney had an excellent exchange …

Discussion: Oliver Willis and The Corner

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

Discussion: Grasping Reality …, RealClearPolitics, The Nation, The Newshoggers, The Carpetbagger Report and Matthew Yglesias

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

Discussion: Zogby, TPM Election Central and Wake up America

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

Discussion: Democratic Strategist

Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Poll: Obama surges past Clinton in N.H.

Discussion: Spin Cycle, The Caucus and Los Angeles Times

Mark Blumenthal / Pollster.com:
POLL OF POLLSTERS: RATING THE NH POLLSTERS

Discussion: race42008.com

HillaryClinton.com:
Where Is The Bounce? — Two polls that had the race within …

Discussion: Firedoglake, New Yorker, The Politico and Reuters

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

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

Discussion: The Swamp and New York Times

Monday Morning Clacker / GreenMountainPolitics1:

Bad Romney Staffer! Bad! Bad! Bad! — Absolutely hilarious. — GMP1 thinks that the girl in the video is a Romney staffer. — Anyway, what Romney staffer (or volunteer or supporter) pulls a stunt like this in front of at least two video cameras (the one recording the footage …

Discussion: Donklephant, TownHall Blog, Macsmind, Blue Hampshire and The Reaction

Michelle Malkin:

Sunday night roundtable: The Fox News/GOP debate — 9:35pm Eastern. Wow. Frank Luntz's focus group was just asked about Romney. Only a few raised their hands to say they supported him before the debate. Almost all raised their hands to say they were supporting him afterward. Look:

Discussion: Power Line, Nashuatelegraph.com, Fox News, TownHall Blog, Gateway Pundit, Betsy's Page and Riehl World View

The Corner:
Huck & McCain — Huckabee, after three ducks, now suggests …

Discussion: Say Anything and Hot Air

CNN:

Edwards vows to stay in race to convention — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Democrat John Edwards said Sunday he will stay in the presidential race through the party's convention in late August, even if he fails to win any of the early presidential primary states. — “This is the call of my life …

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

Washington Wire:
ClintonÂ's Message on Change Goes Unchanged

Discussion: Open Left

Richard Wolffe / Newsweek: Inside Obama's Dream Machine

Ben Smith / The Politico:

Back to Iraq — In Nashua, Hillary skates on the edge of Iraq revisionism: … Now, that's probably true in the literal, alternate history sense: As president, she wouldn't have taken the U.S. into war. But it also revives a conversation that had flagged, about her initial vote for the use of force.

Discussion: Matthew Yglesias, Matt Zeitlin and TPM Election Central

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

Discussion: The Caucus, The Heretik, 2008Central.net and Threat Level

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.

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

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

Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:

JFK Was No Obama … Sadly, (none / 0) (#3) … so (none / 0) (#6)

Discussion: Suburban Guerrilla

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:

Robin Koerner / The Moderate Voice:

Obama Lifts Lid on Latent Global Pro-Americanism — A list of the most recent headlines posted by the global news aggregator, Watching America, shows that the Obama phenomenon is sending ripples far and fast. There's enough global output that WA is continuing its multiple Obama feature with new content into the new week.

Discussion: Watching America