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

3:08 AM ET, January 7, 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 …

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: Los Angeles Times, Democrats.com, The Seminal, MyDD, Washington Wire, Taegan Goddard's …, Pam's House Blend, Pollster.com, Blue Crab Boulevard and ABCNEWS

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: New York Times, You Decide 08!, Doug Ross, Boston Globe, Political Machine, Liberal Values, YID With LID, The Caucus, The New Republic, Blue Crab Boulevard, The Swamp, Wake up America and Political Punch

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: UNCoRRELATED 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: UrbanGrounds, Taegan Goddard's …, Newsweek, Lawyers, Guns and Money and Political Machine

Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:

Romney Rising — Whoa. Did you see the Luntz focus group of undecided voters: an overwhelming surge to Romney. This was the first well-managed debate and Romney had the best of all of his debate showings. — Oliver Wendall Holmes once famously remarked about FDR that the president had a A …

Discussion: RealClearPolitics and Sister Toldjah

USA Today:

Poll: Obama, McCain leap ahead in N.H. — NASHUA, N.H. — Amid frenetic last-minute campaigning, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds the onetime front-runners in New Hampshire lagging as Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain have surged to leads before Tuesday's primary.

Discussion: Oliver Willis, The Trail and Hotline On Call

WMUR:

Barack Moves Into Lead; McCain Holds Onto Top Spot — Tracking Poll Shows Movement In Democratic Race — MANCHESTER, N.H. — The latest WMUR/CNN tracking poll shows that Barack Obama has moved into a significant lead over his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton.

Discussion: JammieWearingFool and Hotline On Call

Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Polls Picking Up an Obama Surge?

Discussion: AMERICAblog

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
GOP DEBATE WRAP-UP

Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and The Corner

William Kristol / New York Times:
President Mike Huckabee?

Discussion: Middle Earth Journal and Matt Zeitlin

Washington Post:
McCain Asserts That He Could Beat Obama in Nov.

Discussion: Betsy's Page

New York Times:
As Primary Day Looms, Republican Rivals Go After One Another

Discussion: Jonathan Martin's Blogs

Alessandra Stanley / New York Times:
He Came, and He Saw, but Did He Moderate?

Discussion: Lonewacko, NewsBusters.org, LewRockwell.com Blog and TVNewser

Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Obama takes double-digit lead in N.H., poll shows

Discussion: TalkLeft, Washington Post, The Gun Toting Liberal™, Spin Cycle, The Trail, The Caucus and Los Angeles Times

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

Discussion: Oliver Willis, The Corner and Associated Press

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: Fox News, PrestoPundit, Betsy's Page, Riehl World View, Gateway Pundit and TownHall Blog

The Big Trunk / Power Line:

SCORING TONIGHT'S GOP CANDIDATES' FORUM — I'd like to score this discussion like a prize fight, by round. Here we go. First round: … I score this round on taxes as a tie between Giuliani and Romney. Next round: Moderator Chris Wallace turns the subject to Social Security:

Discussion: You Decide 08!, michellemalkin.com, Nashuatelegraph.com and Macsmind

Bryan / Hot Air:
Videos: Mitt and Mike go a couple of rounds Update: Fred's speech …

Discussion: PrestoPundit and Stop The ACLU

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

Discussion: Say Anything

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, Blue Hampshire, Macsmind and The Impolitic

John Amato / Crooks and Liars:

Video of O'Reilly calling Obama staffer an “SOB” and “low class” — Poor O'Reilly, he wasn't able to do what his big ego wanted to and he got all upset . Here's some of BillO's meltdown with an Obama staffer in NH. It's probably after most of the ruckus that occurred between the two was over.

Discussion: DownWithTyranny! and Pam's House Blend

Ian Urbina / New York Times:

Voter ID Laws Are Set to Face a Crucial Test — INDIANAPOLIS — In April 2006, a federal judge upheld Indiana's law on voter identification, the strictest in the nation, saying there was no evidence that it would prevent any voter from having his ballot counted.

ABCNEWS:

Obama Exclusive: Barack Sits Down for First Interview Since Iowa Win — Diane Sawyer Talks With the Presidential Hopeful About Debate Performance and More — After pulling off a victory in Iowa, and with only two days before the New Hampshire primary, presidential hopeful Barack Obama, D-Ill., is on fire.

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 Politico, The Caucus, The Heretik, 2008Central.net and Threat Level

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?