memeorandum: Clinton and Obama, Johnson and King (Ben Smith/The Politico)

10:25 PM ET, January 7, 2008

Top Items:

Rivals Reacts to Teary Clinton — ABC News' David Muir, Raelyn Johnson and Sunlen Miller Report: Former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., on the tail end of his 36-hour campaigning marathon in New Hampshire on day before the primary vote, reacted to rival Sen. Hillary Clinton's emotional moment Monday.

Discussion: American Prospect, Althouse, MyDD, Doug Ross, Pandagon, Feministing, Riehl World View, Think On These Things, Wonkette, bustardblog, Macsmind, Spin Cycle and The RBC

Drudge Report:

TALK OF HILLARY EXIT ENGULFS CAMPAIGNS — Facing a double-digit defeat in New Hampshire, a sudden collapse in national polls and an expected fund-raising drought, Senator Hillary Clinton is preparing for a tough decision: Does she get out of the race? And when?!

Ben Smith / The Politico:

Clinton fights back tears: 'It's not easy' — Exhausted and facing the prospect of losing the second test of her primary campaign, Hillary Rodham Clinton fought back tears as her voice broke at the close of a sedate event in a Portsmouth coffee shop. — She expressed the sheer difficulty …

Discussion: TPM Election Central, Taylor Marsh, The New Republic, Beltway Blogroll, The Carpetbagger Report, Attytood, Liberty Pundit, Blogs of War, Donklephant, Punditry, Right Wing Nut House, Talking Points Memo and Blue Crab Boulevard

Jennifer Parker / Political Radar:

Clinton Gets Emotional on Campaign Trail — ABC News' Kate Snow Reports: Campaigning in New Hampshire one day before the first-in-the-nation primary, Senator Hillary Clinton got emotional and had tears in her eyes as she spoke with voters about how hard it is to balance a busy campaign life and her passion for the country's future.

CNN:

Clinton gets emotional at New Hampshire stop — PORTSMOUTH, New Hampshire (CNN) — Hillary Clinton became visibly emotional at a New Hampshire campaign event today after a friendly question from a voter. — At the close of a Portsmouth campaign stop, Marianne Pernold-Young, 64, asked Clinton: “How do you do it?

Discussion: THE LIBERAL JOURNAL, UNCoRRELATED, NewsBusters.org, TIME: Swampland and The Page

Emily Friedman / ABCNEWS:
Can Clinton's Emotions Get the Best of Her?

Discussion: Think Progress, Cogitamus, The Moderate Voice and Making Light

Matt Stoller / Open Left:
Clinton's Sincerity Moment

Discussion: Eschaton, Firedoglake, Hullabaloo, Marc Ambinder, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, Needlenose, Oliver Willis and L.A. Times

Mike Allen / The Politico:
HRC retrenches in face of Obama surge

Discussion: Spin Cycle and Prairie Weather

Todd Gitlin / The Coffee House:
Special Features Block New

Discussion: Newsweek, New York Times, Washington Monthly, Matt Zeitlin, The Seminal, Tom Watson and Taylor Marsh

The Anchoress:
Will 2008 finish what 1968 began?

Discussion: Power Line and Associated Press

USA Today:

Gallup: Clinton-Obama tied nationally; Huckabee leads GOP — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama each drew 33% of the support from Democrats surveyed in its latest national poll, Gallup just announced. — In mid-December, well before Obama won last Thursday's Democratic caucuses in Iowa …

Discussion: Liberal Values, MyDD, Macsmind and Pollster.com

Frank Newport / Gallup:

Huckabee, Obama Gain at National Level — Huckabee leads; Obama moves into tie with Clinton — PRINCETON, NJ — Republican Mike Huckabee and Democrat Barack Obama — both winners in last week's Iowa caucuses — have gained support at the national level among those who identify with their respective parties.

Discussion: Say Anything and Open Left

CNN:

Romney: I can ‘post up against Barack Obama’ — STRATHAM, New Hampshire (CNN) — Mitt Romney has been shifting his message to focus on change following Barack Obama as the likely Democratic nominee. — Romney said Republicans need a nominee who can compete with Obama.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Citizen Crain

Atrios / Eschaton:

Conservative Victims — From Red State. This is pretty hilarious even for them. … There's more, but you get the idea. It's the fault of liberals that they can't run their website because... hell I don't know.

Discussion: Corrente, The Supreme Irony of Life and Angry Bear

Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:

RedState Tells Readers Scoop Developers Are All Liberals, So Fork Over $25 Grand — I realize that there's one born every minute, but in a letter to RedState readers, Erick Erickson says that their readers need to raise $25,000 in order to keep them from being overrun by a liberal plot:

Discussion: Lonewacko

Redstate:

RedState has a real need for your help — When we started RedState in May of 2004, we used a website program called Scoop — the same program a lot of similar sites on the left used. But, as the number of visitors to our site grew, Scoop kept crashing on us.

Discussion: KnoxViews and PoliBlog (TM)

Ben Smith / The Politico:

Clinton and Obama, Johnson and King — Clinton rejoined the running argument over hope and “false hope” in an interview in Dover this afternoon, reminding Fox's Major Garrett that while Martin Luther King Jr. spoke on behalf of civil rights, President Lyndon Johnson was the one who got the legislation passed.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, FOX Embeds, The Talent Show, Jack and Jill Politics, The Daily Dish, Think On These Things, MyDD, AMERICAblog, Slog, Oliver Willis, Political Punch and Riehl World View

John Amato / Crooks and Liars:

Sean Hannity Flees from Ron Paul Supporters — Ron Paul supporters were yelling “ FOX News Sucks” and chasing after Sean Hannity the other night. “Hey Hannity, how about an interview?" “We're not falling for it anymore” “You suck Sean"...FNC shut out Ron Paul from their Republican Presidential forum …

Discussion: Shakespeare's Sister and You Decide 08!

Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC: BILL TO PAUL SUPPORTERS: 'YOU'RE NUTS'

Think Progress:

O'Hanlon Mourns That Obama Was Right On Iraq — Brookings fellow Michael O'Hanlon continues his abysmal record of staking out the wrong positions on Iraq in an article in this morning's Wall Street Journal, criticizing presidential candidate and Illinois Senator Barack Obama's position on the war.

Discussion: Center for American …, Matthew Yglesias and Cogitamus

Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:

Some Hillary Advisers Worry About Staying In Past New Hampshire; Others Urge Her To Fight On — Here's some detail on the internal discussions going on inside the Hillary campaign as they brace for the real possibility of a loss to Obama in New Hampshire tomorrow.

Discussion: PoliGazette

Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Edwards Adviser Trippi: Hillary Campaign Is Broke

Discussion: TIME

Steve Benen / Crooks and Liars:

Kristol off to a bad start: Video Mash up! — Play (215) John Amato: Here's a mash up clip C&L did with the Huffington Post on William the Bloody Kristol after he got the NY Times gig. (h/t Scarce) — Bill Kristol's inaugural column in the paper of record confirms the concerns of critics.

Discussion: Discourse.net

Nikki Finke / Deadline Hollywood Daily:

IT'S OFFICAL NOW: NBC And Hollywood Foreign Press Scrap Big Televised Golden Globes Show For Scaled Down Newscast Of Award Winners Being Announced Live — (Keep refreshing for latest news)... MONDAY PM: Hollywood Scuttles Golden Globe Parties; WGA May Still Set Up Picket Line Sunday

Discussion: L.A. Times

New York Times: No Golden Globes Show, Just a News Conference

Marcella Bombardieri / Boston Globe:

Clinton heightens terrorism rhetoric — DOVER, N.H. - Facing the prospect of defeat in tomorrow's primary, Hillary Clinton just made her strongest suggestion yet that the next president may face a terrorist attack - and that she would be the best person to handle it.