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William Kristol / New York Times:
President Mike Huckabee? — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Thank you, Senator Obama. You've defeated Senator Clinton in Iowa. It looks as if you're about to beat her in New Hampshire. There will be no Clinton Restoration. A nation turns its grateful eyes to you.
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Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
In New Hampshire, Bill Clinton Finds Less Spark — DURHAM, N.H. — Is this what it would have been like had Elvis been reduced to playing Reno? — Former President Bill Clinton has been drawing sleepy and sometimes smallish crowds at big venues in the state that revived his presidential campaign in 1992.
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Zogby:
Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby New Hampshire Tracking Poll: Big “Mo-bama” Grabs Dems in Granite State; McCain Regains Lead Over Romney in GOP Battle — UTICA, New York - Democrat Barack Obama's dramatic post-Iowa momentum has come to full bloom in the Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby New Hampshire daily tracking poll …
Washington Times:
Clinton recruits out-of-staters to pack rally — Reporters who walked into this Nashua high school today were immediately struck by the crowd — there are visibly more people here for Sen. Hillary Clinton than were here for Sen. Barack Obama yesterday in the same location.
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The Politico:
Romney dials down expectations hard — Mitt Romney, a dominant favorite in New Hampshire just weeks ago, said Sunday that a “close second” to Arizona Sen. John McCain would be a significant feat on Tuesday. — The almost frantic downsizing of expectations for the former Massachusetts governor came …
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Roger Simon / The Politico:
Can you win on dull? — NASHUA, N.H. — Two candidates, one room, two days and two worlds apart. — That was Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton at the Nashua High School North gymnasium Saturday and Sunday. — And the difference between the two candidates was never more apparent.
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John Whitesides / Reuters:
Obama rockets past Clinton in New Hampshire — MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama rocketed to a 10-point lead over Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire one day before their showdown in the state's presidential primary, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Monday.
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CNN:
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 …
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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.
CNN:
Musharraf: Bhutto to blame for own death — RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (CNN) — Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination was her own fault, the country's president, Pervez Musharraf, said in an interview that aired Sunday on U.S. television.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
GOP DEBATE WRAP-UP — First, I think you have to say that tonight's Republican debate didn't hold a candle to yesterday's in terms of entertainment firepower. That said, all jokes aside, Mitt Romney did much, much better than he did last night. It didn't take much of course.
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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:
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Robert Shrum / NY Daily News:
Sen. Clinton's massive mistake - and the final chance to fix it — Be Our Guest — If (although I strongly suspect the right word is “when") Hillary Clinton loses tomorrow's New Hampshire primary, there will be a few proto-obituaries for her campaign and many more stories about how it will be “shaken up” or “relaunched.”
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Tim Golden / New York Times:
Defying U.S. Plan, Prison Expands in Afghanistan — WASHINGTON — As the Bush administration struggles for a way to close the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, a similar effort to scale down a larger and more secretive American detention center in Afghanistan has been troubled by political …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
From Hype to Fear — The unemployment report on Friday was brutally bad. Unemployment rose in December, while job creation was minimal — and it's highly likely, for technical reasons, that the job number will be revised down, showing an actual decline in employment.
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.