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1:00 PM ET, January 7, 2008

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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?!
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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.”
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 …
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.
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.
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 …
Dan / Riehl World View:
A Drudge Intrigue: Is Hillary Dropping Out?  —  Just as I finished writing about how Hillary is not done, Drudge shines the flashing light with some interesting verbiage.  Note that it uses the plural “campaigns."  It also cites Carville.  One cannot be re-born until you die.
Discussion: Wonkette and New York Times
Walter Shapiro / Salon:
Heartbreak ahead for Hillary Clinton?
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and MSNBC
Joe Klein / TIME: Swampland:
McCain's Lost Weekend
Geoff Earle / New York Post:
HILL TRAILING AND FLAILING
Discussion: Don Surber
Detroit News:
Uncommitted vote a threat to Clinton
Discussion: The Corner
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Jim Miklaszewski / MSNBC:
U.S. says Iran gunboats harassed warships  —  Officials describe incident as a 'significant provocative act'  —  WASHINGTON - Iranian Revolutionary Guard gunboats harassed three U.S. Navy warships in the Strait of Hormuz Sunday, in what the U.S. military officials described as a “significant provocative act.”
Pauline Jelinek / Associated Press:
Pentagon says ships harassed by Iran  —  WASHINGTON - In what U.S. officials called a serious provocation, Iranian boats harassed and provoked three U.S. Navy ships in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, threatening to explode the American vessels.  —  U.S. forces were on the verge of firing …
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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Matthew Yglesias:
The Electable Huckabee  —  The trouble with having Bill Kristol as a New York Times columnist is not just that he's prone to saying substantive things about the issues that I disagree with.  He's also the kind of guy who when he goes out on a weird limb and says Mike Huckabee would have a good chance …
Discussion: The Opinionator
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
The Twenty Most Annoying Liberals In The United States: The 2007 Edition  —  Honorable Mentions: ACLU, Barbra Streisand, Bill Clinton, Bill Moyers, Bill Richardson, Brian DePalma, CAIR, Chuck Schumer, Code Pink, Columbia University, David Gregory, Dennis Kucinich, Ellen DeGeneres, George Soros …
BBC:
Britons ‘richer than Americans’  —  The average UK person will this year have a greater income than their US counterpart for the first time since the 19th Century, figures suggest.  —  Analyst Oxford Economics said the UK's GDP per head of population will reach £23,500 - £250 higher than in the US.
Discussion: The Glittering Eye
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Daily Mail:
UK standard of living rises above that in America for the first time in a century
Discussion: Sadly, No! and Cogitamus
Inside Higher Ed:
ABC Thinks You're Rich; ‘U.S. News’ Says Your Job Is Cushy  —  It turns out that college administrators and professors should stop complaining about their pay and working conditions, at least according to U.S. News & World Report and ABC News.  —  On Saturday night, Charlie Gibson …
Sharona Shapiro / Pajamas Media:
WAR ON TERROR CONVERSATIONS: RUDOLPH GIULIANI [VIDEO]  —  Presidential candidate Rudolph Giuliani discussed his proposals for a “Surge” in Afghanistan and for energy independence in his PJM “War on Terror Conversation."  The former New York City mayor was interviewed by Claudia Rosett …
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Pajamas Media:
WAR ON TERROR CONVERSATIONS: JOHN MCCAIN [VIDEO]
Discussion: BLACKFIVE
 
 
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