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11:05 AM ET, January 7, 2008

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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.”

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, Riehl World View, Outside The Beltway and Blue Crab Boulevard

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?!

Discussion: Riehl World View, Outside The Beltway, Blue Crab Boulevard, PoliGazette and Daily Pundit

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 …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, TPM Election Central and Pollster.com

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.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Captain's Quarters, Times of London, Los Angeles Times, Political Machine, TIME, Wake up America, Blue Crab Boulevard, Betsy's Page, Sweetness & Light, Booman Tribune, USA Today, DownWithTyranny!, USS Neverdock, Riehl World View and Althouse

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.

Discussion: Captain's Quarters

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 …

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, michellemalkin.com, Hot Air, Daily Pundit and Connecting.the.Dots

Joe Klein / TIME: Swampland:

McCain's Lost Weekend — The polls still have John McCain comfortably ahead of Mitt Romney in the New Hampshire primary, but I don't believe them. For one thing, McCain has just dragged himself through two of his worst debate performances ever. For another, Mitt Romney …

Discussion: Ross Douthat, Macsmind, The New Republic and PoliGazette

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.

Discussion: The Reaction and American Street

Walter Shapiro / Salon:
Heartbreak ahead for Hillary Clinton?

Discussion: Washington Times, Los Angeles Times and MSNBC

Geoff Earle / New York Post:
HILL TRAILING AND FLAILING

Discussion: Don Surber

Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
New Hampshire feels the Obama bounce

Discussion: Dick Polman's American Debate, YID With LID and CNN

Kate Phillips / The Caucus:
Clinton-Obama Phone Call Flap

Discussion: The RBC and Gateway Pundit

John McCain / MSNBC:
Jan. 6: John McCain

Discussion: Campaign for America's Future, Democratic Strategist, PoliGazette and MarketWatch

USA Today:
Obama up by 13 points, McCain up by 4 in USAT/Gallup Poll in N.H.

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.

Andrew Gray / Reuters:

Iranians threatened U.S. ships in Hormuz: U.S. officials — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Five Iranian Revolutionary Guard boats harassed and provoked three U.S. Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz, a major oil shipping route off the Iranian coast, during the weekend, Pentagon officials said on Monday.

Discussion: Corrente, FP Passport, michellemalkin.com, Unqualified Offerings, The Glittering Eye and Washington Times

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.”

Discussion: On Deadline, LewRockwell.com Blog and Sister Toldjah

Barbara Starr / CNN:
Iranian ships ‘harass’ U.S. Navy, officials say

Discussion: Hot Air and Jihad Watch

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 …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice and UrbanGrounds

Jose Antonio Vargas / The Trail:

Paul Has “No Intention” of Making Third-Party Bid — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Rep. Ron Paul has no plans to run on a third party ticket, he told The Trail tonight, minutes before boarding a private jet to Los Angeles. — And, it turns out, being excluded from the evening's Republican forum …

Discussion: Think Progress, Reason Magazine and Donklephant

Andrew Malcolm / Los Angeles Times:
Ron Paul launches eight-state ad blitz

Discussion: The Caucus

Pajamas Media:

WAR ON TERROR CONVERSATIONS: JOHN MCCAIN [VIDEO] — John McCain to Osama Bin Laden: “Osama, I'm going to get you. Even if I have to follow you to the gates of hell, I'll bring you to justice." On Vladimir Putin: “He seems to derive some kind of, in my view, almost immature pleasure in sticking his thumb in our eye.”

Discussion: BLACKFIVE

Sharona Shapiro / Pajamas Media:
WAR ON TERROR CONVERSATIONS: RUDOLPH GIULIANI [VIDEO]

Discussion: Dr. Helen

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 and QandO

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 …

Discussion: Think Progress, Commentary, The Daily Dish, FP Passport, On Deadline and Prairie Weather