memeorandum: High turnout as towns seek extra ballots (Domenico Montanaro/MSNBC)

3:15 PM ET, January 8, 2008

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New Hampshire Turnout ‘Absolutely Huge’ — ABC News' Karen Travers Reports: New Hampshire Deputy Secretary of State Dave Scanlan told ABC News that turnout among primary voters today is “absolutely huge” — and there are concerns about running out of ballots in towns like Portsmouth, Keene, Hudson and Pelham.

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, Wonkette, Outside The Beltway and Donklephant

Pat Grossmith / New Hampshire Union Leader:

Large voter turnout reported — MANCHESTER - Long lines of people formed inside some polls this morning minutes after they opened at 6 a.m. for the New Hampshire presidential primary. — Louise Gosselin, Ward 6 moderator, said election officials expected about 150 people to vote each hour at St. Pius X on Candia Road.

Discussion: TPM Election Central, The Huffington Post, Liberal Values and Open Left

Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:

High turnout as towns seek extra ballots — From NBC/NJ's Mike Memoli — The New Hampshire Secretary of State's office is in the process of locating extra ballots to ship to towns that have expressed concern that supplies are running low. The concern is primarily on the Democratic side, officials say.

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Redstate:
Report from the polls

Discussion: The Campaign Spot

CNN:
Candidates chase undecided voters as N.H. goes to polls

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Gloria Steinem / New York Times:

Women Are Never Front-Runners — Correction appended. — THE woman in question became a lawyer after some years as a community organizer, married a corporate lawyer and is the mother of two little girls, ages 9 and 6. Herself the daughter of a white American mother and a black African father …

Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Even Conservative Media Chorus Sings Obama's Praises

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Thomas Sowell / Real Clear Politics:
Remember, We're Choosing a President

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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:

Huckabee vows to defy birthright citizenship — Mike Huckabee wants to amend the Constitution to prevent children born in the U.S. to illegal aliens from automatically becoming American citizens, according to his top immigration surrogate — a radical step no other major presidential candidate has embraced.

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Mark R. Levin / The Corner:

You Have to Be Kidding Me — Now, I know most of the Republican candidates have changed certain of their positions. But I have to say, when I read this story this morning, I was floored. — Heading into South Carolina, where illegal immigration appears to be the biggest issue among Republicans …

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Byron York / The Corner: Re: You Have to be Kidding Me — Mike Huckabee just released this statement:

Jose Antonio Vargas / The Trail:

Dartmouth Students Walk Out on Bill — HANOVER, N.H. — About thirty minutes into Bill Clinton's nearly two-hour stop here at Dartmouth College, a steady stream of students started walking out of the venue. — Moments later, Clinton — his voice hoarse, sometimes cracking …

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Ben Adler / The Politico:

Dartmouth not feeling Obamentum — The Obamentum is a little hard to assess this morning. Obama held a 9 a.m. event open only to students at Dartmouth College. The audience was capped at 700 students and, remarkably (for Obama), the gym is not full. — There are at least several hundred students …

Discussion: Firedoglake

Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Record N.H. Turnout Is Predicted

Discussion: You Decide 08!, MyDD and PoliGazette

Mark Blumenthal / Pollster.com:

LOOKING FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE EXIT POLLS? — Looking for leaked exit poll results from New Hampshire? Sorry to disappoint, but whatever their merits, we are unlikely to see any such leaked results until moments before the polls close. — In past years, the network consortium that conducts …

Discussion: Marc Ambinder and Democratic Strategist

Christian Schneider / The Wisconsin Policy …:

The Woman Who Changed the World — With Barack Obama's meteoric rise topping the news these days, many people have forgotten the bizarre series of events that paved the way to his stunning ascendance. It's especially interesting given that some personal and minor details …

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Jim Tankersley / The Swamp:
Surge of a different kind for Obama

Discussion: The Hill

New York Post:

IRAN 1, USA 0 — NAVAL ERROR IN THE GULF — EARLY Sunday morning, the US Navy lost its nerve and guaranteed that American sailors will die at Iranian hands in the future. — As three of our warships passed through the Straits of Hormuz, five small Iranian patrol craft rushed them.

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Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Today's Must Read

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Jackie Calmes / Wall Street Journal:

Clinton Braces for Second Loss; Union, Senators May Back Obama — NASHUA, N.H. — With Barack Obama strongly favored — even within Hillary Clinton's camp — to win a second straight victory in today's New Hampshire Democratic primary, both rivals are looking to the next battle grounds.

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Washington Post:

See No Good — AT SATURDAY'S New Hampshire debate, Democratic candidates were confronted with a question that they have been ducking for some time: Can they concede that the “surge” of U.S. troops in Iraq has worked? All of them vehemently opposed the troop increase when President Bush proposed …

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New York Times:

Obama's Surge Deflates Forum and Talk of a Bloomberg Run — NORMAN, Okla. — He arrived here for what seemed like it could be a big moment. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, eyeing a third-party presidential bid, joined Republican and Democratic elders at a forum to denounce the extreme partisanship …

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Daniel Koffler / Pajamas Media:

RON PAUL BIGOTRY REVOLUTION — A damning New Republic expose on Ron Paul shows the “libertarian” Republican candidate to be a racist, a homophobe and an anti-Semite. Will his diehard supporters continue to defend a man who called Martin Luther King a gay pedophile?

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