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7:10 PM ET, January 8, 2008

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James Kirchick / The New Republic:
Angry White Man  —  The bigoted past of Ron Paul.  —  If you are a critic of the Bush administration, chances are that, at some point over the past six months, Ron Paul has said something that appealed to you.  Paul describes himself as a libertarian, but, since his presidential campaign took off earlier …
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Ron Paul 2008:
Press Releases › Ron Paul Statement on The New Republic Article Regarding Old Newsletters  —  ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - In response to an article published by The New Republic, Ron Paul issued the following statement:  —  “The quotations in The New Republic article are not mine …
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?
David Weigel / Reason Magazine:
Exclusive: Ron Paul Responds To New Republic Story  —  About an hour ago I followed Ron Paul outside the Radisson in Manchester, NH to get his response to James Kirchick's explosive New Republic piece, “Angry White Man."  The article goes through the Texas Republican's newsletters …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Ron Paul Exposed?  —  It took a while to get through to their server but I was finally able to read Jamie Kirchick's review of the various newsletters sponsored by Ron Paul in the 1980s and 1990s.  They are a repellent series of tracts, full of truly appalling bigotry.
Discussion: Commentary
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Audio: TNR editor pores through the archives of Ron Paul's …
Discussion: TownHall Blog
Berin M. Szoka / Gays & Lesbians for Ron Paul:
Jamie Kirchick: “I don't think Ron Paul is a homophobe; I'm just cynical”
Discussion: LewRockwell.com Blog
Jennifer Parker / Political Radar:
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.
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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 …
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Maggie Williams to Join Clinton Effort  —  Even before the polls close in New Hampshire comes word of changes at the top of the Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's (N.Y.) presidential campaign.  —  Maggie Williams, a longtime Hillary Clinton confidante, is reportedly being brought on to coordinate the campaign's activities.
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and The Page
Bill Clinton / CNN:
Bill Clinton targets media coverage of Obama  —  (CNN) - On the eve of the New Hampshire primary, former President Bill Clinton criticized the media for not pressing Barack Obama more fully on Iraq, and accused the Illinois senator of shifting his position to reflect changing attitudes on the war.
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
James Carville Emphatically Denies That He's Going To Work For Hillary
Pat Grossmith / New Hampshire Union Leader:
Large voter turnout reported
Major Garrett / Major Garrett's Bourbon Room:
Back to the Future: Carville & Begala to join Clinton campaign
Discussion: Pam's House Blend
Josh Gerstein / Latest Politics:
President Clinton Sees Post-Iowa ‘Tidal Wave,’ Faults Press for Obama ‘Fairy Tale’
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:   Shake-up, the narrative  —  James Carville is coming on board …
Wretchard / The Belmont Club:
The Perfect Storm  —  What destroyed Hillary Clinton's campaign?
Discussion: MSNBC and Chicago Boyz
Ariel Sabar / Christian Science Monitor:
New Hampshire turning ‘blue’
Discussion: neo-neocon
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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Byron York / The Corner:
Re: You Have to be Kidding Me  —  Mike Huckabee just released this statement:
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Mark R. Levin / The Corner:
You Have to Be Kidding Me
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 …
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Obama, McCain Supporters Confident of Big Wins  —  The campaigns of front-running Sens. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) expressed growing confidence they would score major victories tonight in New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation presidential primary as large numbers of voters streamed to the polls.
Discussion: MyDD and TIME
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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.
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Obama vs. Bill on the media  —  Obama talked to reporters at a Dunkin' Donuts in Manchester.  —  From the pool report: … He also talked about Nevada and South Carolina — where Clinton expects to lose — and offered a glimpse of the momentum the calendar will likely give him.
Discussion: 2008Central.net
 
 
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Megan McArdle:
It's not fair!  —  Kriston Capps asks a simple question and gets a lot of answers.
Satyam / Think Progress:
Pentagon Official: Surge Has No More Than A '50-50′ Chance Of Success
Azi Paybarah / New York Observer:
Obama's N.Y. Fund-Raisers Turn Down V.I.P.s
Discussion: The Anchoress
pam Eugene OR / CNN:
Early exit polls: Top issues
Discussion: Hot Air
Bill Mears / CNN:
Sen. Craig to court: Let me withdraw my guilty plea
Pete Yost / Associated Press:
White House Told to Provide E-Mail Info
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Sandhya Somashekhar / Washington Post:
No Second Term for Former Va. Gov. Allen
Discussion: The Corner
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Huckabee's To Lose  —  He's now the front-runner nationally - check here and here.
Nazila Fathi / New York Times:
A President's Defender Keeps His Distance
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