memeorandum: AFSCME, Emily's List Deny Any Role In Anti-Obama 527 Scheme (Greg Sargent/TPM Election Central)

10:45 PM ET, January 8, 2008

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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 …

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 …

Discussion: Reason Magazine, Little Green Footballs, LewRockwell.com Blog, PoliGazette, Ron Paul 2008, Michael J. Totten and race42008.com

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 …

Discussion: Power Line, Liberal Values and The American Scene

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?

Discussion: Hot Air, Bookworm Room, The Volokh Conspiracy, EconLog, TownHall Blog and A Blog For All

The New Republic:
Selections From Ron Paul's Newsletters

Discussion: Reason Magazine, KnoxViews, LewRockwell.com Blog and Wake up America

Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Ron Paul Exposed?

Discussion: Gays & Lesbians for Ron Paul, Reason Magazine and protein wisdom

Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:

Giuliani Sinks to Fourth in Florida — A new Datamar poll in Florida finds Mike Huckabee leading the Republican presidential primary race with 24% support, followed by Mitt Romney at 20%, Sen. John McCain at 18% and Rudy Giuliani now back in fourth place at 16%. — Two months ago, Giuliani led the GOP race.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Reaction, Hotline On Call and Ground Game

ABCNEWS:

Numbers Show Rudy's Attempt to Win N.H. — Despite claims to the contrary, Giuliani's showing tonight in N.H. comes after considerable effort. — Though former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has generally attributed his poor showing in New Hampshire to a campaign strategy that focuses on larger …

Discussion: The Daily Dish and Associated Press

Think Progress:

Live New Hampshire Primary Updates — 10:03 PM: Fox pundit Nina Easton makes this observation: “[McCain] talked a lot about the war on terror and talked about national security. When you listen to Democratic candidates, that's not an issue that you hear a lot about." Watch it:

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, The Moderate Voice, Associated Press and D-Day

You Decide 08!: JOHN MCCAIN WINS NEW HAMPSHIRE GOP PRIMARY, CLINTON LEADS OBAMA

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: Marc Ambinder, Hot Air, Taylor Marsh and TPM Election Central

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.

Discussion: The Caucus, The Swamp, The Huffington Post, The Moderate Voice, Liberty Pundit and Captain's Quarters

Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
James Carville Emphatically Denies That He's Going To Work For Hillary

Discussion: Major Garrett's Bourbon Room, Ben Smith's Blogs, MSNBC, Taylor Marsh, The Democratic Daily and Pam's House Blend

Josh Gerstein / Latest Politics:
President Clinton Sees Post-Iowa ‘Tidal Wave,’ Faults Press for Obama ‘Fairy Tale’

Discussion: New York Times, ABCNEWS, The Trail, Reuters, FOX Embeds, Classical Values, TPM Election Central, Horses Mouth, D-Day, Political Radar, The Reaction, Buck Naked Politics, Los Angeles Times and Taylor Marsh

Patrick Healy / The Caucus:
Carville Memo to Clinton: ‘Come Out Fighting’

Discussion: The Fix and Taegan Goddard's …

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.

Discussion: New Hampshire Union Leader, MSNBC, The Trail, BLACKFIVE, The Carpetbagger Report, Captain's Quarters, Los Angeles Times, Wonkette, On Deadline, Vodkapundit and Outside The Beltway

John M. Broder / New York Times:

McCain Defeats Romney in N.H. Vote — Senator John McCain won the Republican primary in New Hampshire Tuesday night, reviving a campaign that had been given up for dead just a few months ago and further muddying a Republican contest that now has no clear leader.

Discussion: Christian Science Monitor, The Politico, The Moderate Voice, The Swamp, INTEL DUMP and The Democratic Daily

Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Obama, McCain Supporters Confident of Big Wins

Discussion: TIME, MyDD and The Agonist

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: QandO and Open Left

Ed OKeefe / Political Radar:

Partisan Turnout Driving N.H. — ABC News' Gary Langer Reports: Based on preliminary exit poll results from the New Hampshire primaries, Independents are turning out in substantial but customary numbers. — Preliminary exit poll results indicate that just over four in 10 voters …

Discussion: Associated Press, The Corner, Wizbang, Spin Cycle, Pollster.com, The Campaign Spot and MyDD

Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:

AFSCME, Emily's List Deny Any Role In Anti-Obama 527 Scheme — This is interesting. The Huffington Post had a blockbuster scoop today reporting that top independent expenditure groups backing Hillary are thinking of creating a massive anti-Obama “527 committee” to go after the Illinois Senator.

Discussion: The Carpetbagger Report, THE LIBERAL JOURNAL, TIME and Taylor Marsh

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
GUERRILLA WARFARE?

Discussion: Hot Air, The Huffington Post and Dick Polman's American Debate

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.