memeorandum: Meanwhile, In South Carolina... (The Campaign Spot)

9:00 PM ET, January 8, 2008

Top Items:

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: Little Green Footballs, Reason Magazine, The Daily Dish, LewRockwell.com Blog, PoliGazette, race42008.com and Michael J. Totten

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, The Volokh Conspiracy, EconLog, TownHall Blog and A Blog For All

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: Liberal Values and The American Scene

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: protein wisdom

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

The New Republic:
Selections From Ron Paul's Newsletters

Discussion: Wake up America

Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Libertarians Respond To The Ron Paul Newsletters

Discussion: Reason Magazine and Althouse

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: Hot Air, Marc Ambinder, 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 Huffington Post, The Moderate Voice and Captain's Quarters

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

Discussion: ABCNEWS, Horses Mouth, The Trail, Reuters, FOX Embeds, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Classical Values, TPM Election Central, D-Day, Political Radar, Los Angeles Times, Taylor Marsh and Matthew Yglesias

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

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs, The Opinionator and Taylor Marsh

Major Garrett / Major Garrett's Bourbon Room:
Back to the Future: Carville & Begala to join Clinton campaign

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Democratic Daily and Pam's House Blend

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

Discussion: Hotline On Call

Dante Scala / Graniteprof:
What to watch in New Hampshire tonight: the Democrats

Discussion: Matthew Yglesias

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: MSNBC, The Politico, The Trail, The Carpetbagger Report, Captain's Quarters, Los Angeles Times, QandO, On Deadline, Vodkapundit, Wonkette, Outside The Beltway, The Impolitic, HorsesAss.Org and The Democratic Daily

New York Times:

McCain Leads Romney in Early Returns — HANOVER, N.H. — Senator John McCain opened an early lead as he sought to revive his second White House bid in the Republican primary in New Hampshire, a state that gave him a resounding win eight years ago. — The early returns showed a close race …

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

Gloria Steinem / New York Times:
Women Are Never Front-Runners

The Campaign Spot:

Meanwhile, In South Carolina... I've got a couple of items to update about South Carolina. — First, Rasmussen puts the former Arkansas governor up big: Mike Huckabee 28, John McCain 21, Mitt Romney 15, Fred Thompson 11. — Second, after chatting with one of the Thompson Associates …

Discussion: michellemalkin.com, Political Radar, Stop The ACLU, Say Anything and Hot Air

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

Think Progress:
Live New Hampshire Primary Updates

Discussion: Associated Press and D-Day

Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:
Preempting Nonsense On A Deadline

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, MSNBC, The Jawa Report, Eunomia and Real Clear Politics

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

Discussion: Associated Press, TIME and MyDD

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 …

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

Pat Grossmith / New Hampshire Union Leader:
Large voter turnout reported

Discussion: TPM Election Central, Liberal Values, BobKrumm.com and Firedoglake

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

Ed OKeefe / Political Radar:
Partisan Turnout Driving N.H.

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

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: Talking Points Memo, The Huffington Post, THE LIBERAL JOURNAL, The Carpetbagger Report, Dick Polman's American Debate and Taylor Marsh

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
GUERRILLA WARFARE?

Discussion: MoJoBlog, The Daily Dish, Hot Air and michellemalkin.com

New York Times:

Details of the Nominating Process — Proportional primary (Open) 30 delegates at stake — District-level delegates and alternates are elected by caucus followed by a primary. Convention delegates selected at the district level are allocated in proportion to the percentage of the primary vote won …

Discussion: The Corner and JustOneMinute

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.

Discussion: Israel Matzav, BLACKFIVE, QandO, Weekly Standard, bustardblog and Wolf Howling