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Michael Elmore / Political Radar:
Rivals Reacts to Teary Clinton — ABC News' David Muir, Raelyn Johnson and Sunlen Miller Report: Former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., on the tail end of his 36-hour campaigning marathon in New Hampshire on day before the primary vote, reacted to rival Sen. Hillary Clinton's emotional moment Monday.
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Thomas Sowell / Real Clear Politics:
Remember, We're Choosing a President — It was not that long ago that the big political question was how Rudolph Giuliani would do against Hillary Clinton in the November election. — The Iowa caucus votes have made that question sound like ancient history, if not science fiction.
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Clinton fights back tears: 'It's not easy'
Clinton fights back tears: 'It's not easy'
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CNN:
First votes counted in New Hampshire primary — DIXVILLE NOTCH, New Hampshire (CNN) — Citizens went to the polls in two small New Hampshire towns just after midnight Tuesday to cast the first ballots in a 2008 presidential primary. — In Dixville Notch, they gave Sen. John McCain …
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USA Today:
Gallup: Clinton-Obama tied nationally; Huckabee leads GOP — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama each drew 33% of the support from Democrats surveyed in its latest national poll, Gallup just announced. — In mid-December, well before Obama won last Thursday's Democratic caucuses in Iowa …
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Huckabee, Obama Gain at National Level — Huckabee leads; Obama moves into tie with Clinton — PRINCETON, NJ — Republican Mike Huckabee and Democrat Barack Obama — both winners in last week's Iowa caucuses — have gained support at the national level among those who identify with their respective parties.
Richelieu / Weekly Standard:
Only Obama Can Beat Obama — Time to adjust some final predictions from my barstool here in New Hampshire. — I thought Huckabee would get something going here. He has, but not much. Romney gave him a good beating in the first minutes of the Fox debate last night, and the Huck's schedule here has been light.
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Marc Ambinder:
Romney's Challenge To Obama — BEDFORD — First, the crowds. — It was one of Mitt Romney's largest events in New Hampshire. 800 residents packed into a middle school here in this wealthy, mostly Republican suburb, with many more turned away. Cars were parked a half a mile down the road.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
BAD CALL — There's been a lot of rough news for Hillary Clinton in the last 72 hours. And a lot of unforced errors. But I think on this MLK and Lyndon Johnson remark, the edited quote that's circulating from The Politico is misleading. — The Politico quote is ... But I think the full quote reads differently.
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Clinton and Obama, Johnson and King — Clinton rejoined the running argument over hope and “false hope” in an interview in Dover this afternoon, reminding Fox's Major Garrett that while Martin Luther King Jr. spoke on behalf of civil rights, President Lyndon Johnson was the one who got the legislation passed.
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E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
A Candidacy's Prose and Cons — CONCORD, N.H. — Hillary Clinton may have unintentionally written the obituary for the Iowa and New Hampshire phase of her presidential campaign, and perhaps her candidacy, when she told voters on Sunday: “You campaign in poetry, but you govern in prose.”
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
RedState Tells Readers Scoop Developers Are All Liberals, So Fork Over $25 Grand — I realize that there's one born every minute, but in a letter to RedState readers, Erick Erickson says that their readers need to raise $25,000 in order to keep them from being overrun by a liberal plot:
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Sarah Wheaton / The Caucus:
‘Iron My Shirt’ — SALEM, N.H. — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton was about to deliver a line that has become a centerpiece of her campaign since her loss in Iowa. — “Everybody in this race is talking about change. But what does that mean?" — “Iron my shirt!” yelled a man …
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Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
BILL TO PAUL SUPPORTERS: 'YOU'RE NUTS' — From NBC/NJ's Mike Memoli — KEENE, NH — Several Ron Paul supporters shadowed a much larger Clinton entourage as Bill Clinton greeted supporters downtown. The former president later called them “nuts." — During his third stop of the day …
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Sean Hannity Flees from Ron Paul Supporters
Sean Hannity Flees from Ron Paul Supporters
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Mary Katharine Ham / TownHall Blog:
Iron My Shirt — I'm still at the Hillary rally. My computer battery died. — Two protestors just stood up in the audience holding orange signs that read “IRON MY SHIRT,” and chanted “Iron my shirt, Iron my shirt” for a few seconds until led out by security.
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Clarke Canfield / Associated Press:
McCain, Obama, get early votes in N.H. villages — DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H.—Residents of two tiny towns stayed up late to give Barack Obama and John McCain early victories in the New Hampshire presidential primary. — Voters in Dixville Notch and Hart's Location cast the initial ballots just after midnight Tuesday.
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Edwards Adviser Trippi: Hillary Campaign Is Broke — Edwards senior adviser Joe Trippi has a theory about the Clinton campaign: He says that it's broke, or will be soon enough. — “There's a good chance that they're on the ropes financially,” Trippi argued in an interview by cell phone from New Hampshire.
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Some Hillary Advisers Worry About Staying In Past New Hampshire …
Some Hillary Advisers Worry About Staying In Past New Hampshire …
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Associated Press:
Mayor's Racy Lingerie Photo on MySpace Upsets Residents — ARLINGTON, Ore. — Mayor Carmen Kontur-Gronquist's name is sure to be mentioned when Arlington holds its annual town meeting Wednesday. — Some of the mayor's roughly 500 constituents will want to know her views on the issues affecting …