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8:30 AM ET, January 8, 2008

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CNN:
1st votes counted in New Hampshire  —  DIXVILLE NOTCH, New Hampshire (CNN) — Voters in two New Hampshire hamlets cast their ballots Tuesday just after midnight in the state's first-in-the-nation presidential primary, hours before the rest of the state's polling places open.
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Clarke Canfield / Associated Press:
McCain, Obama, get early votes in N.H. villages  —  DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H. (AP) — 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.
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.
Discussion: GINA COBB
You Decide 08!:
MCCAIN, OBAMA WIN FIRST BALLOTS IN DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H.  —  John McCain and Barack Obama won their parties' early polling in the first-in-the-nation primary in New Hampshire Tuesday, though it was no indication of how the state's votes would turn.  —  Nonetheless, the early excitement …
Marc Ambinder:
Romney's Challenge To Obama
Discussion: race42008.com
Mike Dorning / Baltimore Sun:
New Hampshire's first votes go to Obama, McCain
Discussion: TIME
Richelieu / Weekly Standard:
Only Obama Can Beat Obama  —  Time to adjust some final predictions …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:   Even Conservative Media Chorus Sings Obama's Praises
Gloria Steinem / New York Times:
Women Are Never Front-Runners
Human Events:
New Hampshire Predictions: Obama Blowout; Romney Rallying
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.”
Discussion: Eunomia
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Ed O'Keefe / ABCNEWS:
Clinton Fires Back: Obama, Edwards Given ‘Free Ride’  —  Former First Lady Tells ABC's Diane Sawyer Emotional Moments Come With Political Turf  —  Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., caused a stir on the campaign trail, welling up at an event in New Hampshire.  Hours later, she sat …
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.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: The obligatory “iron my shirt” post; Update: Radio show stunt?  —  The plant rumors are a-swirlin', but given that it's derivative of a viral 'Net meme it's probably just a couple of kids looking to earn immortality in the jackass hall of fame.  —  You know what the most compelling evidence is that it was pre-planned, though?
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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 …
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.
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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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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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Daniel Pipes / Townhall.com:
Fascism's Legacy: Liberalism  —  Liberal fascism sounds like an oxymoron - or a term for conservatives to insult liberals.  Actually, it was coined by a socialist writer, none other than the respected and influential left-winger H.G. Wells, who in 1931 called on fellow progressives to become “liberal fascists” and “enlightened Nazis.”
Discussion: The Corner
Krooney / The Page:
Clinton Emotion Leads All Network Newscasts  —  All newscasts live from New Hampshire.  —  ABC World News: Led with Clinton's emotion, showing full clip of moment and including Edwards response.  Teased a Tuesday “Good Morning America” interview with Clinton and Diane Sawyer …
Discussion: The Fix and Primary Monitor Blog
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Peter Wehner / Commentary:
End of an Era  —  The Obama wave, which has been building for months …
Discussion: TigerHawk
Fouad Ajami / Opinion Journal:
Bush of Arabia  —  This U.S. president is the most consequential the Middle East has ever seen.  —  It was fated, or “written,” as the Arabs would say, that George W. Bush, reared in Midland, Texas, so far away from the complications of the foreign world, would be the leader to take America so deep into Arab and Islamic affairs.
 
 
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