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.

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.”

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?

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

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.”

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 …

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.