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9:40 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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Gloria Steinem / New York Times:
Women Are Never Front-Runners  —  THE woman in question became a lawyer after some years as a community organizer, married a corporate lawyer and is the mother of two little girls, ages 9 and 6.  Herself the daughter of a white American mother and a black African father — in this race-conscious country …
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: Dr. Sanity and GINA COBB
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.
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:   Even Conservative Media Chorus Sings Obama's Praises
You Decide 08!:
INDEPEDENT VOTERS ARE THE WILDCARD IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
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 …
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: The Newshoggers, The Caucus and Eunomia
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Jose Antonio Vargas / The Trail:
Dartmouth Students Walk Out on Bill  —  HANOVER, N.H. — About thirty minutes into Bill Clinton's nearly two-hour stop here at Dartmouth College, a steady stream of students started walking out of the venue.  —  Moments later, Clinton — his voice hoarse, sometimes cracking …
Washington Post:
See No Good  —  AT SATURDAY'S New Hampshire debate, Democratic candidates were confronted with a question that they have been ducking for some time: Can they concede that the “surge” of U.S. troops in Iraq has worked?  All of them vehemently opposed the troop increase when President Bush proposed …
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New York Times:
Bush Admits Economy Faces Challenges  —  CHICAGO — President Bush, in a marked shift from his usual upbeat economic assessments, conceded here on Monday that the nation faces “economic challenges” due to rising oil prices, the home mortgage crisis and a weakening job market.
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James Quinn / Telegraph:
US recession is already here, warns Merrill
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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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.
Discussion: race42008.com
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Richelieu / Weekly Standard:
Only Obama Can Beat Obama  —  Time to adjust some final predictions …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Human Events:
New Hampshire Predictions: Obama Blowout; Romney Rallying
New York Times:
Obama's Surge Deflates Forum and Talk of a Bloomberg Run  —  NORMAN, Okla. — He arrived here for what seemed like it could be a big moment.  Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, eyeing a third-party presidential bid, joined Republican and Democratic elders at a forum to denounce the extreme partisanship …
Shaun Mullen / The Moderate Voice:
Why It's Suddenly Okay For the World To Feel Good About the U.S. Again  —  Howard thanked for visiting “Austrian” troops in Iraq  —  I covered eight presidential campaigns as a reporter and editor and am now involved in yet another as a blogger, but I have never seen a global explosion …
Discussion: The Newshoggers and ABC News
Kathryn Jean Lopez / The Corner:
Seriously, Is Matt Lauer Serious?  —  This morning, theToday Show host interviewed Mitt Romney with hostility and Hillary Clinton with protective understanding.  He asked Mitt if he's a liar buying the election and he asked Hillary about her emotions, both aired near the top of the show, Romney was live, Hillary was taped.
Discussion: Vox Popoli and Riehl World View
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.
Joe Klein / TIME: Swampland:
Obama's Other Life  —  One of the more extraordinary stories of the Obama campaign has been playing out behind the scenes over the past week as the candidate has been working on a daily basis to try to calm things down in his father's homeland and his grandmother's home, Kenya, where a contested election has led to riots.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Tears Of A Clinton  —  The question to be asked is this: should women in public life be treated exactly the same as men?  If so, is it not relevant to note that any male candidate who cried in public about the stresses of his campaign would essentially be finished?
Discussion: The Newshoggers
 
 
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Byron York / National Review:
McCain and Romney: The Warrior and the To-Do List
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David Boaz / San Francisco Chronicle:
Shakeup in Iowa changes the outlook for both parties
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New York Times:
Clinton Talks About Strains of Campaign
Dick Armey / Real Clear Politics:
Huckabee's Counterproductive Sweet Talk
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Jackie Calmes / Wall Street Journal:
Clinton Braces for Second Loss; Union, Senators May Back Obama
The Raw Story:
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