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12:40 AM ET, January 8, 2008

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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.

Discussion: The Coffee House, Pandagon, American Prospect, Althouse, Feministing, Sister Toldjah, Feministe, Think On These Things, Doug Ross, MyDD, The Reaction, Wonkette, bustardblog, Power Line, Taylor Marsh, Riehl World View, The RBC and Macsmind

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 …

Discussion: The Politico, Liberal Values, MyDD, Spin Cycle and Macsmind

Ben Smith / The Politico:

Clinton fights back tears: 'It's not easy' — Exhausted and facing the prospect of losing the second test of her primary campaign, Hillary Rodham Clinton fought back tears as her voice broke at the close of a sedate event in a Portsmouth coffee shop. — She expressed the sheer difficulty …

Discussion: TPM Election Central, WSJ.com, Taylor Marsh, The New Republic, Liberty Pundit, Attytood, The Carpetbagger Report, Tom Watson, Beltway Blogroll, Blogs of War, Donklephant, Punditry, Talking Points Memo and Right Wing Nut House

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.

Discussion: TalkLeft, Say Anything and Open Left

CNN:

Romney: I can ‘post up against Barack Obama’ — STRATHAM, New Hampshire (CNN) — Mitt Romney has been shifting his message to focus on change following Barack Obama as the likely Democratic nominee. — Romney said Republicans need a nominee who can compete with Obama.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Citizen Crain

Drudge Report:

TALK OF HILLARY EXIT ENGULFS CAMPAIGNS — Facing a double-digit defeat in New Hampshire, a sudden collapse in national polls and an expected fund-raising drought, Senator Hillary Clinton is preparing for a tough decision: Does she get out of the race? And when?!

Discussion: Power Line, The Caucus, Riehl World View, Redstate, Blogs of War, Political Machine, Flopping Aces, Citizen Crain, Taylor Marsh, Macsmind, The Carpetbagger Report and Sister Toldjah

Emily Friedman / ABCNEWS:
Can Clinton's Emotions Get the Best of Her?

Discussion: Think Progress, Cogitamus, The Moderate Voice and Making Light

Jennifer Parker / Political Radar:
Clinton Gets Emotional on Campaign Trail

Discussion: The Anchoress, MSNBC, michellemalkin.com, New York Magazine, Sweetness & Light, Bookworm Room, Liberal Values, Power Line, NewsBusters.org, Hot Air, Hotline On Call, TigerHawk, The Sundries Shack, JunkYardBlog and Captain's Quarters

CNN:
Clinton gets emotional at New Hampshire stop

Discussion: THE LIBERAL JOURNAL, UNCoRRELATED, NewsBusters.org and TIME: Swampland

Marcella Bombardieri / Boston Globe:
Clinton heightens terrorism rhetoric

Discussion: NY Daily News, D-Day, Shakespeare's Sister, Matt Zeitlin, Sadly, No!, Spin Cycle, The Belmont Club, The Carpetbagger Report, Too Sense and Daily Kos

Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Some Hillary Advisers Worry About Staying In Past New Hampshire …

Discussion: PoliGazette

Marc Ambinder:
Romney's Challenge To Obama

Discussion: race42008.com

Karen Breslau / Newsweek:
Hillary Tears Up — A Muskie moment, or a helpful glimpse of 'the real Hillary'?

Discussion: New York Times, The Seminal and Daniel W. Drezner

Kerry Howley:
Cry Like a Man, Hillary!

Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and Cogitamus

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.

Discussion: Matthew Yglesias, TalkLeft and The RBC

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.

Discussion: FOX Embeds, Jack and Jill Politics, The Daily Dish, The Talent Show, Think On These Things, MyDD, AMERICAblog, Slog, Oliver Willis and Riehl World View

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:

Discussion: Lonewacko and The Liberal Avenger

Atrios / Eschaton:

Conservative Victims — From Red State. This is pretty hilarious even for them. … There's more, but you get the idea. It's the fault of liberals that they can't run their website because... hell I don't know.

Discussion: Corrente, The Supreme Irony of Life and Angry Bear

Redstate:
RedState has a real need for your help

Discussion: Bluey Blog and PoliBlog (TM)

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 …

Discussion: The Corner, Publius Endures and Althouse

John Amato / Crooks and Liars:

Sean Hannity Flees from Ron Paul Supporters — Ron Paul supporters were yelling “ FOX News Sucks” and chasing after Sean Hannity the other night. “Hey Hannity, how about an interview?" “We're not falling for it anymore” “You suck Sean"...FNC shut out Ron Paul from their Republican Presidential forum …

Discussion: Firedoglake, Shakespeare's Sister and WTF Is It Now?!?

Steve Benen / Crooks and Liars:

Kristol off to a bad start: Video Mash up! — Play (411) John Amato: Here's a mash up clip C&L did with the Huffington Post on William the Bloody Kristol after he got the NY Times gig. (h/t Scarce) — Bill Kristol's inaugural column in the paper of record confirms the concerns of critics.

Think Progress:

O'Hanlon Mourns That Obama Was Right On Iraq — Brookings fellow Michael O'Hanlon continues his abysmal record of staking out the wrong positions on Iraq in an article in this morning's Wall Street Journal, criticizing presidential candidate and Illinois Senator Barack Obama's position on the war.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Center for American …, Redstate, INTEL DUMP, Commentary, Open Left and Matthew Yglesias

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.