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5:05 PM ET, January 8, 2008

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James Kirchick / The New Republic:
Angry White Man  —  The bigoted past of Ron Paul.  —  If you are a critic of the Bush administration, chances are that, at some point over the past six months, Ron Paul has said something that appealed to you.  Paul describes himself as a libertarian, but, since his presidential campaign took off earlier …
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Press Releases › Ron Paul Statement on The New Republic Article Regarding Old Newsletters  —  ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - In response to an article published by The New Republic, Ron Paul issued the following statement:  —  “The quotations in The New Republic article are not mine …
Daniel Koffler / Pajamas Media:
RON PAUL BIGOTRY REVOLUTION  —  A damning New Republic expose on Ron Paul shows the “libertarian” Republican candidate to be a racist, a homophobe and an anti-Semite.  Will his diehard supporters continue to defend a man who called Martin Luther King a gay pedophile?
Discussion: A Blog For All
Berin M. Szoka / Gays & Lesbians for Ron Paul:   Jamie Kirchick: “I don't think Ron Paul is a homophobe; I'm just cynical”
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:   Ron Paul Exposed?
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Audio: TNR editor pores through the archives of Ron Paul's …
Discussion: TownHall Blog
Jennifer Parker / Political Radar:
New Hampshire Turnout ‘Absolutely Huge’  —  ABC News' Karen Travers Reports: New Hampshire Deputy Secretary of State Dave Scanlan told ABC News that turnout among primary voters today is “absolutely huge” — and there are concerns about running out of ballots in towns like Portsmouth, Keene, Hudson and Pelham.
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Pat Grossmith / New Hampshire Union Leader:
Large voter turnout reported  —  MANCHESTER - Long lines of people formed inside some polls this morning minutes after they opened at 6 a.m. for the New Hampshire presidential primary.  —  Louise Gosselin, Ward 6 moderator, said election officials expected about 150 people to vote each hour at St. Pius X on Candia Road.
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Huckabee vows to defy birthright citizenship  —  Mike Huckabee wants to amend the Constitution to prevent children born in the U.S. to illegal aliens from automatically becoming American citizens, according to his top immigration surrogate — a radical step no other major presidential candidate has embraced.
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Byron York / The Corner:
Re: You Have to be Kidding Me  —  Mike Huckabee just released this statement:
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Mark R. Levin / The Corner:
You Have to Be Kidding Me
Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2008: South Carolina Republican Primary
Gloria Steinem / New York Times:
Women Are Never Front-Runners  —  Gender is probably the most restricting force in American life, whether the question is who must be in the kitchen or who could be in the White House.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
GUERRILLA WARFARE?  —  The graf that really jumped out at me from that Tom Edsall piece at Huffpo was this one ...  If Obama wins big tonight, as the polls suggest, I think the Dems will quickly move to a major gut check on this question.  And I don't think it will be an easy one.
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Ben Adler / The Politico:
Dartmouth not feeling Obamentum
Discussion: Firedoglake
Mark Blumenthal / Pollster.com:
LOOKING FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE EXIT POLLS?  —  Looking for leaked exit poll results from New Hampshire?  Sorry to disappoint, but whatever their merits, we are unlikely to see any such leaked results until moments before the polls close.  —  In past years, the network consortium that conducts …
New York Post:
IRAN 1, USA 0  —  NAVAL ERROR IN THE GULF  —  EARLY Sunday morning, the US Navy lost its nerve and guaranteed that American sailors will die at Iranian hands in the future.  —  As three of our warships passed through the Straits of Hormuz, five small Iranian patrol craft rushed them.
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Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Today's Must Read  —  It's been nearly a year since the Bush Administration mounted a public relations campaign accusing Iran of arming insurgents in Iraq.  If that was a campaign to generate enough public support to go on the offensive against Iran, it failed.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Shake-up, the narrative  —  James Carville is coming on board the Clinton campaign as a “volunteer,” offering an assertive new voice in its chaotic internal workings and a new face for a campaign trying to change its story, according to a report on Fox and a source familiar with his conversations with CNN.
Discussion: Fausta's blog
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Major Garrett / Major Garrett's Bourbon Room:
Back to the Future: Carville & Begala to join Clinton campaign
Discussion: Pam's House Blend
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
James Carville Emphatically Denies That He's Going To Work For Hillary
Discussion: Commentary
Nazila Fathi / New York Times:
A President's Defender Keeps His Distance  —  TEHRAN — A rift is emerging between President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Iran's supreme religious leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, suggesting that the president no longer enjoys the ayatollah's full backing, as he did in the years after his election in 2005.
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 …
 
 
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Wretchard / The Belmont Club:
The Perfect Storm  —  What destroyed Hillary Clinton's campaign?
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Huckabee's To Lose  —  He's now the front-runner nationally - check here and here.
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Mitt Romney's Long March
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Pond View  —  Brit longs for representation in taxing Yank election.
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Mary Katharine Ham / Townhall.com:
Update:Ha.  Last night, when Obama was defending himself …
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US recession is already here, warns Merrill
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Seriously, Is Matt Lauer Serious?
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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