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1:45 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.

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, THE LIBERAL JOURNAL, Liberal Values, MyDD, Spin Cycle and Macsmind

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

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

CNN:

First votes counted in New Hampshire primary — DIXVILLE NOTCH, New Hampshire (CNN) — Citizens went to the polls in Dixville Notch a moment after midnight Tuesday to cast the first ballots in a 2008 presidential primary. — They gave Sen. John McCain an early lead in the GOP race and denied …

CNN:
Romney: I can ‘post up against Barack Obama’

Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Citizen Crain

Drudge Report:
TALK OF HILLARY EXIT ENGULFS CAMPAIGNS

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

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

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

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

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

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

Discussion: PoliGazette

David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
THE TRACKS OF HER TEARS

Discussion: KnoxViews and Spin Cycle

Michelle Malkin:
Let the voting begin: The New Hampshire primary kicks off; Update …

Discussion: Associated Press and New Hampshire Union Leader

CNN:
Clinton gets emotional at New Hampshire stop

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

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, The RBC and Political Punch

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, Think On These Things, MyDD, AMERICAblog, Oliver Willis, Slog 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)

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.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

Marc Ambinder:
Romney's Challenge To Obama

Discussion: race42008.com

Human Events:
New Hampshire Predictions: Obama Blowout; Romney Rallying

Discussion: The Corner

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, Pam's House Blend, Shakespeare's Sister, WTF Is It Now?!? and Norwegianity

Mary Katharine Ham / TownHall Blog:

Iron My Shirt — I'm still at the Hillary rally. My computer battery died. — Two protestors just stood up in the audience holding orange signs that read “IRON MY SHIRT,” and chanted “Iron my shirt, Iron my shirt” for a few seconds until led out by security.

Discussion: michellemalkin.com, Hot Air, FOX Embeds, Gateway Pundit and MSNBC

Sarah Wheaton / The Caucus:
'Iron My Shirt' — SALEM, N.H. — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton …

Discussion: Power Line, Preemptive Karma, Shakespeare's Sister, Political Radar and The Trail

Philip Elliott / Associated Press:
Protesters ask Clinton to iron shirts

Discussion: Washington Wire and NO QUARTER

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.