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5:45 PM ET, January 9, 2008

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Can Hillary Cry Her Way Back to the White House? — DERRY, N.H. — When I walked into the office Monday, people were clustering around a computer to watch what they thought they would never see: Hillary Clinton with the unmistakable look of tears in her eyes. — A woman gazing at the screen was grimacing, saying it was bad.

Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:

Obama Campaign Co-Chair Questions Hillary's Tears — The Tears are now officially an issue in Campaign 2008. — Obama's national campaign co-chair, Jesse Jackson, Jr., just went on MSNBC and appeared to question Hillary's tears, which he called “tears that melted the Granite State,” adding that those tears “moved voters.”

Discussion: AMERICAblog, The Democratic Daily, Taylor Marsh, Salon, michellemalkin.com, Angry Bear, Citizen Crain, Shakespeare's Sister and About.com US Politics

Greg Sargent / Horses Mouth:

One Day After Saying He'll “Never Underestimate Hillary Clinton Again,” Chris Matthews Says She's Only A Presidential Candidate Because Bill “Messed Around" — January 9, 2008 — 9:36 AM EST // link // — Normally Chris Matthews isn't worth the bother, because he serves up so much non-stop clowning …

Discussion: TalkLeft, Taylor Marsh, Spin Cycle, Pam's House Blend, Wonkette, Shakespeare's Sister, The Politico, Cliff Schecter, The XX Factor, Rising Hegemon and The Democratic Daily

Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:

Media Analysis: The “Tweety Effect” Runs Rampant — As if an entire week's worth of Pundits Gone Wild idiocy weren't enough, this morning's Cuppa Joe on MSNBC sent me right over the edge. My own transcript here: … What is wrong with Chris Matthews? With all of these media people?

Discussion: Think Progress, The Daily Howler, Media Matters for America, Tom Watson, Hullabaloo, Crooks and Liars, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, Daily Kos and The Carpetbagger Report

Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:

MoDo On Clinton — She gets the core narcissism at the heart of the Clinton machine: … My fear is that if you merely wound her candidacy, you are in danger. The Clinton machine is now poised to pull every partisan lever and deploy every cheap tactic: the gender card, the elderly card …

Gary Langer / The Numbers:

New Hampshire's Polling Fiasco — There will be a serious, critical look at the final pre-election polls in the Democratic presidential primary in New Hampshire; that is essential. It is simply unprecedented for so many polls to have been so wrong. We need to know why.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Marc Ambinder, ABCNEWS, The Rothenberg Political …, Salon, American Power, Liberal Values, Citizen Crain, Commentary, Truthdig, Argghhh!, Wake up America, Washington Post and Blue Crab Boulevard

ABCNEWS:

Woman Who Made Clinton Cry Voted for Obama — The New Hampshire Woman Who Sparked Clinton's Emotional Moment Voted for Obama — The woman whose empathetic question — “how do you do it?" — sparked uncharacteristic emotion Monday from Sen. Hillary Clinton ended up voting for Sen. Barack Obama in the New Hampshire primary.

Discussion: The Swamp and Liberal Values

Jonathan Alter / Newsweek:
How Hillary Did It — Theories on a turnabout ... and what happens next.

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Comment Central, Digital Rules, NewsBusters.org, The Texas Blue and Washington Post

Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Republicans Will Always Have Hillary

Discussion: New York Times, Pandagon and Pam's House Blend

Jonathan Martin / The Politico:

Romney drops TV ads in key states — Mitt Romney hasn't extended his television presence into next week in South Carolina and Florida, an aide confirms. — Romney has been on TV for months in both, owning the airwaves long before his GOP rivals purchased their first spots.

Discussion: Marc Ambinder, The Moderate Voice, The Strata-Sphere, Hot Air, DownWithTyranny!, BobKrumm.com and Riehl World View

John Ellis / Real Clear Politics:
After NH, Race May Break Huckabee's Way

Discussion: Marc Ambinder, Crunchy Con, The Daily Dish, Riehl World View, Hot Air and TownHall Blog

Associated Press:
Romney decides to pull ads in S.C., Fla.

Discussion: Captain's Quarters and MSNBC

Jason George / The Swamp:
Huckabee arrives in SC

Discussion: The Hill

Jonathan Chait / The Plank:
Post-New Hampshire Thoughts

Discussion: Washington Monthly and The Carpetbagger Report

Drudge Report:
OBAMA CAMPAIGN PLAN: THE NEXT 4 WEEKS

Discussion: D-Day and Matthew Yglesias

Paul Begala / The Huffington Post:

Fox News: We Report — Even if We Know It's False — I've been dealing with the media and politics for 25 years, but I've never had a more surrealistic day than January 8. Several times that day Fox News reported that I was joining Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign.

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, Gawker, Daily Kos, The Carpetbagger Report, The 10,000 Things, TVNewser, Brave New Films blog and Major Garrett's Bourbon Room

Will Weissert / Associated Press:

Ex-CIA agent Philip Agee dead in Cuba — HAVANA - Renegade former CIA agent Philip Agee, whose naming of agency operatives helped prompt a U.S. law against exposing government spies, has died in Cuba, his wife said Wednesday. He was 72. — Agee quit the CIA in 1969 after 12 years working mostly …

Discussion: MoJoBlog, The Lede, NewsBusters.org, Tim Worstall Tabloid Edition, Fausta's blog and Redstate

Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
No One Will Miss You — Philip Agee has died in Cuba during surgery …

Discussion: Little Green Footballs, Daily Pundit, BLACKFIVE and Babalu Blog

Anthony Boadle / Reuters: CIA whistle-blower Philip Agee dies in Cuba

Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:

Commentary: The partisan elephant unnoticed in the room — The Supreme Court, studiously avoiding almost all mention that it was examining a thoroughly partisan political battle, spent a spirited hour on Wednesday looking for ways either to scuttle a major test case over voters' rights or to find a way …

Discussion: TPMmuckraker, The Opinionator, D-Day, New York Times, Election Law and The Volokh Conspiracy

Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Voter ID Law

Discussion: Wake up America

Fanny Carrier / Agence France Presse:
US Supreme Court considers voter ID rules

Discussion: Say Anything

CNN:

Exit polls: Women push Clinton to New Hampshire win — MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (CNN) — Women pushed Hillary Clinton to victory in New Hampshire's Democratic primary while independent voters pushed Arizona Sen. John McCain to the top spot among Republicans, exit polls show.

Discussion: Think Progress, The Campaign Spot, Washington Post, Hot Air and IMAO.US

Katie / Blogging Faith:
Exit Polls Pigeonhole Evangelicals Again

Discussion: The Swamp

Hooman Majd / The Huffington Post:

It's a Fake — The Pentagon's version of the encounter in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday morning, involving U.S. Navy warships and Iranian Revolutionary Guard patrol boats is, at the very least highly suspicious. On Tuesday, the Navy released video footage and an audiotape to back its claims …

Discussion: Weekly Standard, presstv.ir, The Newshoggers, Associated Press and Buck Naked Politics

Nazila Fathi / New York Times:
Iran Accuses U.S. of Faking Persian Gulf Video

Discussion: Emptywheel

Lauren Effron / Political Radar:

Obama Endorsed by Culinary Workers Union — ABC News' Teddy Davis and Sunlen Miller Report: Despite losing Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, Sen. Barack Obama secured the endorsement of the Culinary Workers union. — The endorsement of the 60,000-member Culinary Workers union is seen …

Discussion: The Caucus, Associated Press, Firedoglake, Liberal Values, Open Left, D-Day, MyDD and Matthew Yglesias

Jackie Kucinich / The Hill:

GOP officials urging embattled Calif. Rep. Doolittle not to seek reele — As speculation mounts about his future, Rep. John Doolittle (R-Calif.) is being urged by friends and colleagues not to seek reelection. — Republican operatives fear that if Doolittle does not retire at the end …

Discussion: Think Progress, DownWithTyranny! and TPMmuckraker

Jay Carney / TIME: Swampland:

Thank You, Joe and Chris — So a social scientist friend of a colleague here has run some comparisons into the pre-election polls and the actual turnout to see if there were signs of a so-called “black tax” in New Hampshire — the phenomenon familiar to students of the Harvey Gant-Jesse Helms races in North Carolina.

Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and Washington Monthly