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12:35 PM ET, January 9, 2008

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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
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.
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Clinton Escapes to Fight Another Day  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — Hillary Rodham Clinton is back.  —  With solid support from registered Democrats and the backing of women, who deserted her in Iowa, Senator Clinton beat Senator Barack Obama of Illinois with a margin that — if not particularly wide …
Will / Attytood:
Is “Bradley effect” behind the Clinton surge?  —  Does Hillary Clinton's unexpectedly strong showing in New Hampshire tonight mean that the racially charged Bradley effect" is still hanging around in American politics?  —  The “Bradley effect” is the name that some political pundits gave …
Melissa McEwan / Shakespeare's Sister:
Shut Up, Maureen Dowd  —  Part wev in an Ongoing Series by Tart and me, named elegantly and succinctly by Tart, about the World's Most Obnoxious Feminist Concern TrollTM.  —  Wow.  MoDo needs some spectaular amounts of Shutting Up for this one, which is mind-blowingly appalling …
Michael Calderone / The Politico:
After N.H., can the media come back?  —  Cable news pundits may have successfully predicted John McCain's victory in New Hampshire, but they sure had a lot of explaining to do around 10:30 p.m., once The Associated Press and MSNBC projected victory for Hillary Rodham Clinton.  —  “The polls were so wrong.
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Republicans Will Always Have Hillary  —  The amazing rebound of Hillary Clinton may have a beneficial effect on Republican fortunes.  Instead of facing an inexperienced but inspirational opponent in the general election, it now appears that the GOP nominee will have to fight the Clintons and their political machine.
Discussion: The Daily Dish
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
From a Big Boost for Obama to a Sharp Blow
Discussion: Washington Post and Time
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Did The Ronulans Disappear Overnight?  —  A funny thing happened on my way to the predictable onslaught of Ron Paul supporters in my comments section after yesterday's post about his newsletters.  The onslaught never arrived — and neither did the supposed Revolution from New Hampshire.
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Michael J. Totten:
The Rings on Zarqawi's Finger  —  “I am a ring on your finger."  — Al Qaeda in Iraq member Abu Anas to Abu Musab Al Zarqawi  —  Since Abu Musab Al Zarqawi formed the Al Qaeda in Iraq franchise, the terrorist group that destroyed the World Trade Center has fought American soldiers …
Houston Chronicle:
More e-mails emerge in Harris County DA scandal  —  County GOP says Chuck Rosenthal should resign  —  New e-mails released Tuesday show District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal sent and received racist jokes and strategized with political consultants and colleagues about his re-election campaign on his county e-mail account.
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Jeremy Rogalski / KHOU-TV:
More damning e-mails uncovered in DA's office
Discussion: Off the Kuff and musings
Mahjoun / Drunkard's Lamppost:
Diebold and New Hampshire  —  At the completion of the New Hampshire primaries, certain elements are are claiming an “astonishing” discrepancy between the results tallied by hand and those tallied by Diebold machines.  Naturally reddit jumped on the bandwagon as fast as possible.
Washington Post:
Clinton Thanks New Hampshire for Comeback After Primary Win  —  SEN. HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, D-N.Y. : Thank you.  Thank you.  —  I come tonight with a very, very full heart.  —  And I want especially to thank New Hampshire.  Over the last week, I listened to you and, in the process, I found my own voice.
Kathleen Gray / Detroit Free Press:
McCain, Romney about to take Michigan by storm  —  Starting today, it's Michigan's turn.  —  And the state's presidential primary, at least on the Republican side, apparently has come down to a two-man battle between Arizona Sen. John McCain, fresh off Tuesday's victory in the New Hampshire primary …
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Bold Prediction: The Impending Obama Media Backlash  —  So here is the latest Bold Prediction, inspired by a late night and little caffeine - Obama is about to endure a media backlash.  —  Why a bursting of his media bubble?  Well, they (alright, “they") have finally admitted what was obvious …
Brad Friedman / The BRAD BLOG:
NH Primary: Pre-Election Polls Wildly Different Than Results Announced for Clinton/Obama  —  [UPDATED several times at end of article, and still developing with new updates...]  —  I'm not sure why Obama would have conceded so soon, given the virtually inexplicable turn of events in New Hampshire tonight.
Faiz / Think Progress:
Giuliani: New York City Survived 9/11 Attacks Because Of Me  —  In a Wall Street Journal op-ed today on homeland security, Rudy Giuliani references September 11 nine separate times.  In one of those instances, he claims he prepared New York City well to “withstand the 9/11 attack":
Discussion: Cliff Schecter
 
 
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Lisa Schiffren / The Corner:
Thank God We Still Have Hillary to Kick Around
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Andrew Cline / The Corner:
Old Dems Beat New Dems in New Hampshire
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Run for President of Afghanistan? Zalmay, Zalmay Not.
Matthew Yglesias:
The Statement  —  The striking thing about the Sam Nunn statement …
Matthew Yglesias:
In Hillaryland  —  Marc Ambinder reports on the odd situation inside Hillaryland.
Discussion: TalkLeft
Klaus Marre / The Hill:
Top White House aides to write Middle East blog
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Redstate:
Sources Say  —  By Erick Posted in 2008 — Comments (9) …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Why She Won  —  Now buried behind many other posts …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
John Fund / Opinion Journal:
Voter-Fraud Showdown  —  How can anyone object to asking for ID?
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
MAKING SENSE OF IT  —  It's hard for me to remember an election …
The Daily Howler:
WE SIMPLY REFUSE TO BE TRUTHFUL! …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:
Kristol and Dowd, together at last at the NY Times
Discussion: Eschaton
The Corner:
Oops  —  We'll be hearing a lot about the need for a critical …
Matthew Yglesias:
How Wrong Were The Polls?  —  Commenter Brian makes an observation …
 

 
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