Hillary without tears  —  Why it's time to close the book on the Clintons — and herald the Obamas!  Plus: Iran war hawks, Russian drag queens and the genius of Zeppelin.  —  As her husband has dragged his numerous female play objects before her and has humiliated her on the public stage year after year …

2005 Use of Gas by Blackwater Leaves Questions  —  WASHINGTON — The helicopter was hovering over a Baghdad checkpoint into the Green Zone, one typically crowded with cars, Iraqi civilians and United States military personnel.  —  Suddenly, on that May day in 2005, the copter dropped CS gas …

Summary of Findings  —  The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) conducts undercover activities as part of its mission to detect and deter terrorist attacks and foreign intelligence threats and to enforce the laws of the United States.  The FBI uses confidential funds to support its undercover activities.

Report: Kerry Endorsing Obama  —  John Kerry will endorse Barack Obama, the Associated Press is reporting, quoting an unnamed source.  —  Late Update: Kerry and Obama will be making an appearance together today in Charleston, South Carolina, MSNBC reports. —gs

The Surge Worked  —  It was exactly one year ago tonight, in a televised address to the nation, that President George W. Bush announced his fateful decision to change course in Iraq, and to send five additional U.S. combat brigades there as part of a new counterinsurgency strategy and under the command of a new general, David Petraeus.

Lewisville cab driver had been investigated for previous abuse  —  Sarah Said's final phone call rang into the Irving police dispatcher about 7:30 p.m. on New Year's Day: “I'm dying, I'm dying, I'm dying ..."  —  About an hour later, a man walked up to an orange cab parked at the Omni Mandalay Hotel in Irving.

And Cuomo Too  —  I suppose there could be lots of tea leaf reading in this one, but now its AG Andrew Cuomo on Talk 1300, minutes after the governor came on.  Cuomo, to be fair, has been on the radio show a few times, if memory serves me, but his take on Hillary's win in NH …

McLead in SC  —  Rasmussen has McCain jumping ahead of Huckabee for the Jan. 19 South Carolina primary...  Romney is at 16 percent, Thompson at 12, Giuliani at 6, Paul at 5.  If Romney drops out after Michigan, does that suddenly make Thompson viable?  Does it give Huckabee or McCain a boost?

ACLU Announces “Close Guantánamo” Campaign  —  CONTACT: media@aclu.org; (212) 549-2666  —  Group Urges People to Wear Orange on Sixth Anniversary of Illegal Detentions  —  NEW YORK - To coincide with the six-year anniversary of the arrival of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay …

Getting It Wrong  —  THE failure of the New Hampshire pre-election surveys to mirror the outcome of the Democratic race is one of the most significant miscues in modern polling history.  All the published polls, including those that surveyed through Monday, had Senator Barack Obama comfortably ahead …

TIME TO APOLOGIZE, HUGH  —  On the day of the New Hampshire Primary, I spent a good deal of time on the radio with my friend and Townhall colleague Hugh Hewitt, debating issues and candidates both on his show and my own.  —  Hugh's a great guy, and one of the best political commentators in the country …

Degrees of Confidence on U.S.-Iran Naval Incident  —  The list of those who are less than fully confident in the Pentagon's video/audio mashup of aggressive maneuvers by Iranian boats near American warships in the Strait of Hormuz now includes the Pentagon itself.

Race At A Glance Total Primary Votes: Romney  —  McCain  —  Huckabee  —  Giuliani  —  Thompson  —  Iowa  —  29,494  —  15,559  —  40,841  —  4,097  —  15,904  —  New Hampshire  —  75,202  —  88,447  —  26,760  —  20,387  —  2,884  —  Total  —  104,696  —  104,006

The only change to fear is fear of change itself  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — The voters of New Hampshire have made their decision, and the big winner is: Change.  Here's the final vote tally:  —  Change — 43 percent;  —  Hope — 28 percent;  —  Hope For Change — 17 percent;  —  Hair — 9 percent;

Romney's Fishy Delegate Claim  —  Why is the former Massachusetts governor telling folks that he leads in delegates?  —  In Boston today, Romney told supporters, “we have more delegates than any other Republican candidate running for president."  —  Here's the ABC News GOP Delegate Estimate:

For U.S., The Goal Is Now ‘Iraqi Solutions’  —  Approach Acknowledges Benchmarks Aren't Met  —  In the year since President Bush announced he was changing course in Iraq with a troop “surge” and a new strategy, U.S. military and diplomatic officials have begun their own quiet policy shift.

Dems push ‘uncommitted’ option  —  Party leaders want Obama and Edwards backers to take a stand on the primary ballot.  —  LANSING — Top Michigan Democrats made another plea Wednesday to coax supporters of presidential candidates Barack Obama and John Edwards to vote “uncommitted” …