memeorandum: Obama Trying To Play Bush To Hillary's Gore (Big Tent Democrat/TalkLeft)

12:45 AM ET, January 20, 2008

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Ari Melber / The Nation:

OBAMA WINS MOST NEVADA DELEGATES... Barack Obama may have won the most delegates in Saturday's Nevada Caucus, even though Hillary Clinton bested his statewide turnout by about six points. — A source with knowledge of the Nevada Democratic Party's projections told The Nation that under …

Discussion: Associated Press, The Huffington Post, Ben Smith's Blogs, FOX Embeds, MSNBC, MyDD, Hot Air, Liberal Values, protein wisdom, PoliBlog (TM), Daily Kos, Donklephant, politburo diktat 2.0, The Campaign Spot, Blue Crab Boulevard, Hullabaloo, Gateway Pundit and PunditGuy

Chris Cillizza / The Fix:

Delegate Math: Who Won Nevada? — UPDATE, 8:15 p.m: Both the chairwoman of the Nevada Democratic Party and a senior adviser for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign are insisting that the contention that Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) won more delegates in today's caucus is incorrect.

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, Las vegas sun Blogs, The Reaction, Comments from Left Field, Captain's Quarters and TalkLeft

New York Times:

Clinton Defeats Obama in Nevada Vote — LAS VEGAS - Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton won the Nevada caucuses on Saturday, capturing strong support from women voters and adding a fresh boost of momentum to her campaign as the Democratic presidential race heads to South Carolina …

Discussion: The Politico, The Trail, Las vegas sun Blogs, The Reaction, American Street, The Carpetbagger Report, The Seminal, Donklephant, Comments from Left Field and skippy the bush kangaroo

Marc Ambinder:

Obama Manager Accuses Clintons of Widespread Dirty Politics — David Plouffe, in a succinct statement appended to a released quotation from his boss, Barack Obama, said the Obama campaign was investigating more than 200 reporters of irregularities in Nevada.

Discussion: D-Day, Calitics, MyDD, The Jed Report and The Agonist

Ben Smith / The Politico:

Bill claims he witnessed voter suppression — Bill Clinton, speaking at a Vegas YMCA last night, made more charges against Obama and claimed to have, with Chelsea, personally witnessed voter suppression by the Culinary Workers: … (The transcript was provided by one source with a recording of the event, and confirmed by another.)

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Jonathan Alter / Newsweek:

Leading Democrats To Bill Clinton: Pipe Down — Footing the Bill: Is the former president hurting his wife's campaign? — Prominent Democrats are upset with the aggressive role that Bill Clinton is playing in the 2008 campaign, a role they believe is inappropriate for a former president and the titular head of the Democratic Party.

Discussion: michellemalkin.com, Spin Cycle, Pam's House Blend, Don Surber and Blue Crab Boulevard

Ben Smith / The Politico:

What happens in Vegas ... The Obama campaign has released a recording (mp3) it says came from a Nevadan's answering machine of an anonymous robocall that criticizes Obama for taking money from special interests while repeating, four times, his rarely used middle name: “Hussein.”

Discussion: Liberal Values, Brilliant at Breakfast, Matthew Yglesias, The Daily Dish and MoJoBlog

John Dickerson / Slate:

A CLINTON WIN IN NEVADA ENDS ON AN UGLY NOTE. — Hillary Clinton has won the Nevada caucus, which means a few things about the Democratic race are now coming into focus. For example, mark on your calendar Jan. 25 for an outburst by Bill Clinton somewhere in South Carolina.

Discussion: Hot Air, Political Machine, Washington Post, The Campaign Spot, Blue Crab Boulevard, Political Punch and Stumper

Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:

Obama Campaign: We Won Nevada Caucus — Based On Delegate Count — On a conference call with reporters just now, Obama top adviser David Plouffe made a surprising claim: He said Barack Obama actually won more federal nominating delegates out of the caucus, despite their six-point loss to Hillary.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Slog, Associated Press and The Washington Note

Hillary Clinton / CNN:
Potentially troubling news in Clinton's Nevada win

Discussion: The Daily Dish and Gristmill

Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
Obama Trying To Play Bush To Hillary's Gore

Discussion: Taylor Marsh

Marc Ambinder:
Obama Won More Delegates Than Clinton In Nevada?

Discussion: Balkinization, Christopher Hayes, toohotfortnr and QandO

Michael Crowley / The New Republic:
Hillary's OK Day — Hillary Clinton will gladly take her win today in Nevada.

Discussion: The Daily Dish

CBS News:
Hillary Clinton Wins Nevada Dem Caucuses

Ben Smith / The Politico:
Nevada tussle signals rancor for Dems

Discussion: Steve Sailer's iSteve Blog

New York Times: DEMOCRATS — On Jan. 19, party caucuses meet in each precinct …

Mark Murray / MSNBC:
DID OBAMA WIN MORE DELEGATES?

Discussion: NewsBusters.org

CNN:

Fred Thompson stays in GOP presidential race — (CNN) — After a weak showing in the South Carolina primary, Fred Thompson gave a wistful speech to supporters, telling them “we'll always stand strong together." — Thompson had staked his campaign on a strong finish in the Republican primary here.

Discussion: Hot Air, Jonathan Martin's Blogs, Talking Points Memo, Political Radar, Donklephant and TPM Election Central

CNN:

McCain looking to extend South Carolina poll hours — CONWAY, South Carolina (CNN) - A top backer for John McCain's presidential bid tells CNN the Arizona senator's campaign is seeking a court order to extend voting in Horry County by one hour, after learning voting machines in this eastern part …

Discussion: Hotline On Call, MyDD, The Corner, Hot Air, TPM Election Central, Riehl World View, race42008.com and Daily Dose

Redstate:

Not with a bang, but a whimper — So long, Fred; we hardly even knew ye. — Well, that's not entirely accurate — we knew you far better than we've known many a politician who's thrown his hat in the Presidential ring in years past (or even this year; see “Hunter, Duncan” or “Gravel, Mike” for examples).

Discussion: Firedoglake, Power Line, Crooks and Liars, the evangelical outpost, MSNBC, Ground Game and RADAMISTO

Jennifer Parker / ABCNEWS:
McCain, Huckabee Battle for First in S.C. Primary

Discussion: The Swamp, Jonathan Martin's Blogs, Liberal Values, Outside The Beltway and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS

Bill Nichols / The Politico:
McCain wins South Carolina

Discussion: New York Times

Tom Raum / Associated Press:
McCain Heads for the Movies

Discussion: Wonkette

CNN:

Hunter exits presidential race — NEW YORK (CNN) — Rep. Duncan Hunter has abandoned his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, the California congressman said in a statement released Saturday evening. — “Today we end this campaign,” said Hunter, according to an advance copy …

Discussion: Wonkette and Stop The ACLU

Michelle Malkin:

The end of Mike Huckabee — Liveblogging... He's taking the stage at his Columbia HQ. Huckabee says he just called McCain to congratulate him and thank him for a “civil,” “decent” campaign. — Huckabee slyly attacks Romney by praising himself and McCain for campaigning with “honor” instead of attacking someone else.

Discussion: Hot Air, Right Wing News, Riehl World View and Stop The ACLU

Brian Eckhouse / Las vegas sun Blogs:

Culinary can't face the news — It looks like the Culinary Union's endorsement couldn't carry Barack Obama to victory in Nevada, who lost most of the at-large caucuses on the Strip to Hillary Clinton. — So it's no surprise that the Culinary Union apparently couldn't watch the results on today's caucuses on the news channels.

Discussion: Hotline On Call