Colbert in South Carolina  —  Stephen Colbert wanted to sponsor the South Carolina Republican primary.  He wanted his name on the ballot and he wanted a referendum about whether corporations are people or only people are people.  He was rebuffed in his efforts but our team at PPP decided …

NBC News: Romney wins N.H. primary, Paul second  —  Elise Amendola / AP  —  Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney waves to supporters at the Romney for President New Hampshire primary night victory party at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, N.H., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012.

Whose side are you on, Jon Huntsman?  —  BEFORE it was clear whether Rick Perry would stay in the race or drop out, Erick Erickson, a conservative talking head for CNN and managing editor of Redstate.com, said, “If Rick Perry leaves the Republican race, there will not be a candidate in the field …

Attack Film Depicts Romney as ‘Ruthless’ Rich  —  Mitt Romney is depicted as a financier “more ruthless than Wall Street” and a son of privilege responsible for laying off thousands of workers in a 28-minute film set to be released tomorrow in South Carolina bankrolled by supporters of Newt Gingrich.

New Hampshire Primary Overview and Forecast  —  Tuesday's primary in New Hampshire is not likely to be as dramatic as the Iowa caucuses, with one candidate, Mitt Romney, holding a clear lead in all of the polls.  —  Still, the state is known for defying pollsters' and pundits' expectations.

Romney Wins New Hampshire Primary, Fox News Projects  —  Mitt Romney has won the New Hampshire primary, Fox News projects, notching back-to-back victories in the first two contests of the presidential nominating season.  —  Fox News also projects that Ron Paul will finish second and Jon Huntsman will finish third.

Romney and McCain: The GOP Frenemies' Club  —  Michael Corleone said to “keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.”  But what, pray tell, do we do with our frenemies?  This is the awful, election-year quandary of movement conservatives.  And everything you need to know about our heartache can be summed up in one image:

Majority of Conservatives See Romney as “Acceptable”  —  Only Romney now seen as acceptable by majority of Republicans  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Mitt Romney is the now the only candidate that a majority of conservative and moderate/liberal Republicans nationwide see as an “acceptable” GOP nominee for president.

How to Keep Score in New Hampshire: Will Romney's Win Really Be a Victory? … - Just as it was in 2008, the Republican race in New Hampshire is effectively a six-way affair, so the comparison to 2012 in terms of Romney's percentage of the vote will be apples-to-apples.