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2:44 AM ET, January 11, 2012

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Romney wins in NH, cements front-runner position — CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won the New Hampshire primary Tuesday night, adding to a first-place finish in last week's Iowa caucuses and establishing himself as the man to beat for the Republican presidential nomination.

Discussion: The Other McCain, Hot Air, Los Angeles Times, Flopping Aces, Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit and American Power

Zeke Miller / Politics:

Ron Paul To Everyone But Mitt: Drop Out — Campaign says unite behind Ron Paul to defeat Romney. — (Getty Images / Chip Somodevilla) — MANCHESTER, New Hampshire—Rep. Ron Paul's campaign called on the rest of the Republican field to drop out of the race and unite behind him in order to defeat Mitt Romney.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Hit & Run

Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:

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 …

Discussion: 2012 Decoded, Mediaite, Hot Air, American Prospect, Guardian, Taegan Goddard's …, weaskamerica.com and Gothamist

Joshua Green / Bloomberg:

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.

Discussion: The Daily Caller, The Politico, News Desk, Naked Politics, Guardian, Riehl World View and Taegan Goddard's …

Michelle Malkin:

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:

Discussion: Master Feed, Washington Post and ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*

Michael O'Brien / msnbc.com:

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.

Discussion: The Politico, The Huffington Post, The Daily Beast, The Moderate Voice and Donklephant

Democracy in America:

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 …

Discussion: The Atlantic Online

Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:

Romney Wins G.O.P. Primary in New Hampshire — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Mitt Romney swept to victory in the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, turning back a ferocious assault from his Republican rivals who are working to slow his march to the Republican presidential nomination.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Investor's Business Daily, Wall Street Journal, The Caucus, New York Times, About.com Conservative … and The Atlantic Online

Fox News:

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.

Discussion: The Politico, Campaign 2012, Scared Monkeys, Hit & Run, The Daily Caller, The Spectacle Blog and Daily Kos

John Heilemann / New York Magazine:

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.

Discussion: CNN, Saint Petersblog, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and News Desk

Alicia M. Cohn / Ballot Box:
Huntsman says third-place finish in NH means he'll stay in race

Discussion: CNN

Hans von Spakovsky / The Heritage Foundation:
Breaking: Court to Decide if Gingrich, Huntsman, Santorum, Perry Will Be on Virginia's Primary Ballot

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, RedState, The Right Sphere and Hot Air

Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
New Hampshire Primary Overview and Forecast

Discussion: The New Republic, msnbc.com, Daily Kos, Guardian and Crooks and Liars

Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Paul defends Romney ‘fire’ comment, history at Bain

Discussion: The Politico, ABCNEWS, Los Angeles Times and The Reaction

William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Special Editorial: From Bain to Main

Discussion: The Right Scoop, News Desk, Swampland, Rush Limbaugh, Taylor Marsh, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Washington Post and National Review

Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Romney's GOP critics undermining his general election argument

Discussion: ABCNEWS, Hot Air, The Hill, The Raw Story, The Politico and ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*

Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Newt Gingrich hits Mitt Romney on abortion in South Carolina ad

Discussion: Balloon Juice, The Politico and The Huffington Post

CNN:
Record turnout likely in New Hampshire GOP race

Discussion: The Reaction, The BRAD BLOG, 2012 Decoded, Wizbang, ABCNEWS, Crooks and Liars and Gallup

Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Romney wins New Hampshire

Discussion: CNN and The Hill

Washington Post:
New Hampshire polls begin to close after a day of attacks on Mitt Romney

Discussion: Datechguy's Blog, The Lonely Conservative and The Moderate Voice

Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Fighting on Democrats' turf

Discussion: New York Magazine, Slate, Balloon Juice, The Hill and Democratic Strategist

John Whitesides / Reuters:
Perry pleads for second look in South Carolina

Discussion: Saint Petersblog

Huma Khan / ABCNEWS:
Romney Wins NH Primary

Discussion: CNN

ABCNEWS:
Santorum Says Romney's ‘I Like Being Able to Fire People’ Moment ‘Not a Good Message’ to Voters

Discussion: The Hill

Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard: How Many Cheers for Bain? — There's a line of thinking …

Mj Lee / The Politico: Gary Bauer: It's not a ‘stop Romney meeting’

Web Edition:

Doomsday Clock moves to five minutes to midnight — It is five minutes to midnight. Two years ago, it appeared that world leaders might address the truly global threats that we face. In many cases, that trend has not continued or been reversed. For that reason, the Bulletin …

Discussion: Nation Now, The PJ Tatler, Political Mojo, FP Passport, Guardian and msnbc.com

James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:

Barack Hussein Gingrich — He's desperate, he's angry, and he's doing Romney a favor. — Humiliated in Iowa, a desperate and angry Newt Gingrich is taking the offensive against Mitt Romney, whom he accuses of “looting companies when he headed the Bain Capital investment firm,” …

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, The Enterprise Blog and The PJ Tatler

Paul Krugman:

Businessmen and Economics — A brief thought on something I'll try to expand on later. Leaving aside all the questions about what Mitt Romney did or didn't do at Bain — and about his self-aggrandizing double standard — there's an even broader question: why does anyone believe that success …

Discussion: JustOneMinute, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Prairie Weather, Jared Bernstein and Eschaton

ABCNEWS:

Ron Paul Defends Romney, Lashes Out at His Critics — In an exclusive interview outside a Manchester polling place, Ron Paul lashed out at fellow Republicans for making unfair and ignorant attacks on Mitt Romney's business record. — “I think they're wrong.

Discussion: The Page, Hit & Run, Washington Post, The Other McCain, The PJ Tatler, RedState, Ron Paul 2012 Presidential … and The Lonely Conservative

citypaper.net:

Gov. Corbett declares war on food stamps — Republican Gov. Tom Corbett has announced a major assault on the food stamp program that feeds 1.8 million Pennsylvanians, including 439,245 in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania's Department of Public Welfare announced that on May 1 …

Discussion: Philly.com, Asset Building Program, ThinkProgress, Mercury Rising, The Caucus and THEROOT.COM

Erik Wasson / The Hill:

Obama picks immigration reform advocate to lead domestic policy — President Obama has picked a strong advocate of immigration reform to head the Domestic Policy Council. — The White House announced Tuesday that Cecilia Muñoz, a former senior vice president of the National Council of La Raza …

Discussion: The Politico, National Review, Weasel Zippers and 24Ahead