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1:50 PM ET, January 4, 2008

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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Two Earthquakes  —  I've been through election nights that brought a political earthquake to the country.  I've never been through an election night that brought two.  —  Barack Obama has won the Iowa caucuses.  You'd have to have a heart of stone not to feel moved by this.
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New York Post:
CLINTONS NO LONGER THE LIFE OF PARTY  —  DES MOINES, Iowa - Awaiting her coronation here last night, Hillary Rodham Clinton instead faced a seething revolt within her own party.  —  More than 70 percent of Iowa Democrats rejected her bid to get back into the White House.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Tammy Bruce
The Politico:
HRC team retools strategy, predicts N.H. win  —  Hillary Rodham Clinton plans to target what her campaign calls Barack Obama's inexperience over the next five days in New Hampshire and deliver much sharper — and likely much more personal and negative — attacks against the Iowa winner …
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Obama Takes Iowa in a Big Turnout as Clinton Falters; Huckabee Victor  —  DES MOINES — Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, a first-term Democratic senator trying to become the nation's first African-American president, rolled to victory in the Iowa caucuses on Thursday night …
Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
Out With the Old, In With the New  —  Obama and Huckabee rise; Mrs. Clinton falls.  —  And so it begins.  —  We wanted exciting, we got exciting.  —  As this is written, late on the night of the caucuses, the outlines of the decisions seem clear: Barack Obama won.
Zogby:
Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby New Hampshire Poll: McCain Leads Romney; Clinton Leads Obama as Edwards Hits 20%  —  Huckabee a distant third, Rudy fourth  —  UTICA, New York - Republican John McCain has leapt into first place in the GOP primary race in New Hampshire, while Clinton holds on to a six-point edge …
Discussion: Open Left and TPM Election Central
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Worthless chatter  —  I love when this happens.  It's a reminder that the political prattle that spews forth from group-think media stars without end and which consumes our political dialogue for a full year is based on absolutely nothing.  Also, most predictive “analysis” …
Ben Adler / The Politico:
Resignation greets Thompson's third place  —  DES MOINES, Iowa — Nothing makes for a lackluster afterparty like a tie for third place.  And that's where Fred Thompson finished in Thursday's caucus.  —  The former Tennessee senator won 13 percent support, too close to Arizona Sen. John McCain …
Steve Holland / Reuters:
Clinton and McCain lead in New Hampshire
The Politico:
GOP race in total disarray
CNN:
Candidates take message of change to N.H.
Discussion: Clayton Cramer's BLOG
Andrew Malcolm / Los Angeles Times:
Clinton aides hint that now things'll get nasty
Discussion: The Huffington Post and QandO
National Journal:
Data Bomb  —  Three weeks before the 2006 midterm elections gave Democrats control of Congress, a shocking study reported on the number of Iraqis who had died in the ongoing war.  It bolstered criticism of President Bush and heightened the waves of dread — here and around the world — about the U.S. occupation of Iraq.
Stephen Green / VodkaPundit:
An Open Letter  —  I'll put this in language even your tiny little Iowa brains can understand: What the f*** is wrong with you people?  —  The news coming out of Des Moines (literally, French for “tell me about the rabbits, George") tonight is distressing in the extreme. 32 years ago …
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David J. Sanders / Opinion Journal:   Mike Huckabee's New Deal
Steve Kornacki / New York Observer:
Obama Makes a Clinton-Campaign Joke  —  Inside an old airplane hangar at what used to be Pease Airforce Base in Portsmouth, Barack Obama made his first New Hampshire appearance since his Iowa victory.  —  He recited his standard stump speech, but there was a confident, almost giddy …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Richard Sisk / NY Daily News:
Giuliani stays positive despite weak campaign  —  BEDFORD, N.H. - He flatlined in Iowa and he's struggling in New Hampshire, but Rudy Giuliani shook off the early-state blues Thursday as only he can.  —  “None of this worries me - Sept. 11, there were times I was worried,” Giuliani said.
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
MCCAIN: “WHAT ABOUT 100?”  —  This video is all you need to know about the McCain candidacy.  I was actually in the audience.  I heard the guy challenge McCain on the war.  I knew McCain was going to push back.  But his style of reply was astonishing.  When the questioner asked …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
Entrance Poll: The Second-Prefs Winner Was ... Edwards  —  So how exactly did those much-coveted second-choice votes in the Iowa Caucus work out — did they deliver a victory for Obama through all these mysterious deals?  The answer is actually pretty surprising.
 
 
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Charles Peters / Washington Post:
Judge Him by His Laws  —  People who complain that Barack Obama …
Robert G. Kaiser / Washington Post:
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Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
FINAL NUMBER  —  Seems the final participation number …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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John Distaso / New Hampshire Union Leader:
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