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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.
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.
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 …
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CNN:
Huckabee, Obama leave Iowa as front-runners — DES MOINES, Iowa (CNN) — Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee have claimed victories in Iowa's first-in-the-nation caucuses. — With all Democratic precincts reporting, Obama had the support of 38 percent of voters, compared to 30 percent for John Edwards and 29 percent for Hillary Clinton.
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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 …
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:Obama Wins Iowa: Why Everyone Has a Reason to Celebrate Tonight
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The Politico:
GOP race in total disarray — DES MOINES, Iowa — Mike Huckabee's startling, not-even-close victory over Mitt Romney and the rest of the GOP field in the Iowa caucus means the Republican Party is in for a wildly unpredictable ride in the weeks ahead. — Here's what's certain …
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Steve Holland / Reuters:
Clinton and McCain lead in New Hampshire — MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican John McCain hold leads in New Hampshire four days before the state's presidential nominating contest, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Friday.
Richard Sisk / NY Daily News:Giuliani stays positive despite weak campaign
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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.
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 …
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John Distaso / New Hampshire Union Leader:
John DiStaso's Granite Status: Several candidates see Tuesday as a must-win — SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE. Campaign consultants and candidate handlers can spin all they want, but it's clear: — Tuesday's New Hampshire primary is a must-win for several candidates and a potential last stand for others.
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Employment Situation Summary — Technical information: — Household data: (202) 691-6378 USDL 08-0013 — Establishment data: 691-6555 Transmission of material in this release — http://www.bls.gov/ces/ is embargoed until 8:30 A.M.(EST) …
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.
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Bush Ponders Move to Bolster Economy — WASHINGTON — President Bush said Thursday that he was considering whether to propose a stimulus package to shore up the economy, the clearest indication yet of a growing concern inside the White House over rising oil prices, the subprime mortgage crisis and the possibility of recession.
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Don Frederick / Los Angeles Times:
Ron Paul gets some revenge — An easily overlooked aspect of the Iowa caucuses — Ron Paul not only besting Rudy Giuliani, but doing so by more than 2-to-1 — sparked a trip down memory lane for us. — It was mid-May, and the former mayor of New York was riding high following …
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