memeorandum: It's the secular Left vs. the Christian Left (Mark Steyn/Orange County Register)

10:45 PM ET, January 5, 2008

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Tight race in New Hampshire, post caucus poll shows — MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (CNN) — With three days to go until the New Hampshire primary, it's dead even in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. — A new CNN/WMUR New Hampshire presidential primary poll conducted …

Discussion: The Swamp, The Politico, Taegan Goddard's …, The New Republic, TalkLeft, Pollster.com and The Carpetbagger Report

Primary Monitor / yourconcord.com:

Monitor post-Iowa poll: McCain +6, Obama +1 — John McCain has doubled his support since mid-December and leads Mitt Romney, 35 percent to 29 percent, according to a Concord Monitor/Research 2000 post-Iowa survey of likely Republican primary voters in New Hampshire.

Discussion: Jonathan Martin's Blogs, Taegan Goddard's …, New York Observer, The Caucus, Spin Cycle, MyDD, Open Left, The Fix, Liberal Values, Redstate, Pollster.com and TIME

Marc Ambinder:

The GOP Debate: Thoughts.... On points, Fred Thompson won the debate. — Every answer was thoughtful and well-crafted; his tone matched the tone of the question; he wisely refrained from interjecting in the back and forth squabbling. He very deftly reminded viewers that he served …

Discussion: The Corner, MSNBC, Hot Air, BitsBlog and Spin Cycle

Mead Gruver / Associated Press:

Romney Wins Wyoming Caucuses — CASPER, Wyo. (AP) - Mitt Romney captured his first win of the Republican presidential race, gaining most of Wyoming's delegates at stake in GOP caucuses on Saturday. — The former Massachusetts governor won six of the first eight delegates to be selected.

Discussion: The Fix, Captain's Quarters, CNN, The Politico, MSNBC, Atlas Shrugs, 2008Central.net, Gateway Pundit, The Sundries Shack, Daily Pundit and PoliPundit.com

Robert D. Novak / Townhall.com:

Mitt's Divided Strategy — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Desperate to save Mitt Romney's Republican presidential campaign in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, his advisers all wanted to attack Sen. John McCain but were divided about how to do it. — Coming out of his disappointing performance in the Iowa Caucuses …

Discussion: The Palmetto Scoop, The Sundries Shack, Stop The ACLU, Macsmind, Patterico's Pontifications, Outside The Beltway and Punditry

Rasmussen Reports:

Election 2008: Obama vs. Giuliani and Romney — Obama Opens Lead Over Giuliani and Romney — The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that Senator Barack Obama has opened a ten-percentage point victory over former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, 47% to 37% (crosstabs available for Premium Members).

Discussion: Political Machine, A NEWT ONE, MyDD and TPM Election Central

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
CNN/WMUR: No bounce — I got an early look at the CNN/WMUR …

Discussion: The New Republic

Jonathan Adler / The Corner: Where'd Those Thompson Rumors Come From?

Michael Medved / Townhall.com:
Stop Lying About Huckabee and Evangelicals!

Discussion: Redstate, The Fix, Macsmind, Political Machine, Jonathan Martin's Blogs, Roger Ailes and race42008.com

Ruffin Prevost / Reuters:
Romney wins Wyoming Republican caucus

Discussion: michellemalkin.com, Casper Star Tribune and Associated Press

Lynn Sweet:

Fox's Bill O'Reilly in confrontation with Obama staffer at rally. UPDATE — NASHUA, N.H.— Fox News host Bill O'Reilly got into a confrontation with an Obama aide after O'Reilly started screaming at him as he tried to get Barack Obama's attention following a rally here.

John Dickerson / Slate:

The O'Reilly Rumble — WATCHING REALITY TELEVISION AT AN OBAMA RALLY. — You know when a celebrity television personality like Bill O'Reilly arrives at a political event because they always have a retinue and because people turn their cameras and camera phones from the candidate to capture the famous face.

Discussion: The Caucus, 2008Central.net, D-Day and Crooks and Liars

New Hampshire Union Leader:

State GOP withdraws as FOX debate partner — MANCHESTER - The New Hampshire Republican Party has quit “with regret” as a co-sponsor of tomorrow night's nationally televised GOP forum on FOX News. — The 8 p.m. event at Saint Anselm College — the last debate before Tuesday's primary …

Discussion: michellemalkin.com, Open Left, Wake up America, Publius Endures, Hot Air, Daily Kos and The Impolitic

CNN: O'Reilly gets in confrontation with Obama staffer

John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
O'Reilly says he called Obama's staffer an SOB!

Discussion: Daily Kos

Maria Gavrilovic / CBS News:
Bill O'Reilly Causes a Stir at Obama Event

Discussion: The Caucus, Wilshire & Washington and Wonkette

Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
New Hampshire GOP Pulls Out Of Fox News Debate

Discussion: Think Progress

Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
Obama aide: O'Reilly shoved me

Discussion: TVNewser

Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:

Clinton Criticizes Obama in NH Mailer — MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton criticizes rival Barack Obama's record on abortion rights in a mailing sent to New Hampshire voters. — The mailer says that seven times during his time in the Illinois state Senate …

Discussion: Political Radar and Taylor Marsh

Karen Tumulty / Time:
Clinton Machine Shaken by Setback

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs and The Moderate Voice

Eleanor Clift / Newsweek:
Reviving Camelot? — Obama's appeal transcends race and party.

Discussion: Macsmind and QandO

Zogby:

Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby New Hampshire Poll: McCain Leads Romney; Clinton Leads Obama as Edwards Remains at 20%... Zogby News Releases

Discussion: TPM Election Central, New Hampshire Union Leader, Open Left, The Field, NewsBusters.org, Eschaton, Talking Points Memo, Ben Smith's Blogs, The Moderate Voice, MyDD, Taylor Marsh, Spin Cycle, PoliGazette, Pollster.com and The Politico

Chris Bowers / Open Left:
Three Post-Iowa New Hampshire Polls

Discussion: Emptywheel, Political Machine, TalkLeft, The Newshoggers, The Carpetbagger Report and The Moderate Voice

Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:

They all hate Mitt — It's been a dominant theme of the GOP campaign and it's hanging over this debate tonight: Mitt Romney is despised by his fellow candidates. — Huck, McCain and, just now, Fred have all taken shots at him tonight. — Mitt cited the sort of health care mandates he supports …

Discussion: The Fix and Althouse

David Smith / Times of London:

UK living standards outstrip US — Living standards outstrip those across the Atlantic for first time in over a century — LIVING standards in Britain are set to rise above those in America for the first time since the 19th century, according to a report by the respected Oxford Economics consultancy.

Discussion: The Newshoggers and Liberal Values

Mark Steyn / Orange County Register:

It's the secular Left vs. the Christian Left — Confronted by Preacher Huckabee standing astride the Iowa caucuses, smirking, “Are you feelin' Hucky, punk?”, many of my conservative pals are inclined to respond, “Shoot me now." — But, if that seems a little dramatic, let's try and rustle up an alternative.

Discussion: Liberal Values, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, No Left Turns, Blue Crab Boulevard, Cold Fury and RADAMISTO

Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:

Too Much Romney-Bashing — A quick thought on the GOP debate: — Mitt-bashing has been a preoccupation for this blog, and it was out in full-force tonight. Huckabee kicked off the proceedings after Romney told him to worry about explaining his own position “and I'll explain mine.”

Discussion: DownWithTyranny! and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS