memeorandum: McCain camp claims smear (Jonathan Martin/Jonathan Martin's Blogs)

7:40 PM ET, January 6, 2008

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Hillary advisers fear N.H. loss — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Sen. Hillary Clinton's strategists, desperate for a win in New Hampshire, have decided against unleashing attack ads against Sen. Barack Obama before Tuesday's primary, Democratic sources said. — The senator's aides concluded …

Discussion: The New Republic, Boston Globe, YID With LID, Blue Crab Boulevard, The Swamp and Time

CNN:

Poll: Obama jumps ahead of Clinton in New Hampshire — MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (CNN) — With two days to go until the New Hampshire primary, a new CNN/WMUR poll out Sunday afternoon suggests that Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois has opened up a double digit advantage over New York …

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …, The Politico, Talking Points Memo, AMERICAblog, Deadline USA, Boston Globe, McClatchy Washington Bureau, TPM Election Central, Daily Kos, HillaryClinton.com and THE LIBERAL JOURNAL

Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:

THE PACK....Ezra Klein watches pack journalism at work, 2008 style, and it's not pretty. Nickel version: If some other reporter says Hillary Clinton melted down because she displayed a flash of emotion in last night's debate, then she melted down. After all, who are you going to believe, the spin room or your own lyin' eyes?

Discussion: The New Republic, Matthew Yglesias, The RBC, Buck Naked Politics and TalkLeft

CNN:

Edwards vows to stay in race to convention — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Democrat John Edwards said Sunday he will stay in the presidential race through the party's convention in late August, even if he fails to win any of the early presidential primary states. — “This is the call of my life …

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …, UrbanGrounds, Newsweek and Political Machine

Ezra Klein / American Prospect:

THE PRESS CORPS. — Read Chris Hayes on the psychology of the press corps here. I'd add that it's a bit astonishing to watch the real-time narrative construction that went on at last night's debate. I must have heard the term “meltdown” in reference to Hillary 65 times.

Discussion: The Newshoggers, The Nation, The Carpetbagger Report and Matthew Yglesias

Kate Gibson / MarketWatch:
Polls: Obama, McCain hold edge in New Hampshire

Discussion: Democratic Strategist

Washington Wire:
ClintonÂ's Message on Change Goes Unchanged

Discussion: Open Left

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
MY TAKE ON THE DEM DEBATE — So, a few observations about the Democratic debate.

Discussion: michellemalkin.com, Liberty Street, Taylor Marsh, New York Observer, Sister Toldjah, Pajamas Media, bustardblog, The Carpetbagger Report, Outside The Beltway, TigerHawk, The Heretik and bastard.logic

Mark Murray / MSNBC:
Hillary: time to ‘separate rhetoric from reality’

Discussion: 2008Central.net and Threat Level

Patrick O'Connor / The Politico:
Candidates show love, hate on shows

Discussion: The Swamp and New York Times

Mark Blumenthal / Pollster.com: NH: VIEW FROM SUNDAY MORNING

New York Times:
At Debate, Two Rivals Go After Defiant Clinton

Discussion: The Swamp, Wake up America, Buck Naked Politics, TechCrunch, Taylor Marsh, TalkLeft, Washington Post, Deadline USA, The Moderate Voice and American Prospect

Mark Blumenthal / Pollster.com:
POLL OF POLLSTERS: RATING THE NH POLLSTERS

Discussion: race42008.com

Jennifer Parker / Political Punch:
Hillary's Debate Moment

Discussion: RealClearPolitics, Matt Zeitlin, Ross Douthat, BitsBlog, Don Surber and The Huffington Post

Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Dem Debate Roundup: Work Horse Versus Show Horse

Discussion: NO QUARTER, TIME: Swampland, Matthew Yglesias, The Newshoggers and Corrente

Zogby:
Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby New Hampshire Tracking Poll: GOP and Dem …

Discussion: Open Left and TPM Election Central

Ben Smith / The Politico:
Clinton lays out campaign ‘framework’

Discussion: The New Republic, Scared Monkeys and Liberal Values

George McGovern / Washington Post:

Why I Believe Bush Must Go — Nixon Was Bad. These Guys Are Worse. — As we enter the eighth year of the Bush-Cheney administration, I have belatedly and painfully concluded that the only honorable course for me is to urge the impeachment of the president and the vice president.

Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:

Romney's Weekend — Mitt Romney had an excellent exchange with Chris Wallace this morning on the network conservatives watch, the sort of confident showing that brings voters over, even as John McCain was deep in the immigration swamp on Meet The Press and the Manchester Union Leader led …

Discussion: Oliver Willis and The Corner

Suffolk University:
Jan. 6, 2008 — It's Neck and Neck in New Hampshire: Obama …

Discussion: TPM Election Central

Hindrocket / Power Line:
LAST NIGHT'S DEBATE: A POST-MORTEM

Discussion: Townhall.com

Jonathan Wynne-Jones / Telegraph:

Bishop warns of no-go zones for non-Muslims — Islamic extremists have created “no-go” areas across Britain where it is too dangerous for non-Muslims to enter, one of the Church of England's most senior bishops warns today. — The Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, the Bishop of Rochester …

Discussion: The Newshoggers, Atlas Shrugs, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, Lionheart, Jules Crittenden and Media Blog

Wretchard / The Belmont Club: The men without a country

Telegraph:
Extremism flourished as UK lost Christianity

Discussion: Jay Currie, Heading Right and Bookworm Room

Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org:

Fred to MSM: ‘I Owe You Nothing’ — Fred Thompson today blasted the media for propagating a false rumor about his impending withdrawal, while reinforcing the role he has created for himself as the candidate in this race who does not suffer unwelcome questions gladly.

Discussion: JammieWearingFool, Hot Air, GINA COBB, PoliGazette, Stop The ACLU, The Corner, Flopping Aces and race42008.com

Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:

McCain camp claims smear — A McCain aide sends over a crude flyer that they said has been spotted on ATMs around Manchester. — I've not seen it myself, but if any of you have seen the below out and about please drop me a line.

Discussion: TownHall Blog and Reason Magazine

Madeleine Sauer / ABCNEWS:

American Al Qaeda Leader To Bush: ‘We Will Be Waiting For You’ — Native Californian Al Qaeda Leader Makes Threats Against Bush Middle East Visit — American Al Qaeda leader Adam Gadahn told his followers to welcome Bush “with bombs and traps” upon his upcoming visit to the Middle East this week.

Discussion: Wake up America, Little Green Footballs, Macsmind and JammieWearingFool

Ben Smith / The Politico:

Edwards: ‘Clinton campaign has no conscience’ — That's Edwards' take on [Clinton's shot at him last night] a Clinton aide's shot at him this morning, after Clinton said Nataline Sarkisyan could be alive if the patients bill of rights, which he'd boasted of championing, had passed.

Discussion: Captain's Quarters

Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:

A Liberal Reagan? — That's the possibility I raise in my Sunday Times column today. I was going back to read some of the speeches I have reprinted in full from Obama's campaign and came across this post from May 24 of last year. Here's an account of Obama's appeal, at a time when everyone seemed to believe Clinton was inevitable:

Tom Schaller / American Prospect:

R.I.P., THE CLINTON ERA, 9:34 P.M. EST. — Wow. — Get your kids out and put them in front of the TV: The Clinton Era officially ended at 9:34 p.m. EST when Edwards paired with Obama to bury Hillary as a non-agent of change. — Wow, again.

Discussion: Brilliant at Breakfast