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6:55 PM ET, January 6, 2008

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The Politico:
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 …
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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 …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
MY TAKE ON THE DEM DEBATE  —  So, a few observations about the Democratic debate.  —  First, a few months ago, I said that I didn't get what Barack Obama thought he was doing in one of the debates, that he was doing a very good job debating as the frontrunner, when in fact he was falling further and further behind Hillary Clinton.
Kate Gibson / MarketWatch:
Polls: Obama, McCain hold edge in New Hampshire
Discussion: Democratic Strategist
Patrick O'Connor / The Politico:
Candidates show love, hate on shows
Discussion: The Swamp and New York Times
Washington Wire:
ClintonÂ's Message on Change Goes Unchanged
Discussion: Open Left
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.
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?
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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.
Mark Blumenthal / Pollster.com:   NH: VIEW FROM SUNDAY MORNING
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
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Hindrocket / Power Line:   LAST NIGHT'S DEBATE: A POST-MORTEM
John McCain / The Page:
GOP Debate: Halperin's Report Cards
Michael Scherer / TIME: Swampland:
The GOP's High School Debate: The cool kid vs. the valedictorian
Alessandra Stanley / New York Times:
He Came, and He Saw, but Did He Moderate?  —  The first debates after the Iowa caucuses were a crucible for the candidates, but they were also a test of the Gibson Doctrine.  ABC's anchor, Charles Gibson, began the evening with a policy statement: “The less of a moderator, the better.”
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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 …
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Wretchard / The Belmont Club:   The men without a country
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.
Jeremy Clarkson / Times of London:
For sale: West's deadly nuclear secrets  —  A WHISTLEBLOWER has made a series of extraordinary claims about how corrupt government officials allowed Pakistan and other states to steal nuclear weapons secrets.  —  Sibel Edmonds, a 37-year-old former Turkish language translator for the FBI …
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Brad Friedman / The BRAD BLOG:
SIBEL EDMONDS SPEAKS TO UK SUNDAY TIMES: SAYS U.S. OFFICIALS INVOLVED …
Discussion: Screw Loose Change
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.
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.
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
 
 
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