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12:00 AM ET, January 8, 2008

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Michael Elmore / Political Radar:
Rivals Reacts to Teary Clinton  —  ABC News' David Muir, Raelyn Johnson and Sunlen Miller Report: Former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., on the tail end of his 36-hour campaigning marathon in New Hampshire on day before the primary vote, reacted to rival Sen. Hillary Clinton's emotional moment Monday.
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USA Today:
Gallup: Clinton-Obama tied nationally; Huckabee leads GOP  —  Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama each drew 33% of the support from Democrats surveyed in its latest national poll, Gallup just announced.  —  In mid-December, well before Obama won last Thursday's Democratic caucuses in Iowa …
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Clinton fights back tears: 'It's not easy'  —  Exhausted and facing the prospect of losing the second test of her primary campaign, Hillary Rodham Clinton fought back tears as her voice broke at the close of a sedate event in a Portsmouth coffee shop.  —  She expressed the sheer difficulty …
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Huckabee, Obama Gain at National Level  —  Huckabee leads; Obama moves into tie with Clinton  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Republican Mike Huckabee and Democrat Barack Obama — both winners in last week's Iowa caucuses — have gained support at the national level among those who identify with their respective parties.
Discussion: TalkLeft, Say Anything and Open Left
CNN:
Romney: I can ‘post up against Barack Obama’  —  STRATHAM, New Hampshire (CNN) ­ — Mitt Romney has been shifting his message to focus on change following Barack Obama as the likely Democratic nominee.  —  Romney said Republicans need a nominee who can compete with Obama.
Emily Friedman / ABCNEWS:
Can Clinton's Emotions Get the Best of Her?
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Some Hillary Advisers Worry About Staying In Past New Hampshire …
Discussion: PoliGazette
Marc Ambinder:
Romney's Challenge To Obama
Discussion: race42008.com
Echidne / Eschaton:
Can Clinton's Emotions Get the Best of Her?
The Anchoress:
Will 2008 finish what 1968 began?
Discussion: Power Line
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
RedState Tells Readers Scoop Developers Are All Liberals, So Fork Over $25 Grand  —  I realize that there's one born every minute, but in a letter to RedState readers, Erick Erickson says that their readers need to raise $25,000 in order to keep them from being overrun by a liberal plot:
Discussion: Lonewacko and The Liberal Avenger
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Atrios / Eschaton:
Conservative Victims  —  From Red State.  This is pretty hilarious even for them. … There's more, but you get the idea.  It's the fault of liberals that they can't run their website because... hell I don't know.
Redstate:
RedState has a real need for your help
Discussion: Bluey Blog and PoliBlog (TM)
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Clinton and Obama, Johnson and King  —  Clinton rejoined the running argument over hope and “false hope” in an interview in Dover this afternoon, reminding Fox's Major Garrett that while Martin Luther King Jr. spoke on behalf of civil rights, President Lyndon Johnson was the one who got the legislation passed.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
BAD CALL  —  There's been a lot of rough news for Hillary Clinton in the last 72 hours.  And a lot of unforced errors.  But I think on this MLK and Lyndon Johnson remark, the edited quote that's circulating from The Politico is misleading.  —  The Politico quote is ...  But I think the full quote reads differently.
Discussion: TalkLeft
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Sean Hannity Flees from Ron Paul Supporters  —  Ron Paul supporters were yelling “ FOX News Sucks” and chasing after Sean Hannity the other night.  “Hey Hannity, how about an interview?"  “We're not falling for it anymore” “You suck Sean"...FNC shut out Ron Paul from their Republican Presidential forum …
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Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
BILL TO PAUL SUPPORTERS: 'YOU'RE NUTS'  —  From NBC/NJ's Mike Memoli  —  KEENE, NH — Several Ron Paul supporters shadowed a much larger Clinton entourage as Bill Clinton greeted supporters downtown.  The former president later called them “nuts."  —  During his third stop of the day …
Discussion: The Corner and Publius Endures
Mary Katharine Ham / TownHall Blog:
Iron My Shirt  —  I'm still at the Hillary rally.  My computer battery died.  —  Two protestors just stood up in the audience holding orange signs that read “IRON MY SHIRT,” and chanted “Iron my shirt, Iron my shirt” for a few seconds until led out by security.
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Philip Elliott / Associated Press:
Protesters ask Clinton to iron shirts
Discussion: NO QUARTER
Steve Benen / Crooks and Liars:
Kristol off to a bad start: Video Mash up!  —  Play (361) John Amato: Here's a mash up clip C&L did with the Huffington Post on William the Bloody Kristol after he got the NY Times gig.  (h/t Scarce)  —  Bill Kristol's inaugural column in the paper of record confirms the concerns of critics.
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Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
Bush's Messiah Complex  —  With time running short on his presidency — and on the eve of a trip to the Middle East — President Bush seems to have overcome his aversion to talking about his legacy and is now speaking fervently about how he expects to be remembered.
 
 
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Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
HILLARY AND CHANGE.  —  I meant to note this from my Clinton …
Discussion: The Talent Show
Norman Finkelstein / Associated Press:
U.S. academic Finkelstein meets top Hezbollah official in Lebanon
Discussion: Commentary
Steven Ginsberg / Fact Checker:
OBAMA AND IRAQ  —  I JUST CAME FROM A BILL CLINTON TOWN HALL MEETING IN PETERBOROUGH.
Discussion: Spin Cycle
Ben Smith / The Politico:
The Thatcher parallel  —  Clinton has been pretty explicit …
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Edwards Adviser Trippi: Hillary Campaign Is Broke
Discussion: TIME
Nikki Finke / Deadline Hollywood Daily:
IT'S OFFICAL NOW: NBC And Hollywood Foreign Press Scrap Big …
Discussion: L.A. Times
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
On Eve Of Primary, Hillary Drops Negative Mailer Hitting Obama On Taxes
 Earlier Items: 
Mary Ann Akers / The Sleuth:
Lapsed Mormon Unloads On Mitt Romney
The Corner:
Re: Queen Hillary
Marcella Bombardieri / Boston Globe:
Clinton heightens terrorism rhetoric
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Luntz Explains His Mystery Man
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
THE TRACKS OF HER TEARS
Discussion: Spin Cycle
CNN:
Struggling GOP candidate to stay in the race
New York Times:
U.S. Describes Confrontation With Iranian Boats
 

 
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is preparing to fire CEO Bob Bakish as soon as Monday, after he lost the trust of controlling shareholder Shari Redstone

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The New York Times is broken, shown by its entitled, petulant reaction to Politico's report on its tense relationship with Biden

Reggie Ugwu / New York Times:
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