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2:00 PM ET, January 8, 2008

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Gloria Steinem / New York Times:
Women Are Never Front-Runners  —  THE woman in question became a lawyer after some years as a community organizer, married a corporate lawyer and is the mother of two little girls, ages 9 and 6.  Herself the daughter of a white American mother and a black African father — in this race-conscious country …
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Even Conservative Media Chorus Sings Obama's Praises  —  Barack Obama, now the media's odds-on favorite to win the White House, is drawing effusive praise from the chattering classes.  —  “You'd have to have a heart of stone not to be moved by this. . . . This is a huge moment,” one commentator wrote.
CNN:
Candidates chase undecided voters as N.H. goes to polls  —  DIXVILLE NOTCH, New Hampshire (CNN) — Candidates vying for their parties' presidential nominations zigzagged across New Hampshire on Tuesday, trying to sway undecided voters before they cast ballots in the first-in-the-nation primary.
Frank Donatelli / The Hill:
McCain vs. Obama
Discussion: The Swamp
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Huckabee vows to defy birthright citizenship  —  Mike Huckabee wants to amend the Constitution to prevent children born in the U.S. to illegal aliens from automatically becoming American citizens, according to his top immigration surrogate — a radical step no other major presidential candidate has embraced.
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Mark R. Levin / The Corner:
You Have to Be Kidding Me  —  Now, I know most of the Republican candidates have changed certain of their positions.  But I have to say, when I read this story this morning, I was floored.  —  Heading into South Carolina, where illegal immigration appears to be the biggest issue among Republicans …
Byron York / The Corner:   Re: You Have to be Kidding Me  —  Mike Huckabee just released this statement:
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Josh Gerstein / Latest Politics:
President Clinton Sees Post-Iowa ‘Tidal Wave,’ Faults Press for Obama ‘Fairy Tale’
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Record N.H. Turnout Is Predicted
Discussion: You Decide 08! and MyDD
Mark Blumenthal / Pollster.com:
LOOKING FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE EXIT POLLS?  —  Looking for leaked exit poll results from New Hampshire?  Sorry to disappoint, but whatever their merits, we are unlikely to see any such leaked results until moments before the polls close.  —  In past years, the network consortium that conducts …
James Quinn / Telegraph:
US recession is already here, warns Merrill  —  The US has entered its first full-blown economic recession in 16 years, according to investment bank Merrill Lynch.  —  Merrill, itself one of Wall Street's biggest casualties of the sub-prime crisis, is the first major bank to declare …
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Pat Grossmith / New Hampshire Union Leader:
Large voter turnout reported  —  MANCHESTER - Long lines of people formed inside some polls this morning minutes after they opened at 6 a.m. for the New Hampshire presidential primary.  —  Louise Gosselin, Ward 6 moderator, said election officials expected about 150 people to vote each hour at St. Pius X on Candia Road.
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Redstate:
Report from the polls
Discussion: The Campaign Spot
Christian Schneider / The Wisconsin Policy …:
The Woman Who Changed the World  —  With Barack Obama's meteoric rise topping the news these days, many people have forgotten the bizarre series of events that paved the way to his stunning ascendance.  It's especially interesting given that some personal and minor details …
Washington Post:
See No Good  —  AT SATURDAY'S New Hampshire debate, Democratic candidates were confronted with a question that they have been ducking for some time: Can they concede that the “surge” of U.S. troops in Iraq has worked?  All of them vehemently opposed the troop increase when President Bush proposed …
Jennifer Parker / Political Radar:
New Hampshire Turnout ‘Absolutely Huge’  —  ABC News' Karen Travers Reports: New Hampshire Deputy Secretary of State Dave Scanlan told ABC News that turnout among primary voters today is “absolutely huge” — and there are concerns about running out of ballots in towns like Portsmouth, Keene, Hudson and Pelham.
Jackie Calmes / Wall Street Journal:
Clinton Braces for Second Loss; Union, Senators May Back Obama  —  NASHUA, N.H. — With Barack Obama strongly favored — even within Hillary Clinton's camp — to win a second straight victory in today's New Hampshire Democratic primary, both rivals are looking to the next battle grounds.
 
 
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Nazila Fathi / New York Times:
A President's Defender Keeps His Distance
New York Post:
IRAN 1, USA 0  —  NAVAL ERROR IN THE GULF  —  EARLY Sunday …
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The Corner:
You gotta have Hart's  —  Hart's Location always strikes …
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Diplomats Give Rice Low Marks
Major Garrett / Major Garrett's Bourbon Room:
Back to the Future: Carville & Begala to join Clinton campaign
CREW:
CREW FILES JUSTICE AND SENATE ETHICS COMMITTEE COMPLAINTS AGAINST SEN. MARY LANDRIEU
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
Jonah Goldberg / USA Today:
Putin's role model
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The End of Reaganism, or, Three Cheers for the Great Destroyer
 Earlier Items: 
Jonah Goldberg / The Corner:
Christian Democrats to the left of me...
Discussion: Crunchy Con
Andrea James / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Conservative pastor urges buying Microsoft stock to fight its gay rights efforts
Discussion: Slog
Mary Katharine Ham / Townhall.com:
Update:Ha.  Last night, when Obama was defending himself …
Discussion: Wizbang
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Bill O'Reilly shoves Obama's staffer: Unhinged... The Full video!
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Tears Of A Clinton
Kathryn Jean Lopez / The Corner:
Seriously, Is Matt Lauer Serious?
Joe Klein / TIME: Swampland:
Obama's Other Life
Fouad Ajami / Opinion Journal:
Bush of Arabia  —  This U.S. president is the most consequential …
 

 
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