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3:10 PM ET, January 8, 2008

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Gloria Steinem / New York Times:
Women Are Never Front-Runners  —  Correction appended.  —  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 …
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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:
New Hampshire votes: Small state, big impact
Thomas Sowell / Real Clear Politics:
Remember, We're Choosing a President
Discussion: Dr. Sanity and A Blog For All
Jim Tankersley / The Swamp:
Surge of a different kind for Obama
Discussion: The Hill
Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2008: South Carolina Republican Primary
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.
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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.
Redstate:
Report from the polls
Discussion: The Campaign Spot and MyDD
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:
Jose Antonio Vargas / The Trail:
Dartmouth Students Walk Out on Bill  —  HANOVER, N.H. — About thirty minutes into Bill Clinton's nearly two-hour stop here at Dartmouth College, a steady stream of students started walking out of the venue.  —  Moments later, Clinton — his voice hoarse, sometimes cracking …
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Ben Adler / The Politico:
Dartmouth not feeling Obamentum  —  The Obamentum is a little hard to assess this morning.  Obama held a 9 a.m. event open only to students at Dartmouth College.  The audience was capped at 700 students and, remarkably (for Obama), the gym is not full.  —  There are at least several hundred students …
Discussion: Firedoglake
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 …
New York Post:
IRAN 1, USA 0  —  NAVAL ERROR IN THE GULF  —  EARLY Sunday morning, the US Navy lost its nerve and guaranteed that American sailors will die at Iranian hands in the future.  —  As three of our warships passed through the Straits of Hormuz, five small Iranian patrol craft rushed them.
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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 …
 
 
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Irit Rosenblum / Haaretz:
Security arrangements for Bush visit to cost Israel $25,000 an hour
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Mitt Romney's Long March
Jules Crittenden:
Pond View  —  Brit longs for representation in taxing Yank election.
Discussion: PoliGazette
Gretchen Morgenson / New York Times:
Baltimore Is Suing Bank Over Foreclosure Crisis
Nazila Fathi / New York Times:
A President's Defender Keeps His Distance
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:
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The Guy With the Bus Is on a Roll
Mary Katharine Ham / Townhall.com:
Update:Ha.  Last night, when Obama was defending himself …
Discussion: Wizbang
Zogby:
Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby New Hampshire Tracking Poll: Obama …
James Quinn / Telegraph:
US recession is already here, warns Merrill
Kathryn Jean Lopez / The Corner:
Seriously, Is Matt Lauer Serious?
Discussion: Flopping Aces and Vox Popoli
Joe Klein / TIME: Swampland:
Obama's Other Life