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1:15 PM ET, January 9, 2008

Top Items:

Can Hillary Cry Her Way Back to the White House? — DERRY, N.H. — When I walked into the office Monday, people were clustering around a computer to watch what they thought they would never see: Hillary Clinton with the unmistakable look of tears in her eyes. — A woman gazing at the screen was grimacing, saying it was bad.

Gary Langer / The Numbers:

New Hampshire's Polling Fiasco — There will be a serious, critical look at the final pre-election polls in the Democratic presidential primary in New Hampshire; that is essential. It is simply unprecedented for so many polls to have been so wrong. We need to know why.

Discussion: The Opinionator, Pollster.com, ABCNEWS, Commentary, Wake up America, The Belmont Club, Argghhh!, Betsy's Page, Blue Crab Boulevard, Soccer Dad and Redstate

Adam Nagourney / New York Times:

Clinton Escapes to Fight Another Day — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Hillary Rodham Clinton is back. — With solid support from registered Democrats and the backing of women, who deserted her in Iowa, Senator Clinton beat Senator Barack Obama of Illinois with a margin that — if not particularly wide …

New York Times:

Clinton Says Debate Was Turning Point in Her Victory — MANCHESTER, N.H. — The candidates' debate on Saturday night was the turning point in Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's surprising victory in the New Hampshire Democratic primary, Mrs. Clinton said Wednesday morning.

Discussion: TPM Election Central

Will / Attytood:

Is “Bradley effect” behind the Clinton surge? — Does Hillary Clinton's unexpectedly strong showing in New Hampshire tonight mean that the racially charged Bradley effect" is still hanging around in American politics? — The “Bradley effect” is the name that some political pundits gave …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Hullabaloo, Sister Toldjah and Macsmind

Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:

Republicans Will Always Have Hillary — The amazing rebound of Hillary Clinton may have a beneficial effect on Republican fortunes. Instead of facing an inexperienced but inspirational opponent in the general election, it now appears that the GOP nominee will have to fight the Clintons and their political machine.

Discussion: The Daily Dish

Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Media Analysis: The “Tweety Effect” Runs Rampant

Discussion: Think Progress, Crooks and Liars, Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos and Pandagon

The Daily Howler:
WE SIMPLY REFUSE TO BE TRUTHFUL! …

Discussion: Hullabaloo

Marc Ambinder:
What Happened To The Polls? The Sbornak Effect?

Discussion: Citizen Crain, Salon and Althouse

Jonathan Alter / Newsweek:
How Hillary Did It — Theories on a turnabout ... and what happens next.

Discussion: NewsBusters.org and The Heretik

Frank Donatelli / The Hill:
Two Comeback Stories

Discussion: The Swamp and The Politico

Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
From a Big Boost for Obama to a Sharp Blow

Discussion: Time

Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
She Lives — “I come here tonight with a very full heart,” …

Discussion: Time, Salon and TV Decoder

Greg Sargent / Horses Mouth:

One Day After Saying He'll “Never Underestimate Hillary Clinton Again,” Chris Matthews Says She's Only A Presidential Candidate Because Bill “Messed Around" — January 9, 2008 — 9:36 AM EST // link // — Normally Chris Matthews isn't worth the bother, because he serves up so much non-stop clowning …

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, Cliff Schecter and Rising Hegemon

Michael Calderone / The Politico:
After N.H., can the media come back?

Discussion: Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Political Machine, The Reaction, FishBowlDC, The Gun Toting Liberal™, American Street and The Peking Duck

Daniel Gross / Slate:
WHY WERE THE POLITICAL FUTURES MARKETS SO WRONG ABOUT OBAMA AND CLINTON?

Discussion: The Big Picture and Open Left

Lauren Effron / Political Radar:

Obama Endorsed by Culinary Workers Union — ABC News' Teddy Davis and Sunlen Miller Report: Despite losing Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, Sen. Barack Obama secured the endorsement of the Culinary Workers union. — The endorsement of the 60,000-member Culinary Workers union is seen …

Discussion: Matthew Yglesias, MyDD and Oliver Willis

Tony Cook / Las Vegas Sun:
SEIU rises above chaos for Obama

Discussion: The Corner

Kathleen Hennessey / Associated Press:
Obama wins endorsement of SEIU Nevada

Discussion: The Caucus, The Carpetbagger Report, Marc Ambinder, MyDD, Publius Endures, TPM Election Central and Pam's House Blend

Arun Gandhi / Washington Post:

Jewish Identity Can't Depend on Violence — Jewish identity in the past has been locked into the holocaust experience — a German burden that the Jews have not been able to shed. It is a very good example of a community can overplay a historic experience to the point that it begins to repulse friends.

Discussion: PoliGazette

Little Green Footballs: Pure Antisemitism at the Washington Post

Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:

Did The Ronulans Disappear Overnight? — A funny thing happened on my way to the predictable onslaught of Ron Paul supporters in my comments section after yesterday's post about his newsletters. The onslaught never arrived — and neither did the supposed Revolution from New Hampshire.

Discussion: Hot Air, Vox Popoli, Fausta's blog, Easter Lemming Liberal News and Reason Magazine

Isaac Chotiner / The Plank:
A Little Anti-Libertarian Gloating

Discussion: The American Scene, Brave New Films blog, The People's Republic …, DBKP and Cadillac Tight

Michael J. Totten:

The Rings on Zarqawi's Finger — “I am a ring on your finger." — Al Qaeda in Iraq member Abu Anas to Abu Musab Al Zarqawi — Since Abu Musab Al Zarqawi formed the Al Qaeda in Iraq franchise, the terrorist group that destroyed the World Trade Center has fought American soldiers …

Discussion: Gateway Pundit, Jules Crittenden and Michael Yon

Mahjoun / Drunkard's Lamppost:

Diebold and New Hampshire — At the completion of the New Hampshire primaries, certain elements are are claiming an “astonishing” discrepancy between the results tallied by hand and those tallied by Diebold machines. Naturally reddit jumped on the bandwagon as fast as possible.

Discussion: michellemalkin.com, Cadillac Tight, Norwegianity, The Seminal, newsmediatube.com, Political Machine and BobKrumm.com

Atrios / Eschaton:

Clinton — The Great Orange Satan: … I don't know if reaction to the media treatment of Clinton had anything to do with voter choices yesterday, but I certainly know people in real life who a) don't want Clinton to win and b) are tempted to vote for her every time they're exposed …

Discussion: Hullabaloo, TalkLeft, Needlenose and Booman Tribune

Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:

Bold Prediction: The Impending Obama Media Backlash — So here is the latest Bold Prediction, inspired by a late night and little caffeine - Obama is about to endure a media backlash. — Why a bursting of his media bubble? Well, they (alright, “they") have finally admitted what was obvious …

Discussion: New York Post, The Page, Hot Air, FishBowlDC, QandO and PoliGazette

Jonathan Martin / The Politico:

Romney drops TV ads in key states — Mitt Romney hasn't extended his television presence into next week in South Carolina and Florida, an aide confirms. — Romney has been on TV for months in both, owning the airwaves long before his GOP rivals purchased their first spots.