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12:55 PM ET, January 9, 2008

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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
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.
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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 …
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 …
Melissa McEwan / Shakespeare's Sister:
Shut Up, Maureen Dowd  —  Part wev in an Ongoing Series by Tart and me, named elegantly and succinctly by Tart, about the World's Most Obnoxious Feminist Concern TrollTM.  —  Wow.  MoDo needs some spectaular amounts of Shutting Up for this one, which is mind-blowingly appalling …
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
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Republicans Will Always Have Hillary
Discussion: The Daily Dish
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
From a Big Boost for Obama to a Sharp Blow
Discussion: Washington Post and Time
Frank Donatelli / The Hill:
Two Comeback Stories
Discussion: The Swamp and The Politico
Tony Cook / Las Vegas Sun:
SEIU rises above chaos for Obama  —  Union squabbles up to last-minute endorsement  —  The Service Employees International Union Nevada endorsed Illinois Sen. Barack Obama on Tuesday night, a tortured decision after a series of fumbles and internal strife that continued to the end.
Discussion: The Corner
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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.
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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
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Little Green Footballs:   Pure Antisemitism at the Washington Post
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 …
Houston Chronicle:
More e-mails emerge in Harris County DA scandal  —  County GOP says Chuck Rosenthal should resign  —  New e-mails released Tuesday show District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal sent and received racist jokes and strategized with political consultants and colleagues about his re-election campaign on his county e-mail account.
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Jeremy Rogalski / KHOU-TV:
More damning e-mails uncovered in DA's office
Discussion: Off the Kuff and musings
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.
Matthew Yglesias:
The Statement  —  The striking thing about the Sam Nunn statement coming out of the silly unity confab is the bizarre mismatch between its action-items and its diagnosis.  Here what they think is wrong with the country:  — Approval for the United States around the world has dropped …
Discussion: Democratic Strategist
Kathleen Gray / Detroit Free Press:
McCain, Romney about to take Michigan by storm  —  Starting today, it's Michigan's turn.  —  And the state's presidential primary, at least on the Republican side, apparently has come down to a two-man battle between Arizona Sen. John McCain, fresh off Tuesday's victory in the New Hampshire primary …
Brad Friedman / The BRAD BLOG:
NH Primary: Pre-Election Polls Wildly Different Than Results Announced for Clinton/Obama  —  [UPDATED several times at end of article, and still developing with new updates...]  —  I'm not sure why Obama would have conceded so soon, given the virtually inexplicable turn of events in New Hampshire tonight.
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 …
 
 
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Lisa Schiffren / The Corner:
Thank God We Still Have Hillary to Kick Around
Faiz / Think Progress:
Giuliani: New York City Survived 9/11 Attacks Because Of Me
Discussion: Cliff Schecter
Ali Akbar Dareini / Associated Press:
Iranian TV: Pentagon video, audio fake
Andrew Cline / The Corner:
Old Dems Beat New Dems in New Hampshire
Al Kamen / Washington Post:
Run for President of Afghanistan? Zalmay, Zalmay Not.
Matthew Yglesias:
In Hillaryland  —  Marc Ambinder reports on the odd situation inside Hillaryland.
Discussion: TalkLeft
Klaus Marre / The Hill:
Top White House aides to write Middle East blog
 Earlier Items: 
Redstate:
Sources Say  —  By Erick Posted in 2008 — Comments (9) …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Why She Won  —  Now buried behind many other posts …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
John Fund / Opinion Journal:
Voter-Fraud Showdown  —  How can anyone object to asking for ID?
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
MAKING SENSE OF IT  —  It's hard for me to remember an election …
The Daily Howler:
WE SIMPLY REFUSE TO BE TRUTHFUL! …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Daily Kos
Daniel Gross / Slate:
WHY WERE THE POLITICAL FUTURES MARKETS SO WRONG ABOUT OBAMA AND CLINTON?
Discussion: The Big Picture and Open Left
Matthew Yglesias:
How Wrong Were The Polls?  —  Commenter Brian makes an observation …
 

 
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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

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount is planning for what happens if no big deal happens, mulling cutting $2B in costs, selling BET and TV stations, starting a streaming JV, more

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Some founders say TikTok ban won't impact creator economy startups much, as they have diversified across multiple platforms after Trump tried banning it in 2020

 
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