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12:55 AM ET, January 16, 2008

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The Campaign Spot:
And The First Exit Polls in Michigan Say...  I'm surprised no one else has put this up yet.  I'm hearing the first round of exit polls have Romney 35, McCain 29, Huckabee 15, Ron Paul 10, Giuliani 4.  This doesn't count absentee ballots.  —  If this holds, the networks will be able to announce shortly after 9 p.m. eastern time...
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CNN:
Exit polling: Democrats pick McCain over Romney  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Despite urging from some activists like Markos Moulitsas that Michigan Democrats vote for Mitt Romney over John McCain, CNN exit polling indicates the Arizona Republican won the liberal vote.
CNN:
How Romney won: Economy, evangelicals, local ties  —  (CNN) — Mitt Romney's victory over John McCain can be credited to three factors, CNN exit polling indicates.  —  A majority of Michigan voters named the economy as the most pressing issue — and those voters overwhelming chose …
Foon Rhee / Boston Globe:
Exit poll favors Romney's prospects  —  Early exit polling from Michigan appears to bode well for Mitt Romney and ill for John McCain.  —  McCain won the Republican primary in 2000, thanks largely to support from independents and Democrats who crossed over.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
HARD MITTMENTUM  —  NRO's Jim Geraghty posts what are supposed to be the first exit polls out of Michigan.  Romney 35%, McCain 29%, Huck 15%, Paul 10%, Giuliani 4%.  —  We've independently heard the same numbers; but we were not able to confirm them.  —  (ed.note: Actually …
Discussion: Firedoglake and Daily Kos
Hindrocket / Power Line:
MITT ROMNEY, RONALD REAGAN, AND THE ELECTION OF 2008  —  Now that Mitt Romney appears to have won a solid victory in Michigan, I want to make a couple of points about his campaign in the context of this year's election season.  —  First, the pervasive commentary over the last week to the effect …
John M. Broder / New York Times:
Romney Beats McCain in Michigan Vote
Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:
Total
Discussion: TIME, Punditry and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
CNN:
Exit polling: Independents don't show up
Discussion: TownHall Blog
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
No G.O.P. Anchor in Sight
Discussion: THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
You Decide 08!:
ROMNEY, CLINTON WIN MICHIGAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
Hillary Clinton / CNN:
Potentially troubling news for Clinton in Michigan ‘win’  —  (CNN) — Hillary Clinton faced a grim statistic in Michigan tonight, despite her primary “win” there: results revealed that she may have reason to worry about her grasp on the African-American vote.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Blacklash?  —  So far, in Michigan, the African-American vote …
Discussion: Salon
Brian Stelter / The Caucus:
NBC Wins Battle Over Debate  —  The Nevada Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that MSNBC is not required to include candidate Dennis Kucinich in its scheduled Democratic presidential debate.  —  The decision, which came one hour before the debate was scheduled to begin in Las Vegas …
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Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
HUCK, THE CONSTITUTION AND 'GOD'S STANDARDS'  —  From NBC/NJ's Adam Aigner-Treworgy  —  WARREN, Mich. — Huckabee's closing argument to voters here this evening featured a few new stories and two prolonged sections on illegal immigration and Christian values.
The Corner:
Re: God's Government
Discussion: Townhall.com
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Banned at The DoJ  —  We here at TPM get hundreds of emails each day, ranging from reader emails to press releases.  And it took me a while to notice that on October 10th of last year, the Justice Department stopped sending us their releases.  We had been on their list for well more than a year.
Michael Chabon / The Huffington Post:
Hey, Louis Farrakhan and Richard Cohen: You Can't Scare Me  —  Writing in his regular column for the Washington Post today, Richard Cohen sought to frighten me and every other Jew in America into believing that Barack Obama at worst supports, and at best tacitly approves of …
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Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Obama's Farrakhan Test
Matthew Yglesias / Washington Monthly:
The Unbearable Inanity of Tim Russert  —  On May 27, Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson appeared on Meet the Press hoping, no doubt, to get a question about Iraq policy.  Richardson was advocating the complete withdrawal of all U.S. forces, an important policy distinction …
Discussion: Swords Crossed
Detroit Free Press:
Across Michigan, light turnout and some upset voters  —  Around metro Detroit and across the state, turnout has been so low for the presidential primary that some clerks predict the majority of votes will come from absentee ballots.  —  Clerks say snowy weather and a non-race on the Democratic side have kept numbers down.
Bloomberg:
Brown Says U.K. May Take Over Northern Rock, Resell  —  Jan. 16 (Bloomberg) — Prime Minister Gordon Brown, in his clearest indication yet that Northern Rock Plc may be nationalized, said the U.K. is considering acquiring the mortgage-lender and reselling it when market conditions recover.
 
 
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