Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
8:55 AM ET, January 20, 2008

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Ari Melber / The Nation:
OBAMA WINS MOST NEVADA DELEGATES...  Barack Obama may have won the most delegates in Saturday's Nevada Caucus, even though Hillary Clinton bested his statewide turnout by about six points.  —  A source with knowledge of the Nevada Democratic Party's projections told The Nation that under …
RELATED:
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Delegate Math: Who Won Nevada?  —  UPDATE, 8:15 p.m: Both the chairwoman of the Nevada Democratic Party and a senior adviser for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign are insisting that the contention that Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) won more delegates in today's caucus is incorrect.
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
SOME CLARITY ON THOSE NV DELEGATES  —  From NBC's Mark Murray  —  After the Obama campaign pointed out it had won more pledged delegates than Clinton did — which the AP and NBC News later backed up — the Nevada Democratic Party issued this statement: “Just like in Iowa what was awarded today were delegates to the County Convention.
Discussion: Open Left and 2008 Democratic …
New York Times:
Clinton Defeats Obama in Nevada Vote  —  LAS VEGAS - Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton won the Nevada caucuses on Saturday, capturing strong support from women voters and adding a fresh boost of momentum to her campaign as the Democratic presidential race heads to South Carolina …
Marc Ambinder:
Obama Manager Accuses Clintons of Widespread Dirty Politics  —  David Plouffe, in a succinct statement appended to a released quotation from his boss, Barack Obama, said the Obama campaign was investigating more than 200 reporters of irregularities in Nevada.
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Nevada tussle signals rancor for Dems
Michael Crowley / The New Republic:
Hillary's OK Day  —  Hillary Clinton will gladly take her win today in Nevada.
Discussion: The Daily Dish
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
DID OBAMA WIN MORE DELEGATES?
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
CNN:
Fred Thompson stays in GOP presidential race  —  (CNN) — After a weak showing in the South Carolina primary, Fred Thompson gave a wistful speech to supporters, telling them “we'll always stand strong together."  —  Thompson had staked his campaign on a strong finish in the Republican primary here.
RELATED:
Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
The Party of ... McCain?  —  For weeks, we've marveled at the GOP field's stubborn refusal to winnow itself.  With John McCain's victory tonight, we've finally achieved that belated winnowing.  In one quick burst, McCain has effectively knocked Mike Huckabee, Fred Thompson …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Ross Douthat:
Rudy Is Toast  —  How's that for a bold prediction?  Seriously, I think Mark Steyn had it exactly wrong this afternoon, when he wrote: … If Romney hadn't won Michigan, I could almost imagine something like this happening.  (Indeed, I did imagine it, back when it looked like Romney might flame out early.)
Discussion: PrestoPundit and Eunomia
Redstate:
Not with a bang, but a whimper  —  So long, Fred; we hardly even knew ye.  —  Well, that's not entirely accurate — we knew you far better than we've known many a politician who's thrown his hat in the Presidential ring in years past (or even this year; see “Hunter, Duncan” or “Gravel, Mike” for examples).
Andrew Malcolm / Los Angeles Times:
Breaking News: A Ron Paul surge in Nevada
Mark Steyn / The Corner:   McMentum vs Huckmentum
The Corner:   Exit Polls  —  Rich: By my back-of-the-envelope calculations …
Michelle Malkin:
The end of Mike Huckabee  —  Liveblogging...  He's taking the stage at his Columbia HQ.  Huckabee says he just called McCain to congratulate him and thank him for a “civil,” “decent” campaign.  —  Huckabee slyly attacks Romney by praising himself and McCain for campaigning with “honor” instead of attacking someone else.
RELATED:
Jeff G. / protein wisdom:
allow me to interject  —  I will not, will not, vote for John McCain.  —  I will not, will not, vote for Mike Huckabee.  —  I will not, will not, vote for Ron Paul — unless he runs for Fuhrer.  In which case, he's got my full support.  —  I might hold my nose and vote for Mitt Romney …
Discussion: Gateway Pundit and Redstate
Mike Tackett / The Swamp:
South Carolina GOP race tight as a tick
Jonathan Alter / Newsweek:
Leading Democrats To Bill Clinton: Pipe Down  —  Footing the Bill: Is the former president hurting his wife's campaign?  —  Prominent Democrats are upset with the aggressive role that Bill Clinton is playing in the 2008 campaign, a role they believe is inappropriate for a former president and the titular head of the Democratic Party.
RELATED:
The Corner:
This Race  —  The problem for the Republicans in this race is that none of them have received a majority of the vote.  The winner gets about one-third of the vote, and is declared the big winner (usually said to have momentum, or what have you).  Yes, he wins a plurality.
Discussion: THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS and RADAMISTO
Times of London:
FBI denies file exposing nuclear secrets theft  —  The FBI has been accused of covering up a file detailing government dealings with a network stealing nuclear secrets  —  THE FBI has been accused of covering up a key case file detailing evidence against corrupt government officials …
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 8:55 AM ET, January 20, 2008.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
memeorandum: site main
memeorandum River: reverse chronological memeorandum
memeorandum Mobile: for phones
memeorandum Leaderboard: memeorandum's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
memeorandum RSS feed
memeorandum on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
Kevin A. Hassett / Washington Post:
5 Myths About That Depressing R-Word
Paul Krugman:
Entrepreneurship  —  One thing that struck me about Obama's …
Scott Shane / New York Times:
In Legal Cases, C.I.A. Officers Turn to Insurer
The Campaign Spot:
Even If He's Blah Tonight, Why Should Fred Drop Out?
Discussion: BLACKFIVE and Punditry
Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
Hardball: Cramer says the economy is bad and DC won't admit it
Brian Eckhouse / Las vegas sun Blogs:
Culinary can't face the news
Discussion: Hotline On Call
 Earlier Items: 
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
UNDECIDEDS BREAKING LATE IN SC
Discussion: TownHall Blog and Pandagon
Times of London:
Women turn on ‘traitor’ Oprah Winfrey for backing Barack Obama
Discussion: Seeing the Forest
Associated Press:
Shiite holiday marred by violence
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Andrew J. Bacevich / Washington Post:
Surge to Nowhere  —  Don't buy the hawks' hype.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
CNN:
Hunter exits presidential race
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The New York Times is broken, shown by its entitled, petulant reaction to Politico's report on its tense relationship with Biden

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is considering replacing CEO Bob Bakish with an “Office of the CEO” made up of division heads on an interim basis

Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
Sources: Amazon Prime Video has a framework deal for NBA broadcast rights for at least a decade, starting in 2025-26; ESPN/ABC is expected to keep the finals

 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page