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Headlines from January 7th, 2008
"I Actually Have Emotions. I Know That There Are Some People Who Doubt That."
Clinton talks to CNN about Monday's emotional moment in Portsmouth, NH. Click here to watch, and click here to read more. And another Clinton with emotions: Read Bill Clintons' extraordinary lashing out at Obama + the media -- and his defense of strategist Mark Penn -- at Dartmouth here. Permalink
***NOBODY KNOWS NOTHING***
Exit poll blackout as voters cast ballots until 8pm ET in some parts of New Hampshire. HALPERIN'S TAKE: Who has the most on the line in New Hampshire -- from most to least. Plus: Check out the Union Leader John Distaso's take here. Permalink
Clinton Drops Anti-Obama Mail in NH
Flier compares Social Security plans, says his would hike taxes. To see the mailer, click here and here. Permalink
"I Know Something You Don't Know"
OLD MEDIA TITANS MULL STREAMING EXIT POLL DATA AS A NATION WAITS Permalink
Clinton Closing Argument on WMUR
2-minute video uses personal touch, inspirational music to appeal to voters on primary eve. Watch it above. Read script here. Permalink
Final CNN/WMUR NH Poll Results
GOP: McCain 31, Romney 26, Huckabee 13, Giuliani 10, Paul 10. Dems: Obama 39, Clinton 30, Edwards 16. Error margin: 4 points. Poll conducted: Jan 5-6. Read more here. Permalink
USA Today/Gallup National Poll
GOP: Huckabee 25, Giuliani 20, McCain 19, Thompson 12, Romney 9. Dems: Clinton 33, Obama 33, Edwards 20. Error margin: 5 points. Poll conducted: Jan 4-6. Read more here. Permalink
Obama Rejects "Front-Runner" Mantle
Declines to say on PBS NewsHour that he's leading the pack... yet. "We won one race. I have no idea how the national polls are going." Read more here. Clinton, Romney and McCain also spoke to NewsHour. For audio on the Democrats, click here, and for Republicans, click here. Permalink
Clinton Fundraising Under Stress
TIME's Karen Tumulty reports the campaign may have as little as $15-$25 million left on hand, compared to $50.5 million at end of September. One prominent fundraiser: "Clearly, by every measure, I hear they are in a real financial crunch." Permalink
Romney: I Can “Post Up Against” Obama
Says Republicans need a nominee who can compete with the message he’s brought forward (and McCain can’t because he represents the Washington status quo). Permalink
Clinton Emotion Leads All Network Newscasts
All newscasts live from New Hampshire. ABC World News: Led with Clinton's emotion, showing full clip of moment and including Edwards response. Teased a Tuesday "Good Morning America" interview with Clinton and Diane Sawyer, where she talks about the different standards of women in politics. Also covered Obama reaching his "tipping point" with NH crowds, the high stakes for McCain, Romney bracing for a loss and Stephanopoulos weighing in on the Clinton strategy. Ended with piece on growing NH, and influence state has on the race. NBC Nightly News: Led with Clinton "clearly showing the strain this morning," showed full clip of tear moment, then tight showdown between Romney, McCain. Williams went on the trail with Obama (see post below), Russert weighed in on the race. CBS Evening News: Also showed full Clinton clip; woman who prompted the response said she's now leaning toward Clinton. Reporter said Obama's response was more sympathetic than Edwards'. McCain said debate performances, improvement in Iraq have helped him in NH. Romney said he faces "uphill fight" against McCain but predicted victory. Campaign Notebook included Huckabee on Letterman Mon., Edwards' bus marathon and latest ad, Bloomberg in Oklahoma, and good NH weather forecast for Tuesday. Later, Jeff Greenfield saw no damage from Clinton's show of emotion and said McCain camp is working to lower NH expectations. Bob Schieffer said Bill Bradley told him that supporting Obama makes people feel good about the country. Permalink
"More Than 4,000 Delegates"
Clinton's post-New Hampshire strategy comes into focus.Read it here. Permalink
Desperately Seeking a Strategy
Edwards campaign manager says Clinton's New Hampshire firewall is burning. Sonofamillworker's strategists in complex gambit to play off Obama and Clinton. Permalink
The Crying Game
Edwards reacts to Clinton's tears: "I think what we need in a commander in chief is strength and resolve.... Presidential campaigns are tough business." While Obama says it's not something he cares to comment on because he knows "this process is a grind." New Yorker's emotional moment the talk of the campaign trail on primary eve. Click above to watch. Gonna be a classic Clinton Rorschach test. (Although we don't have to guess what talk radio hosts and Fox News commentators will say....) Permalink
Primary Notebook
Huckabee pours coffee for a voter-- and then goes jogging alone. McCain indulges in superstition as he tries to repeat his 2000 victory. Clinton handshakes rejected by Edwards supporters. Watch ABC video. Obama hands out his water bottle to be given to a woman who fainted at a morning rally. Permalink
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