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January 5, 2008
The Facebook Primary
No one knew exactly how all this YouTubing, MySpacing and Facebooking -- especially among young voters -- would affect the presidential race. --Jose Antonio Vargas
Posted on January 5, 2008 at 8:41 PM ET | Comments (0)
Fact Checking the N.H. Debates in Real Time
Fact-checking the debates in real time.
Posted on January 5, 2008 at 7:35 PM ET | Comments (0)
Romney's Early Voting Victory -- in Wyoming
Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney scored a victory tonight in an early-voting state, Wyoming, by picking up eight out of the state's 14 available delegates. --Juliet Eilperin
Posted on January 5, 2008 at 7:20 PM ET | Comments (0)
Clinton, Obama Tied in NH; McCain Leads GOP Field
The first CNN-University of New Hampshire-WMUR poll taken after the Iowa caucuses shows Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton still in a tight battle for the Democratic primary, while on the Republican side, Arizona Sen. John McCain has taken his first lead since April. McCain holds a narrow, six percentage point, lead over the GOP field, supported by 33 percent of likely primary voters in the new poll to 27 percent for former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. --Jon Cohen
Posted on January 5, 2008 at 7:08 PM ET | Comments (0)
Everybody Loves a Change
"Change" is so popular that even candidates who represent stasis, inertia, and hidebound ideology are embracing it. --Joel Achenbach
Posted on January 5, 2008 at 6:47 PM ET | Comments (0)
Sununu to the Rescue
Sen. John Sununu gives journalist Al Hunt the Heimlich Maneuver in Manchester. --Amy Argetsinger
Posted on January 5, 2008 at 5:58 PM ET | Comments (0)
Angling for a Little of That 2000 Magic
John McCain held his 100th town hall meeting of his New Hampshire campaign in Peterborough on Saturday. McCain recorded the same milestone in Peterborough during the 2000 campaign, during his march to winning the New Hampshire primary, and Mark Salter, a top aide, said, "We're superstitious." McCain's return visit at lunchtime drew so many that dozens of voters and reporters were left out in the cold, blocked by the fire marshal in order to prevent overcrowding. --Juliet Eilperin
Posted on January 5, 2008 at 4:55 PM ET | Comments (2)
An N.H. Pocket of Progressivism
Lebanon, N.H., is so progressive it's practically Vermont -- to the point that Vermonters were all over the event today. --Joel Achenbach
Posted on January 5, 2008 at 4:24 PM ET | Comments (3)
How to Assure an SRO Event? Shrink the Gym.
A New Hampshire voter arriving to see Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday morning at a local high school might well have assumed that the event was overwhelmed by a stunningly high turnout, an impression that the candidate herself did her best to encourage. But the impression of overcrowding was misleading. Concord fire department officials said later that there was room in the gym for many more people than had arrived. --Alec MacGillis
Posted on January 5, 2008 at 3:54 PM ET | Comments (0)
Showing N.H. Voters More Than Faith
As he competes in New Hampshire, Mike Huckabee's campaign is trying to show another side of the man it promoted in Iowa as a "Christian leader." Now the emphasis is on a fun-loving guitar-playing man who really likes Chuck Norris. --Perry Bacon Jr.
Posted on January 5, 2008 at 3:37 PM ET | Comments (0)
Romney's New Role: Agent of Change
As he seeks to recover from his Iowa defeat, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has completely reinvented his stump speech, turning throw-away lines from his speeches of the past month into the central theme of his candidacy.--Michael D. Shear
Posted on January 5, 2008 at 1:58 PM ET | Comments (0)
Doug Wilder Endorses Obama
By Anita Kumar, Virginia Politics L. Douglas Wilder, Richmond's mayor and former Virginia governor, announced...
Posted on January 5, 2008 at 12:04 PM ET | Comments (0)
In NH, Edwards Fights to Stay in the Mix
Edwards is one of the most ferocious campaigners ever seen on the trail. He campaigned 36 hours non-stop in Iowa at one point. He had the earliest event Friday morning (6:15 a.m. on the schedule) and will stump all day today with hardly a break to prepare for tonight's crucial debate. There is no margin of error for Edwards, no backup plan: He has to find a way to stay at the center of the primary narrative despite the almost reflexive tendency of the news media to frame the race as Front-runner and Challenger. --Joel Achenbach
Posted on January 5, 2008 at 11:47 AM ET | Comments (23)
Clinton Reaches Out to Younger Voters
On Saturday, Clinton made a last-minute addition to her schedule: a conversation with young undecided voters in New Hampshire. That's significant because the event eats into her preparation time before tonight's make-or-break debate. And it also indicates that the Clinton camp is beginning to fully digest the full extent of the demographic worries that arose for them in Iowa. --Anne E. Kornblut
Posted on January 5, 2008 at 10:11 AM ET | Comments (0)
