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Obama's Iowa Acceptance Speech: "We Are Choosing Hope Over Fear" [VIDEO]
Election 2008: Barack Obama tells Iowa audience, "We're choosing unity over division and sending a powerful message that change is coming to America." More »

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Is Fox News Trying to Ruin the Ron Paul Revolution? [VIDEO]

Post by Peter Slutsky
Video: Fox News is not allowing Rep. Paul to participate in the January 6th forum in New Hampshire. More »

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Now Comes the Spin - Howard Kurtz, Washington Post
Mitt, Fred Lose; Huck, McCain Win; Rudy Unharmed - Paul Mirengoff, PL
Barack Delivers, Hillary Disappoints - Joe Conason, Salon
Hillary Aides Revive Comeback Kid Storyline - Karen Breslau, Newsweek
It May Be One & Done for Romney - Howie Carr, Boston Herald
McCain: The Republican Heir? - Rich Lowry, National Review
Dems Better Positioned for November - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
Obama is Big Story; Don't Dismiss Huckabee - Pete Wehner, Contentions
Next Time, Dilute Iowa's Power - Ronald Brownstein, National Journal
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Huckabee
- David Brooks, New York Times
Democrats in Denial
- Michael Gerson, San Diego Union-Tribune
GOP Faces Wild, Unpredictable Race
- J. Harris
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The 9/10 Caucuses
January 04, 2008
FrontPage.Com has an editorial up this morning pointing out the deficiencies of both of the Iowa winners last night; Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee: More

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  • A New Strategy for Energy Innovation

    Transforming the U.S. Economy
    Peter Ogden, John Podesta, and John Deutch present a solution to spur energy research and development and begin an innovation revolution.

  • Time to Diversify

    Oil Hits $100 a Barrel
    With price barrier broken, the need to diversify our energy resources becomes all the more important, writes Dan Weiss.

  • No Iraq News (Still) Isn't Good News

    Think Again by Eric Alterman
    Media coverage of Iraq declined dramatically in late 2007, just in time for the run-up to the presidential election that could change our policy there.

  • Modernizing the Export-Import Bank

    New Provision Will Promote Clean Energy
    A CAP-supported idea to require the Export-Import Bank to promote clean energy finds a home in the appropriations omnibus.
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The Race Is On - But Where's the Meat? - Michael Barone, Times of London
Both Clintons' Legacies May Rest on N.H. - John Harris, The Politico
A Second Clinton Comeback? - Patrick Healy & John Broder, New York Times
Huckabee Suddenly a Serious Contender - Terry Eastland, Weekly Standard
The End of the Clintoncene Epoch? - Ryan Lizza, The New Yorker
Phoniness, Not Mormonism, Defeated Romney - Michael Medved, Townhall
What Would Hillary Rodham Do? - Gail Collins, New York Times
Previewing An Obama-McCain Showdown - Reid Wilson, Politics Nation
Last Hurrah For Reagan Coalition? - Patrick Buchanan, Creators
Clinton Supporters Question Her Strategy - Kornblut, Weisman & Kane, WP
It's the Secular Left vs. Christian Left - Mark Steyn, Orange County Register
The Iowa Fallout: A Primer on Momentum - Jay Cost, HorseRaceBlog
Bhutto's Deadly Legacy - William Dalrymple, International Herald Tribune
Economy Needs Tax-Reform, Not Populism - Larry Kudlow, RCP
No Relief in Bush Homestretch - Ann McFeatters, Boston Herald
How to Remember 1968 - Todd Gitlin, Los Angeles Times
The Politics of Iraq Body Counts - N. Munro & C. Cannon, National Journal
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Experience heart of Democratic debate

Underdog Clinton Goes After Obama: In New Hampshire

Inside Obama’s Dream Machine: Mass Media loves Obama

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The Race is Now Obama's to Lose - David Broder, Washington Post
Huckabee & Edwards Have Common Delusions - George Will, Union Leader
There Will Be Blood - Dick Morris & Eileen McGann, New York Post
Clinton Machine Shaken by Setback - Karen Tumulty, Time
Obama's Time Has Arrived - Richard Wolffe, Newsweek
The Fall of the House of Clinton - Noemie Emery, Weekly Standard
Obama Should Beware of What's To Come - John Kass, Chicago Tribune
They Didn't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow - Frank Rich, New York Times
Hail the Rise of a New JFK - Sarah Baxter, Sunday Times
Deep Breath Before We Crown Obama - Robert Caldwell, San Diego UT
The Republicans' Huckabee Problem - Howard Fineman, Newsweek
The GOP's Time for Choosing - Henry Olsen, OpinionJournal
Why Bush, Cheney Must Be Impeached - George McGovern, Washington Post
Lame Duck? Bush is Comeback Kid - Donald Lambro, Washington Times
Trouble Ahead for Next President - Strobe Talbot, Financial Times
How Safe Are Pakistan's Nukes? - Trudy Rubin, Philadelphia Inquirer
The American Giant Always Bounces Back - Irwin Stelzer, Sunday Times
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Tension Builds as the Stakes Rise - Susan Page & Jill Lawrence, USA Today
Road to the White House Passes Through NH - Albert Hunt, Bloomberg
The New New Mitt vs. McCain - Kimberley Strassel, Wall Street Journal
Clinton's Mistake & Her Last Chance to Fix It - Bob Shrum, NY Daily News
The Splendid Theatre of American Democracy - Janet Daley, UK Telegraph
Can Obama Withstand Scrutiny? - John Heilemann, New York Magazine
Huckabee Can Win in November - William Kristol, New York Times
For GOP, Iowa Better Be an Aberration - Stuart Rothenberg, Roll Call
Only McCain Can Beat Obama - Richard Baehr, American Thinker
The Democratic Foreign Policy Wars - Ari Berman, The Nation
Dems Can't Handle Truth About the Surge - Fred Barnes, Weekly Standard
It's About Confidence in America - Madeleine Albright, Washington Post
Blind Faiths: The Suicide of Reason? - Ayaan Hirsi Ali, New York Times
America Must Have a Fiscal Stimulus - Larry Summers, Financial Times
Bush Should Confront Congress on Pork - John Fund, OpinionJournal
Is 1992 the Model for Hillary? - Jay Cost, HorseRaceBlog
Likeability Trumps Money and Positions - Edward Luce, Financial Times
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Clinton Gears Up for Extended Battle - Thomas Edsall, Huffington Post
The Clinton Years: 1992-2007 - Peter Wehner, Contentions
Looks Like the Mac Really Is Back - Ron Claiborne, ABC News
The Crowded Obama Bandwagon - Terence Samuel, The American Prospect
Amnesty Bill Could Derail McCain's Train - Howie Carr, Boston Herald
GOP Should Tread Carefully on Immigration - Victor Davis Hanson, NRO
Our Pathetic Obsession with Obama's Race - Christopher Hitchens, Slate
Bloomberg's Game of Presidential Footsie - David Remnick, The New Yorker
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Steve Coughlin: Purple Heart in War of Ideas? - Frank Gaffney Jr., Washington Times
Democrats See No Good in Iraq - Washington Post editorial
Democrats in Denial on Iraq - Wall Street Journal editorial
Johns Hopkins' Iraq Numbers - Washington Times editorial
Afghanistan and Iraq Cry Out for Civilians - Hilary Synnott, London Daily Telegraph
Dangerous Time for Middle East Visit - Miami Herald editorial
Bush of Arabia - Fouad Ajami, Wall Street Journal
Into the Heart of the Beast - Claude Salhani, Washington Times
Iran's Naked Ambitions - Uzi Rubin, Washington Times
Oh, Thanks, Mr. Gul - Tulin Daloglu, Washington Times
Dynastic Politics at Work in Pakistan - H.D.S. Greenway, Boston Globe
Decision Time in Burma - R. Nicholas Burns, Washington Post
The Trial of Charles Taylor - Los Angeles Times editorial
Why did Venezuela Surrender to Chávez? - Carlos Montanier, Miami Herald
Democracy: Inevitable No More - Madeleine Albright, Los Angeles Times
CIA Tapes: Independent Inquiry Needed - Bruce Fein, Washington Times

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Clinton Braces for Second Loss - Jackie Calmes, Wall Street Journal
McCain and Romney: The Warrior and the To-Do List - Byron York, NRO
Obama's Poetry Beating Clinton's Prose - E. J. Dionne, Washington Post
Clinton's Plan B: How the Rules Could Help Her - Jay Cost, HorseRaceBlog
The Power of Candidate Branding - Chuck Todd, NBC News
The McCain and Obama Models - David Brooks, New York Times
Hillary Tries Temper, Tears to Stop Obama - Margaret Carlson, Bloomberg
Huckabee's Counterproductive Sweet Talk - Dick Armey, RealClearPolitics
Women Are Never Front-Runners - Gloria Steinem, New York Times
Young Women, Feminism and Hillary - Michael Barone, US News & WR
McCain Senses a N.H. Comeback - Roger Simon, The Politico
Romney Narrows Focus, 'Finds Voice' - Michael Levenson, Boston Globe
Baby Steps Needed in the Middle East - Dennis Ross, The New Republic
Bush of Arabia - Fouad Ajami, Wall Street Journal
Democracy: Inevitable No More - Madeleine Albright, Los Angeles Times
Iran 1, USA 0: The Navy Lost Its Nerve - Ralph Peters, New York Post
A Chink in Hillary's Steely Facade - Robin Givhan, Washington Post
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Hillary Wins: Conventional Wisdom R.I.P. - Dick Meyer, CBS News
John McCain: Too Tough to Die - John Dickerson, Slate
Can She Cry Her Way Back to White House? - Maureen Dowd, NY Times
How Clinton Won: The 'Mondale Model' - Jay Cost, HorseRaceBlog
McCain Shreds Romney's Plan, Now Favorite - Robert Novak, Chicago ST
After NH, Race May Break Huckabee's Way - John Ellis, RealClearPolitics
Clinton Victory Makes Fools of Doubters - Allen & VandeHei, The Politico
New Hampshire's Polling Fiasco - Gary Langer, ABC News
How Hillary Turned it Around - Karen Tumulty, Time
Hillary Beats the Media - John Podhoretz, New York Post
The Crying Game: Hillary, Part Two - Victor Davis Hanson, NRO
Never Underestimate John McCain - Ruth Marcus, Washington Post
Theories on Hillary's Turnabout - Jonathan Alter, Newsweek
Voter-Fraud Showdown - John Fund, Wall Street Journal
Challenges for the World's Divided Economy - Martin Wolf, Financial Times
They Won't Keep Promises About Your Kids - Robert Samuelson, Newsweek
The Tale of the CIA Tapes - Rep. Jane Harman, USA Today
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New Hampshire Redefines Meaning of 'Inevitable' - USA Today
Presidential Plot Thickens - Dallas Morning News
Romney and His Money - Washington Times
Hillary Clinton's Surprise Win - The Economist
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Illustration by Zach Trenholm
The witch ain't dead, and Chris Matthews is a ding-dong
The glee with which Matthews and other angry male pundits prematurely danced on Hillary's grave made me -- for one night only -- a Clinton supporter

By Rebecca Traister

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Pardon My Laughter and Cynicism
Miscellaneous Observations on the Presidential Primaries, America's Great Political Circus

by John Chuckman / January 9th, 2008

Americans are the only people I know who believe their own propaganda. – Deborah Eisenberg, American writer (Full article …)

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The Real Winner: The Voter
By: Ben Johnson
As New Hampshire voters return national security front-and-center, Barack Obama joins President John Kerry as a victim of media polls. More>
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Modernizing the U.S Military - Daniel Davis, Washington Times
The Surge Worked - John McCain and Joe Lieberman, Wall Street Journal
Iraq is the Issue - Daniel Casse, Commentary
Turn the Tables on Iran, Mr. President - Jerusalem Post editorial
Iran's Provocation - Walter Russell Mead, Wall Street Journal
Tempting Fate in Pakistan - Boston Globe editorial
Tell Abbas to Stop Educating for War - Jerusalem Post editorial
Israel’s Ties that Bind - Mitchell Bard, Los Angeles Times
Can Bush Make a Difference - Ghassan Khatib, Daily Star
Israel: Nothing but Bluntness Will Do - Isi Lieber, Jerusalem Post
Lebanon's Lessons for Gaza - Evelyn Gordon, Jerusalem Post
Arab Despotism May Have Merit - Shlomo Ben-Ami, Daily Star
Candidates Vague on Middle East Democracy - Steven Cook, Daily Star
Qatar Feels the Chill - Dilip Hiro, Guardian
Pakistan's Straying Democracy - Chayes and Sheikholeslami, Boston Globe
Kenya at the Brink - Washington Post editorial
Cuba's Transition Begins - Brian Latell, Wall Street Journal
Yale and the Terrorist - Wall Street Journal editorial
Poles to Bargain Hard on Missile Defense - Bronwen Maddox, London Times
Keeper of the Sakharov Flame - Cathy Young, Weekly Standard
Political Dilemma over Guantanamo - Leigh Sales, Sydney Morning Herald

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Start of a Marathon - George Will, Washington Post
The Return of Realpolitik - Gabor Steingart, Der Spiegel
Voters Weren't Ready to Commit - Nancy Gibbs & David von Drehle, Time
Why Hillary Won - Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal
Clinton Cried Likeable Tears - Richard Cohen, New York Daily News
Obambi Versus Clintzilla - Robert Tracinski, The Intellectual Activist
An Old Democratic Fault Line - Harold Meyerson, Washington Post
The Surge Worked - Sens. John McCain & Joe Lieberman, Wall Street Journal
Trying to Explain the Democrats' Struggles - TNR Congressional Roundup
Who Can Go the Distance? - Steven Stark, Boston Phoenix
The Clinton Style & the Road Ahead - Robert Novak, Chicago Sun-Times
A Choice for Those Who Rejected McCain - Peter Brown, The Politico
The Messy Politics of Illegal Immigration - Victor Davis Hanson, RCP
Don't Forget Foreign Policy - Pierre Atlas, Indianapolis Star
Iran's Provocation - Walter Russell Mead, Wall Street Jounal
Media Get Another Drubbing - Howard Kurtz, Washington Post
Voters Want Change: Will That Change? - Dave Barry, Seattle Times
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Transcripts & Speeches

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Special Report w/Brit Hume: Panel Sees No Frontrunner In Either Race
Hannity & Colmes: Frank Luntz & Bill Bradley on "Hannity & Colmes"
American Morning: Clinton on "American Morning"
The Situation Room: Edwards in "The Situation Room"
Hillary Clinton: Clinton's N.H. Victory Speech
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Spotlight on the Candidates

Hillary Clinton on Iraq: Hillary says she wants the troops out. But does she really?
On International Law: When it comes to human rights around the world, Hillary Clinton is little more than Bush Lite.
On her military policy: There's every indication that it closely parallels that of the Bush administration.


John Edwards: The charismatic populist has staked out progressive positions on important domestic policy issues but on foreign policy, however, his record is decidedly mixed.

Is Mike Huckabee a real compassionate conservative, or just a closet realist?

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Mary MacElveen: Where are Hillary Clinton's tears for our soldiers and innocent Iraqis? This column is dedicated to all of our soldiers who have lost their lives in Iraq and who have come home maimed. This column is also dedicated to the countless innocent Iraqis who have been killed at the hands of the United States government.
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BILL SCHER
NH Voters Agree: Fix The Economy
Republicans, Democrats and independents in New Hampshire all agree: the economy isn't working for them.

DAVID SIROTA
Bad News Out Here In the Real World
Welcome to the recession.



Welcome to the Recession
by Barbara Ehrenreich, The Huffington Post
Experts say we're approaching a recession. Most Americans say it's already started.

Anti-War Lessons From New Hampshire
by Tom Hayden, The Nation
How will Democratic candidates end the war? Few of the scenarios offered to voters really addressed the issue.

The High Cost of Doing Nothing
by Bill Becker, Gristmill
Make no mistake: The costs of switching to clean energy and an energy-efficient economy are far less than the costs of doing nothing.

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'08 Race is Now a Regional Affair - Rick Klein & Mike Elmore, ABC News
The NH Result & the Remaining Field - Dick Morris, The O'Reilly Factor
Obama Needs to Answer 'Where's the Beef?' - Mort Kondracke, Roll Call
Two Insurgencies: Huckabee & Obama - John O'Sullivan, National Review
Clinton Comeback Could Crown McCain - Jonathan Freedland, Guardian
Iraq Surge Has Revived GOP Fortunes - Jennifer Rubin, American Spectator
Anti-Immigration Card is Failing - Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald
Time to Close the Book on the Clintons - Camille Paglia, Salon
It's Not Nice to Mock Mature Women - Froma Harrop, Houston Chronicle
The Latest Version of Hillary Clinton - Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune
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A New Dynamic in the GOP Field - M. Cooper & M. Luo, New York Times
McCain Unscathed in Debate - Jonathan Martin, The Politico
Big Night For Mike Huckabee - Dean Barnett, Weekly Standard
The SC Debate: Fred's Not Dead - Chuck Todd, NBC News
Who's Crying Now? - Peggy Noonan, OpinionJournal
Clinton v. Obama: Moving Forward - Jay Cost, HorseRaceBlog
Clinton Courts Hispanics For Crucial Super Tuesday - Jim Carlton, WSJ
Bitter Fight Could Damage Dems - Steve Huntley, Chicago Sun-Times
Once Again, It's The Economy - Peter Baker & Dan Balz, Washington Post
Dems, GOP Have Left Michigan Behind - Daniel Howes, Detroit News
Middle-Class Capitalists - David Brooks, New York Times
A Reflection That Defines the Choice for US Voters - Philip Stephens, FT
Bringing Obama Back to Earth - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
On the Lookout for the 'Bradley Effect' - Eugene Robinson, San Diego UT
North Korea's True Colors - John Bolton, Wall Street Journal
Forging Ties With Iran - Mark Brzezinski and Ray Takeyh, Boston Globe
The Surge At One - Ralph Peters, New York Post
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Transcripts & Speeches

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Fox News: The South Carolina GOP Debate
Hannity & Colmes: Parade of Candidates on "Hannity & Colmes"
Special Report w/Brit Hume: Panel Looks at Latest from the Trail
Bill Richardson: Richardson Drops Out of the Race
Special Report w/Brit Hume: Panel Sees No Frontrunner In Either Race
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RCP Poll AveragesRepublican Presidential NominationRCP AverageHuckabee21.3%McCain19.7%Giuliani16.7%Romney13.0%Thompson10.3%Paul4.0%Huckabee +1.6%
Democratic Presidential NominationRCP AverageClinton37.7%Obama30.7%Edwards16.3%Clinton +7.0%
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