CLINTON, McCAIN TAKE NEW HAMPSHIRE

So New Hampshire refused to coronate Barack Obama and handed what turned out to be a very surprise victory to Hillary Clinton. The pundits have lots of numbers to crunch in the next few days, but some things appear clear right now. First, women went with Clinton this time (they went with Obama in Iowa). Also, Joe Biden's supporters seemed to have gone with Clinton as well. So Clinton takes the fight to Nevada and South Carolina, but should John Edwards? Edwards counted on Union support, but lost bad in this category too (he came in third). So, can he really keep this campaign going? And then there is Bill Richardson, who has vowed that he is going West. Perhaps he can stay out West and run for Senate in his home state of New Mexico.

With the GOP, John McCain takes another win from this state (he won over George W. Bush in 2000) and his once presumed-defunct campaign carries on. Mitt Romney should perhaps start reading the writing (in big, giant letters) on the wall and call it quits. But, we move onto Michigan and South Carolina, where Mike Huckabee could pull another upset (he came in a distant third tonight). Oh, and Rudy Giuliani is still in there somewhere, too. He can brag that he nudged out (though barely) Ron Paul.

So the New Hampshire primary is done. Voters have decided to keep things interesting for a few more weeks. Stay tuned!

Quick Clips

Clinton Escapes to Fight Another Day
Women Backed Clinton, Exit Polls Show
The Show of Emotion Heard ’Round the Presidential Campaign World
She Lives
Maggie Williams to Join Clinton Effort
Clinton camp shakeup? Maybe not
Rhetorically, Hillary Clinton hits the right notes
Experience helps Clinton clinch win
Key Union May Back Obama RunObama
Obama Style Harkens to Bill
Obama Tries to Prove Electability to Blacks in S.C.
Blacks Pondering Whites Voting for Obama
New Hampshire Upends Field
McCain’s Victory Scrambles Field
McCain's Win a Lazarus-Like Resurrection
For McCain, Lucky Charms And a Swarm Of Support
Kid or not, McCain has a comeback
McCain back on track as major contender
Romney Settles for Silver Again
Defeat in the air at Romney camp
Clinton Defeats Obama in Primary; McCain Takes Republican Contest
Ire Over Status Quo, Fervor for Favorites Elicit Big Turnout
For the Losers, the Campaign Isn't Over Just Yet
Clinton Stuns Obama; McCain Wins
A Parade! A Circus! A Carnival! Or, the New Hampshire Primary
McCain and Clinton Win in NH In Major Comebacks
Obama Mania Meets a Steady, Strong Clinton
Clinton, McCain win New Hampshire
McCain, Clinton rebound; contest remains wide open in both parties
Unaffiliated voters play key role in N.H.
Watchdog FEC sidelined as elections roll


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CLINTON

Clinton Escapes to Fight Another Day

By Adam Nagourney
New York Times
January 9, 2008

MANCHESTER, N.H. — New Hampshire kept Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton alive…

Women Backed Clinton, Exit Polls Show

By David D. Kirkpatrick and Megan Thee
New York Times
January 9, 2008

In contrast to polling results in the Iowa caucuses, Democratic women in New Hampshire rallied around Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton…

The Show of Emotion Heard ’Round the Presidential Campaign World

By Jodi Kantor
New York Times
January 9, 2008

When Hillary Rodham Clinton choked up in New Hampshire, she prompted one of the most debated moments of the campaign…

She Lives

By Dana Milbank
Washington Post
January 8, 2008

HOOKSETT, N.H., Jan. 8 -- "I come here tonight with a very full heart," Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton told a gym full of screaming and chanting supporters here a few minutes after 11 p.m. Tuesday night. The unexpected victor in the New Hampshire primary, she vowed to "give America the kind of comeback New Hampshire has just given me."

Maggie Williams to Join Clinton Effort

By Chris Cillizza
Washington Post
January 9, 2008

Even before the polls close in New Hampshire comes word of changes at the top of the Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's (N.Y.) presidential campaign…

Clinton camp shakeup? Maybe not

Los Angeles Times Top of the Ticket
January 9, 2008

Manchester, N.H. -- Shortly before New Hampshire's polls closed -- a time when the big question in Democratic political circles was how easily Barack Obama would win today's primary, not whether he would win -- reports were hot and heavy of an impending shakeup in Hillary Clinton's camp…

Rhetorically, Hillary Clinton hits the right notes

Los Angeles Times Top of the Ticket
January 9, 2008

Manchester, N.H., -- Hillary Clinton, in claiming her victory in New Hampshire's Democratic primary, almost had to make a nod to the "Comeback Kid" label her husband so deftly applied to himself in finishing second in the party's contest 16 years ago. And she pulled it off -- also deftly…

Experience helps Clinton clinch win

By Martha T. Moore
USA Today
January 9, 2008

EXETER, N.H. — Women looking for an experienced leader gave Hillary Rodham Clinton a narrow victory in the first-in-the-nation primary Tuesday, and Erin Steckler, 29, was one of them…

OBAMA

Key Union May Back Obama Run

By Kris Maher
Wall Street Journal
January 9, 2008

In what would represent a major shift in union support, Unite Here, which represents 460,000 hotel and apparel workers, is expected to endorse Illinois Sen. Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination today, according to people familiar with the union's plans…

Obama Style Harkens to Bill
Like Clinton in '92, To Win, He Must Prove His Substance

By Gerald F. Seib
Wall Street Journal
January 9, 2008

The Democrats have a candidate who is re-running Bill Clinton's successful 1992 presidential campaign this year. Oddly enough, it isn't the candidate named Clinton…

Obama Tries to Prove Electability to Blacks in S.C.

By Perry Bacon Jr.
Washington Post
January 8, 2008

GREENWOOD, S.C., Jan. 8 -- Sen. Barack Obama's visit in June to this rural town so delighted its African American residents that their only complaint was that not enough people had been invited to the small gathering…

Blacks Pondering Whites Voting for Obama

By Courtland Milloy
Washington Post
January 9, 2008

A new version of an old race game has been gaining popularity among African Americans lately. I call it, "Divining the White Mind: Can a Black Man Be Elected President?" Imagine a board game in which a black figure moves across a map of the United States, offering up clues about racial attitudes in America…


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McCAIN

New Hampshire Upends Field
McCain's Primary Win Built on War Experience; The 'No Surrender' Tour

By Monica Langley
Wall Street Journal
January 9, 2008

NASHUA, N.H. -- "John has cheated death again."

McCain’s Victory Scrambles Field

By Michael Luo
New York Times
January 9, 2008

MANCHESTER, N.H.— After Senator John McCain’s victory here on Tuesday, the Republican field is more scrambled than ever, with the battleground now shifting to a series of states where each of the leading candidates believes he holds certain advantages…

McCain's Win a Lazarus-Like Resurrection

By Jonathan Weisman and Paul Kane
Washington Post
January 8, 2008

John McCain had been left for dead seven months ago. In early July, the Arizona senator's campaign manager and chief political strategist resigned. His campaign was nearly broke. Most of his headquarters staff was laid off. Field offices, opened to ensure McCain could run nationally, were shuttered…

For McCain, Lucky Charms And a Swarm Of Support

By Lois Romano
Washington Post
January 9, 2008

NASHUA, N.H., Jan. 8 -- John McCain had to be feeling pretty good Tuesday morning when he was mobbed at his only public appearance in the state -- if for no other reason than he didn't get injured…

Kid or not, McCain has a comeback

By James Rainey
Los Angeles Times
January 9, 2008

NASHUA, N.H. — In July, it hardly could have been imagined. The poll numbers were hideous, the campaign fund-raising anemic. Many of the pundits said they couldn't imagine how John McCain, looking all of his 71 years, could recover. His campaign staff had to be cut so severely, from 140 to 22, that one aide recalled, "it was like a neutron bomb went off."

McCain back on track as major contender

By David Jackson
USA Today
January 9, 2008

NASHUA, N.H. — The chant at John McCain's election night headquarters said it all: "Mac Is Back! Mac Is Back! Mac Is Back!"

ROMNEY

Romney Settles for Silver Again

By Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post
January 9, 2008

BEDFORD, N.H. -- Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney vowed he would continue to compete for the GOP nomination across the country, despite his second-place finish to Sen. John McCain tonight…

Defeat in the air at Romney camp

By Michael Finnegan
Los Angeles Times
January 9, 2008

BEDFORD, N.H. — A grim mood befell Mitt Romney's election-night party just minutes after the New Hampshire polls closed on Tuesday…

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Clinton Defeats Obama in Primary; McCain Takes Republican Contest

By Amy Chozick
Wall Street Journal
January 8, 2008

NASHUA, N.H. -- Hillary Clinton squeaked out a victory in New Hampshire's primary, slowing -- or perhaps stopping -- rival Barack Obama's momentum and showing more than one Clinton can be "the Comeback Kid."

Voters Doubly Fired Up
Ire Over Status Quo, Fervor for Favorites Elicit Big Turnout

By Laura Meckler
Wall Street Journal
January 9, 2008

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Voters again turned out in huge numbers yesterday, pumped up about their candidates but in a sour mood over the economy, the war in Iraq and the Bush administration, exit polls indicated…

For the Losers, the Campaign Isn't Over Just Yet

By June Kronholz
Wall Street Journal
January 9, 2008

With the campaign train now chugging into Michigan and Nevada, even the losers in yesterday's New Hampshire primary and last week's Iowa caucuses will hold onto advantages that mean the race for the nominations will continue into February…

Clinton Stuns Obama; McCain Wins

By Patrick Healy and Michael Cooper
New York Times
January 9, 2008

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York rode a wave of female support to victory over Senator Barack Obama in the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday night. In the Republican primary, meanwhile, Senator John McCain of Arizona revived his presidential bid with a Lazarus-like win…

A Parade! A Circus! A Carnival! Or, the New Hampshire Primary

By Mark Leibovich
New York Times
January 9, 2008

There is no better place to absorb New Hampshire on Primary Day than on Elm Street, the main thoroughfare in downtown Manchester…

McCain and Clinton Win in NH In Major Comebacks

By Chris Cillizza
Washington Post
January 9, 2008

Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) won today's New Hampshire primaries, capping two remarkable political comebacks…

Obama Mania Meets a Steady, Strong Clinton

By Jonathan Weisman and Paul Kane
Washington Post
January 8, 2008

An official Washington that only days ago was swept up in Barack Obama mania tonight began grappling with a Democratic primary fight that is looking like a long, extended battle between the Obama phenomenon and a slow, steady and strong Hillary Rodham Clinton…

Clinton, McCain win New Hampshire

By Mark Z. Barabak and Michael Muskal
Los Angeles Times
January 9, 2008

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and John McCain rose from the political ashes today, winning New Hampshire's endorsement for their presidential campaigns…

McCain, Clinton rebound; contest remains wide open in both parties

By Susan Page
USA Today
January 9, 2008

NASHUA, N.H. — On a night of stunning political rebounds, Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton, embattled after last week's loss in Iowa, narrowly defeated Barack Obama in the New Hampshire primary Tuesday. Among Republicans, John McCain, trailing far behind months ago, decisively beat the better-funded, better-organized Mitt Romney…

Unaffiliated voters play key role in N.H.

By Fredreka Schouten
USA Today
January 9, 2008

Armand Guillemette likes Democrat Barack Obama, but the independent voter went to his polling place in Manchester, N.H., on a mission Tuesday: to keep Republican John McCain's prospects alive…

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Watchdog FEC sidelined as elections roll

By Gail Russell Chaddock
Christian Science Monitor
January 9, 2008

The Federal Election Commission has vacancies in four of six seats and it hasn't acted on a new ethics law…