NEW HAMPSHIRE TO BE THE DECIDER?

So Barack Obama is ahead in almost every New Hampshire Poll. Has the Hillary Clinton campaign gone into melt down mode? If Hillary doesn't win Tuesday, it won't be for lack of effort. Driving through Pelham, New Hampshire today, there was Clinton vis on a couple intersections. Pelham, on the Massachusetts border, is a Republican hotspot. Clinton is working for every single vote, and polls suggests she needs all she can get.

But, what about John Edwards? Despite running just ahead of Clinton in Iowa, he hasn't seemed to make a splash in New Hampshire. He remains well behind Clinton in polls. If he can't pull off a very close second place spot Tuesday, can he really continue?

On the GOP side, voters seem to be totally rejecting Mitt Romney. Despite his attack ads, and they are seemingly unending, John McCain is catching on once again. He is ahead in polls, with Romney falling ever behind. After being ahead in polls in Iowa and New Hampshire for months, Romney's impending downfall is taking a toll. He couldn't even crack a smile during the debates at Saint Anselm College. And if Mike Huckabee clips Romney for second, Romney's gotta call it quits.

Predictions tomorrow.

Poll Update (thanks to PoliticalWire.com)

Here's a quick snapshot of the latest New Hampshire primary polls:

CNN/WMUR: Obama +10, McCain +6
USA Today/Gallup: Obama +13, McCain +4
Strategic Vision: Obama +9, McCain +8
Rasmussen: Obama +12, McCain +2
7NEWS/Suffolk: Obama +2, Romney +3
McClatchy/MSNBC: Obama +2, McCain +8
Reuters/Zogby: Obama +1, Romney +1
Concord Monitor/Research 2000: Obama +1, McCain +6
American Research Group: Obama +12, McCain +14

Quick Clips

Clinton-Obama Phone Call Flap
Not So Fast, Clinton Says About Obama Momentum
Obama Takes the Lead in N.H.
Clinton lets arrows fly at Obama
In New Hampshire, Bill Clinton Is Finding Less Spark
Clintons press for N.H. comeback
Former President Touts Wife in New Hampshire
Bill Clinton seeks that old N.H. magic
Edwards tries to dig in for long haul
John Edwards hits the road (again)
Edwards: Closing his N.H. campaign as 'the fighter'
For Obama, an apparent bounce after all
Republican Rivals Go After One Another in Forum
Huckabee: Romney can dish it out but can't take it
'Huck & Chuck' are inseparable duo on GOP campaign trail
For McCain, Return Points Up Change in the Times
McCain Asserts That He Could Beat Obama in Nov.
Paul Has "No Intention" of Making Third-Party Bid
Ron Paul supporters, out in the cold
Romney Decides Second Beats Last
Romney offers himself as a D.C. outsider
Bloomberg and Others Begin Talks on a Nonpartisan Path
Poll: Obama, McCain leap ahead in N.H.
Showdown in N. Hampshire: Answering the call for change
Tactics change in high-stakes N.H. debates
Stakes high for New Hampshire primary
In Debate Clashes, Accuracy Takes a Hit
After New Hampshire, a Rapidly Changing Race
Iowa Caucus Results Put Pressure on Black Leaders for Endorsements

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THE FIELD

Clinton-Obama Phone Call Flap

By Kate Phillips
New York Times
January 6, 2008

The Clinton-Obama camps feud over prerecorded phone messages aimed at voters…

Not So Fast, Clinton Says About Obama Momentum

By Jeff Zeleny and Patrick Healy
New York Times
January 7, 2008

New poll results put Senator Barack Obama in the lead in New Hampshire and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on the offensive…

Obama Takes the Lead in N.H.

By Jon Cohen
Washington Post
January 6, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) has jumped to a double-digit lead in New Hampshire with two days to go, neutralizing New York senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's onetime advantage among female voters, according to two state polls released today…

Clinton lets arrows fly at Obama

By Mark Z. Barabak and Scott Martelle
Los Angeles Times
January 6, 2008

Former front-runner attacks throughout New Hampshire debate, saying 'Words are not action.' Edwards defends the Iowa victor…

CLINTON

In New Hampshire, Bill Clinton Is Finding Less Spark

By Mark Leibovich
New York Times
January 7, 2008

Campaigning for his wife, Bill Clinton has been drawing sleepy and sometimes smallish crowds in the state that revived his 1992 presidential bid…

Clintons press for N.H. comeback

Los Angeles Times
January 7, 2008

Hillary Clinton retools her campaign efforts and has already begun playing up the importance of other states…

Former President Touts Wife in New Hampshire

By Robin Abcarian
Los Angeles Times
January 6, 2008

NORTH CONWAY, N.H. -- He was wonky, folksy and occasionally self-deprecating. And while Bill Clinton never alluded to the defeat administered to his wife by Iowa caucus-goers on Thursday, he said he was baffled by the way her years of public service have been perceived as a liability…

Bill Clinton seeks that old N.H. magic
The former president—and would-be first gentleman—barnstorms a state much changed since it propelled his 1992 campaign.

By Jill Zuckman
Chicago Tribune
January 6, 2008

It's hard to chart the precise starting point for Bill Clinton's political legend, but New Hampshire is as good a place as any…

EDWARDS

Edwards tries to dig in for long haul

By Seema Mehta and James Rainey
Los Angeles Times
January 6, 2008

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- John Edwards launched a new television spot and a final, marathon bus tour through this state Sunday, acknowledging he was the underdog but insisting he would not give up a Democratic presidential contest that increasingly centered on Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton…

John Edwards hits the road (again)

Los Angeles Times Top of the Ticket
January 6, 2008

And a Los Angeles family helps him press his case…

Edwards: Closing his N.H. campaign as 'the fighter'

By Karoun Demirjian
Chicago Tribune
January 6, 2008

KEENE, N.H.—John Edwards kicked off the final push for Tuesday’s primary—a 36-hour bus tour across New Hampshire—by ramping up the rhetoric against the his competitors and attempting, with the help of three families who endured medical tragedies, to hit voters in the gut through a series of emotional town hall meetings on subjects that have traditionally been Edwards’ strong suits with voters—health care, jobs, and the middle class…

OBAMA

For Obama, an apparent bounce after all

Los Angeles Times Top of the Ticket
January 6, 2008

Bad news for Clinton and Edwards…

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THE FIELD

Republican Rivals Go After One Another in Forum

By Michael Luo
New York Times
January 7, 2008

A day after a heated debate, Mitt Romney struck back with a vengeance at his main rivals, John McCain and Mike Huckabee, in a Fox News forum…

Huckabee: Romney can dish it out but can't take it

By Rick Pearson
Chicago Tribune
January 6, 2008

NASHUA, N.H.—Republican Iowa caucuses winner Mike Huckabee says he's surprised that rival Mitt Romney is showing a streak of being thin-skinned after weeks in which Romney ran critical TV ads against him and Sen. John McCain of Arizona in the early nominating states…

HUCKABEE

'Huck & Chuck' are inseparable duo on GOP campaign trail

By Jason George
Chicago Tribune
January 7, 2008

WINDHAM, N.H. — At most campaign events the candidate speaks last, but former Gov. Mike Huckabee—just days after winning the Iowa caucuses—knows when he's the undercard…

McCAIN

For McCain, Return Points Up Change in the Times

By Adam Nagourney and Marc Santora
New York Times
January 7, 2008

John McCain, who won the New Hampshire primary in 2000, is in many ways a different candidate running a very different campaign in a very different time…

McCain Asserts That He Could Beat Obama in Nov.
Senator Says He Will Not Retreat From a Campaign in Which Change Is the Focus

By Dan Balz and Chris Cillizza
Washington Post
January 6, 2008

NASHUA, N.H. -- Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) asserted today that he could win a generational-focused November election campaign against Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on the strength of his record combating special interests and his support for President Bush's troop surge strategy in Iraq…

PAUL

Paul Has "No Intention" of Making Third-Party Bid

By Jose Antonio Vargas
Washington Post
January 6, 2008

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Rep. Ron Paul has no plans to run on a third party ticket, he told The Trail tonight, minutes before boarding a private jet to Los Angeles…

Ron Paul supporters, out in the cold

By Jason George
Chicago Tribune
January 6, 2008

MANCHESTER, N.H.—St. Anselm College shut down its campus to uninvited visitors for Sunday night’s Republican forum on the Fox News Channel, forcing a group of about 20 Ron Paul supporters to stand at the school’s entrance to protest their candidate’s exclusion from the forum…

ROMNEY

Romney Decides Second Beats Last

By Michael Powell
New York Times
January 7, 2008

Mitt Romney has found solace in a marvelous revelation: He finished second in Iowa, which really means he almost won…

Romney offers himself as a D.C. outsider

Los Angeles Times Top of the Ticket
January 6, 2008

Manchester, N.H. -- Mitt Romney took his fair share of abuse at Saturday night's debate among the Republican presidential candidates (and may get heaped upon again at tonight's nationally televised forum). So perhaps it was only natural that today -- during his one public rally -- he decried what he characterized as "the partisanship and the bickering and the score-settling and the insult-hurling" that marks politics in Washington…

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BLOOMBERG

Bloomberg and Others Begin Talks on a Nonpartisan Path

By Nicholas Confessore
New York Times
January 7, 2008

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and a dozen current and former elected officials from both parties met in Oklahoma Sunday evening with little fanfare but grand ambitions…

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Poll: Obama, McCain leap ahead in N.H.

By Susan Page
USA Today
January 7, 2008

NASHUA, N.H. — Amid frenetic last-minute campaigning, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds the onetime front-runners in New Hampshire lagging as Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain have surged to leads before Tuesday's primary…

Showdown in N. Hampshire: Answering the call for change

By Jim Tankersley
Chicago Tribune
January 6, 2008

A bilingual sign greets drivers entering New Hampshire from Massachusetts on U.S. Highway 3, a testament to how immigrants have shaped the home of the nation's first presidential primary…

Tactics change in high-stakes N.H. debates

By Cathleen Decker and Michael Finnegan
Los Angeles Times
January 6, 2008

Romney takes heat from all his GOP rivals, most notably McCain. Paul takes on everyone with his unorthodox views…

Stakes high for New Hampshire primary

By Linda FeldmannChristian Science Monitor
January 7, 2008

The Democratic contest is more likely to be decisive…

In Debate Clashes, Accuracy Takes a Hit

By Michael Cooper and Robert Pear
New York Times
January 7, 2008

As the clock ticks down to the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, truth and accuracy are sometimes sacrificed on the stump…

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By John Hardwood
New York Times
January 6, 2008

The simplicity and careful planning of Iowa and New Hampshire are about to give way to a complex, high-velocity game of “Survivor.”

Iowa Caucus Results Put Pressure on Black Leaders for Endorsements

By Janny Scott
New York Times
January 7, 2008

The Democratic campaigns are now scrambling to win over uncommitted black leaders, shore up allegiances and fend off the possibility of defections…