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New Hampshire primary stories: 66 news summaries

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 Why the Polls May Be Wrong 

Use of cell phones, unexpected turnout could skew results

Oct 30, 08 6:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Opinion polls can be wrong—just look at Thomas Dewey in 1948 or even Barack Obama, who led Hillary Clinton before the New Hampshire primary but lost anyway. Reuters outlines some factors that could be skewing current results:
  • Turnout: Polls filter the results of phone surveys through models of
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cell phones • racism • New Hampshire primary • voter turnout • Election 2008 • opinion polls • Bradley effect

Meghan McCain: I'll Get NH Tattoo If Dad Wins

A loss in the state would be 'very depressing' for her

Oct 17, 08 4:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - If John McCain takes the White House and wins New Hampshire, Meghan McCain says she'll get a tattoo of the state’s motto, the Union Leader reports. "New Hampshire is so important to me and my family," the younger McCain told supporters in the state where her dad... More »

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John McCain • New Hampshire • tattoos • New Hampshire primary • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Meghan McCain

Don't Get Cocky, Obama Cautions Supporters

19 days is a long time in electoral politics, candidate warns

Oct 16, 08 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Polls show that Barack Obama has a solid lead, nationally and in several swing states, over John McCain. But the Democrat warned supporters today to be wary of overconfidence, Reuters reports. “I've been in these positions before when we were favored and the press starts getting carried away and... More »

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Barack Obama • Democrats • fundraiser • confidence • New Hampshire primary • Barack Obama supporters • Election 2008

(Newser) - A no-traffic-light, one-store New Hampshire town is scrambling to prepare for Friday's joint appearance by Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, the first since she bowed out of the presidential race and endorsed him, reports the Concord Monitor. They're the biggest names to hit town since Arlo Guthrie in 1979,... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • New Hampshire primary • Iowa caucuses • Unity, NH

McCain's Men: The Team Behind the Turnaround

'Sedona Five' crack team of loyalists revamped battle

Mar 7, 08 9:50 AM CST
(Newser) - John McCain's back-from-the-dead presidential bid can attribute its triumph to a number of factors: the successes of the Iraq surge, the rise of Mike Huckabee, Rudy Giuliani's concession in New Hampshire. But before any of those game-changing events, the McCain comeback was engineered by a small, crack team of loyalists... More »

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John McCain • Republican presidential primaries • New Hampshire primary • Election 2008 • Sedona Five • Mark Salter

Obama Pulled In $32M in January

Meanwhile, McCain makes headway after beginning '08 in debt

Jan 31, 08 11:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama has raised $32 million this month, the Washington Post reports—a massive number in such a short span. The Democrat's campaign manager reported 170,000 new donors in January, raising the total number of contributors to 650,000. The best fundraising day was immediately following Hillary Clinton’s... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Super Tuesday • FEC • campaign fundraising • New Hampshire primary • campaign advertising • advertising campaign • political donors

OPINION

Did Race Cost Obama NH?

Poll expert thinks poor whites voted against him because he's black

Jan 11, 08 8:59 AM CST
(Newser) - Polls predicting a Barack Obama win in New Hampshire were way off, and the head of the Pew Research Center thinks race and class were part of the reason. In his years as a pollster, he has found that poorer, less-educated white people are less likely to agree to answer... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • New Hampshire primary • Pew Research Center

Count 'Em Again, Says Kucinich

Cites 'irregularities,' calls for New Hampshire recount

Jan 11, 08 8:01 AM CST
(Newser) - Longshot Democratic hopeful Dennis Kucinich wants the ballots recounted in the New Hampshire primary, The Hill reports. While he's not under any illusions that a recount would boost his own number—less than 2%—significantly, he says in a letter to the NH secretary of state there are “serious... More »

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New Hampshire • Dennis Kucinich • poll • voting • New Hampshire primary • Election 2008

OPINION

She Got Out
of Jail Free

Times scribe: Clinton got 'sympathy vote' from women who recognized her vulnerability

Jan 10, 08 2:37 PM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton had a “horrendous week” in the lead-up to Tuesday's New Hampshire primary—and won not on merit, but on a “sympathy vote” from women who saw themselves in her, exhausted and “overdosed on multitasking.” The New York Times’ Gail Collins argues that women recognized... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • New Hampshire • sympathy • New Hampshire primary • Gail Collins

Bookies Pay Out on Longshot Clinton Bets

At 100-to-1, Hillary's victory startles political gambling websites

Jan 10, 08 12:39 PM CST
(Newser) - Clinton supporters of an apolitical kind had reason to celebrate after her surprise win in New Hampshire: bettors on a Hillary victory reaped huge payoffs after her odds dropped to a low of 100-to-1. Bloomberg reports that the Dublin-based Intrade had made an Obama result a near certainty, leaving contrarians... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Intrade • Democratic nomination • New Hampshire primary • Internet gambling • bettors • gamblers • bookies • odds • payoffs

OPINION

What Does NH Mean for GOP?

Pundits discuss where the candidates stand the day after

Jan 9, 08 4:10 PM CST
(Newser) - As candidates close up shop in New England, the chattering classes look to the state of the race. Here are four takes on the Republican outcome in New Hampshire:
  • Wall Street Journal editors give John McCain credit “for sheer doggedness,” saying the Iraq surge’s success gave
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Mitt Romney • John McCain • surge • pundits • New Hampshire primary • Michigan primary

OPINION

4 Takes on the Clinton Win

Ink barely dry on NH results, scribes start in on meaning

Jan 9, 08 2:07 PM CST
(Newser) - What's the take on the Clinton upset, the morning after? Four responses from across the spectrum:
  • Obama-supporting rightie Andrew Sullivan says a media pile-on on Hillary Clinton sparked “voter backlash.” He’s partly “crushed,” but also excited that the candidates will now fight “a
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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • sexism • pundits • New Hampshire primary

Voters Sweat Economy, Slam Bush: Exit Polls

Voters share concerns about Bush, markets

Jan 9, 08 11:30 AM CST
(Newser) - New Hampshire exit polls picked the brains of yesterday’s voters, finding not only that women helped Hillary Clinton and independents boosted John McCain, but also that the economy was foremost in most voters’ minds—and Republicans weren’t giving Bush backers a free pass. While two-thirds of Granite State... More »

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Mitt Romney • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Republican voters • Democratic voters • New Hampshire primary • independent voters • Election 2008 • Iraq war

Rudy Did Try
in NH—and
Still Failed

Campaign downplayed effort in early states, but numbers don't lie

Jan 9, 08 9:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani shrugged off his 9%, fourth-place showing in New Hampshire last night, citing his strategy to skimp there and go for the bigger states with later primaries — Florida, New York and California. But the numbers belie that claim, reports ABC News. Giuliani attended 126 pre-primary events in New... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • Republican presidential primaries • New Hampshire primary

Edwards: I'm Stickin' Around!

Sets his sights on Southern primaries

Jan 9, 08 8:45 AM CST
(Newser) - John Edwards isn't letting a distant third-place finish in the New Hampshire primary get him down, and certainly isn't letting it count him out. "Two races down; 48 states to go," the upbeat Democratic candidate told supporters last night. The Edwards camp projects a resurgence in primaries in... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • Democratic presidential primaries • New Hampshire primary

Did Hillary's Tears Win
the Race?

Softer, emotionally accessible Clinton may have won over voters

Jan 9, 08 8:17 AM CST
(Newser) - Did Hillary Clinton's emotional waterworks help her win New Hampshire? Some columnists think so. The image of the often-steely Clinton getting teary-eyed in a coffee shop Monday—splashed on newspapers and replayed obsessively on television yesterday—may have been enough to soften her image, especially with female voters, a critical... More »

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women • Democratic voters • Clinton 2008 • female voters • New Hampshire primary

Obama Rallies Troops After Surprise Loss

In for long primary siege, needs to prove Iowa no mirage

Jan 9, 08 6:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Presidential contender Barack Obama consoled and rallied troops suffering from political whiplash last night after the Illinois senator did far worse than expected in the New Hampshire primary just five days after his Iowa triumph. "We always knew our climb would be steep," Obama conceded to supporters, but... More »

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Barack Obama • New Hampshire primary

Thompson Slashes Staff Salaries

South Carolina will be last-ditch effort after bottom-of-heap finish

Jan 9, 08 6:19 AM CST
(Newser) - After drawing only 1% of the vote in yesterday's New Hampshire primary, Fred Thompson's  struggling campaign is cutting salaries and focusing available funds on a last-ditch push in South Carolina, the Washington Post reports. Resources will go to a South Carolina bus tour and ad campaign; the senator-turned-actor will likely... More »

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Fred Thompson • campaign funds • Republican candidate • New Hampshire primary • South Carolina primary • campaign staff

Huck Taking
'Momentum' Into Next Races

Better-than-expected third for governor

Jan 9, 08 6:08 AM CST
(Newser) - A pleased Mike Huckabee told his supporters that he was happy with his third-place showing in New Hampshire and vowed to "come out of here with continued momentum." His surprise finish in the Granite State is a "bonanza," even compared with his impressive Iowa victory, writes... More »

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Mike Huckabee • New Hampshire primary

Mac Wins Mean All Bets
Are Off in GOP Race

Pundits say McCain win keeps the contest 'wide open'

Jan 9, 08 4:17 AM CST
(Newser) - John McCain's comeback win in New Hampshire puts him at the front of the GOP pack for now, but he has many hurdles ahead of him in a now wide-open race, the Los Angeles Times reports. He'll have to battle it out with Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee in... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • Mike Huckabee • Republican candidate • New Hampshire primary

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