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Clinton Aims for Obama in Feisty NH Debate

Candidates look for an edge ahead of Tuesday's primary

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton lit into Barack Obama during a sometimes testy Democratic debate in New Hampshire tonight, seeking to put a few chinks in his armor three days before the state's crucial primary. Clinton criticized Obama's health plan as inadequate and accused him of flip-flopping on key issues, including Iraqi war... More »

Clinton Tactics Second-Guessed

Supporters pan 'inevitability' mantle; urge senator to embrace defeat

(Newser) - Despite a decisive defeat in Iowa—and much second-guessing around the campaign campfire—Hillary Clinton is sticking with the theme that won her third place in Iowa: that she has the experience to bring about change. But some advisers warn that the experience/change message could be a logical contradiction. One... More »

Candidates Retool Themes on the Fly in NH

They quickly apply lessons of Iowa on the trail

(Newser) - Presidential candidates were madly shuffling their messages and tactics in New Hampshire today, applying lessons from Iowa and adjusting to NH’s sensibilities, the New York Times reports. Mitt Romney recast himself as a change candidate, while avoiding former go-to issues such as abortion and gay rights. Hillary Clinton threw... More »

Clinton, McCain Leads Slipping in NH Poll

Races tighten ahead of tonight's debates, Tuesday's primary

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton's and John McCain's slim New Hampshire leads grew even slimmer in the latest poll, Reuters reports. McCain leads Romney 32% to 30%, within the margin of error in the Reuters/Zogby poll out today. Clinton leads Obama 32% to 28%, and pollsters expect that margin to shrink as Obama... More »

What's Brewing in NH?

A look at some key factors shaping the nation's first primary

(Newser) - With the Iowa caucuses behind us, the New Republic pivots to New Hampshire. The second state to vote will do so Tuesday. What’s in play:
  • Independents. They make up 40% of the electorate and can vote for either party. Barack Obama and John McCain tend to poll well in
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As NH Blitz Begins, So Do Attack Ads

Outside groups rev up negative flyers, phone calls

(Newser) - Round two looks nastier already. As the presidential candidates swarm New Hampshire, a more aggressive wave of attack ads—from outside groups and the candidates themselves—is evident, the Washington Post reports. Labor and teacher unions, along with anti-tax and pro-life groups, have spent $4 million in recent months on... More »

GOP Poll Picture in NH Looks Fuzzy

One poll has race trending McCain; the other motions toward Mitt

(Newser) - Two new polls out of New Hampshire show GOP surges 4 days ahead of the primary—but in opposite directions. In Suffolk University figures, Mitt Romney leads John McCain by four points, an eight-point shift toward Romney in 2 days’ time, the Boston Herald reports. But American Research Group puts... More »

For Candidates, NH Looms as Moving Target

Home of 1st primary, onetime GOP bastion, morphs into swing state

(Newser) - In New Hampshire, the accent is on the "New." In recent years, the state has gone from blue collar to white, drawing left-leaning “swamp yuppies” to the traditionally right-leaning state, McClatchy reports. Couple that with "Live Free or Die" Republicans' frustration with the increasingly socially conservative... More »

Clinton Retools for Nastier NH Push

Campaign predicts victory, plans to play experience angle

(Newser) - After an embarrassing third-place Iowa finish, Hillary Clinton is refocusing on New Hampshire and taking the gloves off. Her campaign plans to aggressively paint Barack Obama as too inexperienced for the presidency, Politico reports. Clinton barely mentioned Obama’s name in Iowa, but now you can expect attack ads to... More »

Romney: New Hampshire or Bust

Iowa 2d place leaves Romney scrambling

(Newser) - Mitt Romney has been left scrambling to find a way to restore momentum to his presidential campaign in the wake of a costly, humiliating defeat in Iowa, Time reports. Mike Huckabee's legions of evangelical Christians disrupted what Ana Marie Cox calls his "carefully calibrated strategy to conduct the political... More »

McCain's Fourth Place a 'Victory'

Strong Iowa finish puts him in position to win NH

(Newser) - Caucus night was a triumph for presidential hopeful John McCain, even though he placed fourth, a sliver behind Fred Thompson. McCain had no money to run ads in the state and had been written off as done for months. But his respectable finish in Iowa, coupled with Mitt Romney's trouncing,... More »

Huckabee Tests Limits of Faith

Preaching prompted a backlash in Arkansas; in Iowa, will Christian soldiers come out?

(Newser) - Mike Huckabee is banking on his deep Christian faith drawing voters to him in the presidential primaries, but that same passion has proven a liability in the past. As Arkansas governor, Huckabee made several religious molehills into mountains big enough for Moses, the LA Times reports in an examination of... More »

What's Bill Doing in This Picture?

Billary could become first woman* president, opines Politico scribe

(Newser) - Once, Hillary Clinton wanted to keep Bill and his baggage tucked safely in the backseat. Now, as panic takes hold in Iowa, she's set him loose, the latest swerve in a "herky-jerky" campaign that has hopped from strategy to strategy, writes the Politico’s Elizabeth Drew in an analysis... More »

Obama Stealing New Hampshire Independents From McCain

Bloc handed victory to GOP senator in 2000

(Newser) - They gave John McCain the margin of victory in 2000, but this time around New Hampshire Independents are breaking from the Republican and toward Democrat Barack Obama, according to a Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll. As the Jan. 8 primary approaches, 61% on Independents say they are voting Democratic and more... More »

Obama Ties Clinton in NH

Fresh face draws voters, but Bhutto assassination could help Hillary: poll

(Newser) - Barack Obama has erased Hillary Clinton’s lead in New Hampshire, pulling into a tie by persuading voters he is more honest and change-minded, according to a Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll. In Iowa, both hopefuls are neck-and-neck with John Edwards—but Clinton could rise if the Bhutto assassination focuses voter... More »

Another NH Paper Slams Romney

Union-Leader lambastes Mitt as a phony conservative

(Newser) - Hot on the heels of Sunday’s Concord Monitor “undorsement,” another New Hampshire newspaper has issued a blistering indictment of Mitt Romney. A Union-Leader editorial says Granite Staters are unconvinced by Romney’s “expertly rehearsed sales pitch,” because despite having “all the advantages: money, organization,... More »

NH Paper Gives Mitt the Anti- Endorsement

Concord Monitor officially backs Not Romney

(Newser) - Newspapers roll out endorsements every election cycle, but there’s nothing traditional about the Concord Monitor’s anti-endorsement today—the New Hampshire paper urged its readers to vote for someone, anyone, other than Mitt Romney. The paper calls Romney “a disquieting figure who sure looks like the next president... More »

Obama Draws Dead Even in NH

But four of ten say they may change their minds

(Newser) - Presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are dead even in New Hampshire, according to the latest USA Today/Gallup poll. The two are tied at 32%, with John Edwards a distant third at 18% and no other Democratic candidates in double digits. Like Clinton, Republican Mitt Romney has seen his... More »

McCain’s 'All-In' NH Strategy

No longer the maverick, the Arizona Republican makes his last stand in the Granite State

(Newser) - His maverick days over, John McCain is making his last stand as presidential timber in New Hampshire, the first-in-the-nation primary he won in 2000 only to get bulldozed by George W. Bush. McCain is banking on big Granite State momentum to set off a financial and popularity surge in Michigan,... More »

'08 Campaign Calendar Is a Mess: Rove

Crowded primaries make campaigning impossible, distort race

(Newser) - The 2008 election cycle is a ridiculous mess, writes Karl Rove in today's Wall Street Journal. Though the primary campaign began earlier than ever, it will be decided in an unprecedented whirlwind, with 32 states being determined between Jan. 3 and Feb. 5. No candidate can effectively campaign in that... More »

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