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...repeat his 2000 New Hampshire victory. But then former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney dominated the final pre-election debate, a feat he followed up with a massive turnout operation that included 100,000 phone calls to prospective voters. Romney's well-funded campaign took a big hit in Iowa on Thursday, when former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee whipped him badly, and a second loss in New Hampshire-where Romney owns a summer home- might finish...
...looking for Huckabee, a Southern Baptist preacher, to do well in Yankee New Hampshire. He spent the days leading up to the primary cooking up photo ops and retooling his Iowa-focused message for a more national audience. Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson continued to underperform their supporters' early hopes, while the libertarian contrarian Ron Paul continued to exert his narrow but intense appeal...
...Democratic race, New Hampshire voters thronged the polls just five days after a record turnout in Iowa. Election officials ferried reams of blank ballots past long lines of waiting voters just to keep up with demand. Much of the credit for the surge had been chalked up to Obamamania - but clearly more factors were at work...
With Clinton besting Obama by only two points in New Hampshire, the contest - and the spin - will only get more hysterical as it moves to Nevada (Jan. 19) and South Carolina (Jan. 26). It remains to be seen which was the exception: Iowa's surge of young and new voters for Obama, or a return to the expected Democratic base turning out for Clinton in New Hampshire...
...Republicans move on to Michigan, where Romney - the Salt Lake City Olympic organizer who continues to tout his electoral "silver" medals - desperately needs a gold. Romney's long-stated strategy was to win Iowa and New Hampshire through aggressive campaigning and big spending. He fought mightily to rescue his New Hampshire campaign, dominating the final pre-election debate and deploying a massive phone bank to make 100,000 last-minute phone calls to prospective voters. But his mid-day confidence wilted as McCain's grew into the evening. In a sign he is learning how to lose, he called McCain...