Sun columnist Jon Ralston breaks some news about Obama coming back Sunday and Monday. Also, Sen. John Kerry, who endorsed Obama today, cold-called Ralston today. J.R. summarized the conversation to readers of his e-mail newsletter:
So why Obama instead of his former running mate and the former first lady?
“The times are different,” Kerry said. “The times […]

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NASHUA, H.H. — The turnout in New Hampshire is widely reported to be through the roof, with an on-the-record quote out of the Secretary of State’s office attesting to that fact.
I got a taste of it in Ward 5 in Concord at the Green Street Community Center. There was nearly 50 percent turnout with two […]

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Tom Edsaall, former Washington Post reporter, writes on the Huffington Post that Clinton may concede Nevada and South Carolina.
Reports are now conflicting, with the AP and other published reports talking about Clinton treating Nevada like a firewall.
“Manchester, N.H. — A panicked and cash-short Clinton campaign is seriously considering giving up on the Nevada caucuses and […]

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CONCORD, N.H. — Downtown at the state capital. The Clinton bus just rolled through. The sky is clear and the air has reached 50 degrees. Expect big turnout, which is what the campaigns are reporting thus far.
Larry David was at an Obama event on the campus of Dartmouth College today, and was a meanie to […]

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CONCORD, H.H. — As I write this, the polls here opening in just a few hours, the signs point to Sen. Clinton treating Nevada like her ultimate firewall. If that’s the case, we can expect 10 days of tough campaigning back home, heavy on the negatives from the Clinton camp. And the Obama team […]

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The Washington Post reports Clinton’s advisers believe their first lifeline is Nevada, where pre-Iowa and pre-New Hampshire polls showed her with a big lead. But if Obama wins in New Hampshire, he will have the inside track on an endorsement from the Culinary Workers Union, which could play a significant role in a caucus process […]

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SALEM — During a Clinton rally here, a couple goofballs stood up during her speech and started yelling, “Iron my shirt!” They had yellow signs that said the same.
They were dragged away.
Clinton said “Sexism rears its ugly head,” and referenced the glass ceiling. She got her only standing-o of the night. She […]

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Overheard at Sen. Hillary Clinton’s huge rally in Manchester.
A national magazine journalist to a Clinton heavy: “Yeah, it’ll eventually flip around, because we need a new narrative.”
This means Obama will start getting a little bad press soon enough, and then they’ll pile on. But will it be soon enough for Clinton?

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CONCORD, N.H. — Romney is surging the past 36 hours, according to some polls, and The Atlantic’s Mark Ambinder. He reports 800 turning out in Bedford, after a long day of events.
The polls have Romney and McCain within the margin of error. I had a soda with a reporter from a conservative publication who told […]

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CONCORD — A quick note on New Hampshire voters. Jo and Elliot Mednick of the Salem area told me they get 10 calls a day from campaigns and/or pollsters. Usually they don’t answer, but they said it’s pretty cool when “Gallup” is what reads on the caller ID, so they sometimes pick up. They […]

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