NH Results (D)
Posted: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 9:06 AM by Domenico Montanaro
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Democrats, 2008, New Hampshire
With 96% of precincts reporting, Clinton beat Obama, 39%-36% -- followed by Edwards at 17%, Richardson at 5%, and Kucinich at 1%.
The New York Times’ Nagourney writes, “Most strikingly for Mrs. Clinton, women in New Hampshire did what they did not do in Iowa: rally behind her. Women supported her by 47 percent to 34 percent, according to a survey of voters leaving the polls; women voters in Iowa had been evenly divided between Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Obama. Mrs. Clinton campaigned in the final days of the contest with her daughter, Chelsea. She emphasized her sex in a debate of the candidates on Saturday night, in which John. Edwards, who placed third here, and Mr. Obama joined forces in attacking her. And in a gripping moment shown repeatedly on television on Monday night, Mrs. Clinton appeared momentarily overtaken by emotion when a questioner asked how she was enduring the strains of the campaign.” But: “For all the glee in her camp, she still faces big challenges. In Mr. Obama, Mrs. Clinton is facing an opponent who has been lifted on the wind of nationwide anti-Washington climate change.”
The Washington Post’s Balz: “New Hampshire proved to be the political firewall that the Clinton campaign long had hoped for. Just as New Hampshire voters saved Bill Clinton's candidacy 16 years ago, they revived Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's faltering presidential campaign Tuesday night. Clinton's battle with Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) now moves to Nevada and South Carolina, then to almost two dozen states, including California, New York, New Jersey and Illinois, that will hold contests on Feb. 5. Both campaigns are ready, and with two well-liked, well-funded and determined candidates, Democrats face a battle almost unlike any they have seen in a generation.”
Politico says Clinton’s win sets “the stage for a protracted fight for the nomination over the next month and possibly beyond. [Her] victory over Barack Obama made fools of the pollsters, pundits, operatives, and even some people in her own campaign who had predicted her imminent demise.”
The Union Leader: "Hillary Clinton upsets Obama."
The Union Leader's DiStaso adds, nevermind "change," the buzzword last night was "comeback."
The New York Daily News' cover: "Who's cryin now? Hillary slows Obama express with stunning N.H. victory."
During her victory speech last night, in a nod to the title her husband won in 1992 when he finishes second in New Hampshire, Clinton thanked the voters of the state as she and her staffers called this win a comeback, NBC/NJ’s Athena Jones reports. "Over the last week I listened to you, and in the process I found my own voice,” she said, after coming on stage with her daughter and husband. “I felt like we all spoke from our hearts, and I am so gratified that you responded. Now, together, let’s give America the kind of comeback New Hampshire has just given me.”
She also talked about being able to deliver results and said she was in this race for the American people. "We know that for the promise of America to be real, we are called upon to deliver on that promise,” she said.
“Speaking to supporters,” the Los Angeles Times writes, “Obama acknowledged that ‘the battle ahead will be long,’ but said that nothing could stand in the way of ‘millions of voices calling for change.’”
