Hmph. The media talking heads are crediting Hillary's better-than-predicted showing in NH (so far) to her display of emotion yesterday, saying it "humanized" her or some such.
Isn't it more likely that what moved people was disgust at the media's hyperattention to that moment? Based on what I've heard people saying, that seems more plausible to me.
[9:45pm] CNN has Clinton 39% to Obama 36% with 48% reporting. But I notice that Durham, Hanover, Plymouth have no results reported yet... Keene broke strong for Obama, Manchvegas & Nashua for Clinton.
[10:10pm] Kos points out, and CNN's exit poll page bears it out, there's a big gender gap. Not so in Iowa.
[10:40pm] AP calls it for Hillary Clinton. CNN still doesn't have those college towns up, but the TV is saying HC actually won in Durham and Hanover. Either way, with 67% reporting, she's up by about 6,000 votes. All of us voting on February 5th (yup, that includes Massachusetts), looks like it's still going to be a competitive race--on both sides!
[10:55pm] Thought that sounded weird. Hanover went for Obama 58% to 26%. I still don't see anything for Durham.
[11:15pm] Time for bed! The biggest losers in NH: Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, John Edwards, and Chris Matthews. Talk to you tomorrow.
[7:45am] Durham and Plymouth went strongly for Obama. With 96% reporting, Clinton's lead in votes has increased to nearly 8,000, but her percentage lead has shrunk to 2% (39% to 37%).
January 9 2008, 02:52:02 UTC 4 years ago
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January 9 2008, 03:40:18 UTC 4 years ago
Hell, I was one of them. I thought this was a slam dunk for Obama.
I think it just boils down to the fact that Clinton campaigned like a machine in New Hampshire for months, won a lot of votes, and they were more resistant to the Obama Hope Train blasting off from Iowa than anyone expected them to be.
January 9 2008, 03:46:15 UTC 4 years ago
On the other hand, it /is/ nice to see NH do something other than rubber stamp Iowa.
January 9 2008, 04:06:50 UTC 4 years ago
As for Hanover/Durham/etc...College is still out. Were it in, perhaps the results would have been closer, and really, to me, theye still close enough that i'd say the only real loser in this was John Edwards.
January 9 2008, 04:16:50 UTC 4 years ago
January 9 2008, 16:10:56 UTC 4 years ago
At this point, my Feb. 5 vote will still go to Edwards. He got a disappointing percentage in NH, but the delegate count is still pretty close.
January 9 2008, 16:22:51 UTC 4 years ago
This is what primaries are supposed to be: long slogs, a few states at a time. Not like in 2004 where Iowa basically wrapped everything up. This gives everyone time to dig into all the main candidates and see beyond the facades.