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January 08, 2008
Lazarus And Lazarette
The reports of their demise have been greatly exaggerated. John McCain and Hillary Clinton are back from the political dead. With victories in New Hampshire tonight, these Republican and Democratic presidential hopefuls demonstrated they are very much alive for their respective party nominations, despite being left for dead by many in the punditry class (months ago in McCain's case and just in the last day or two with Hillary.)
McCain registered a five-point victory over Mitt Romney, who's campaign is clearly in trouble. Hillary Clinton eeked out a two-point win over Barack Obama, not significant in and of itself, but huge considering nearly all polls showed her 8-12% points behind headed into today's primary.
More on the ramifications of tonight's results tomorrow, but suffice to say, the races for both major party presidential nominations are very much alive. Not necessarily a bad development for those of us who love the contest.
Posted by houtopia at January 8, 2008 11:32 PM