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  1. New poll: Clinton and Obama tied in New Hampshire

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    MANCHESTER, N.H., 6:23 p.m. — As if it weren’t obvious already, the New Hampshire primary is going to come down to the wire.

    A new poll released minutes ago by CNN and WMUR, a Manchester television station, places Senator Barack Obama and Senator Hillary Clinton LAW’73 in a statistical tie among likely voters in this state, with each garnering 33 percent of the vote.

    The poll was conducted Friday and today following Obama’s decisive win Thursday in the Iowa caucus. On the Republican side, the poll found Senator John McCain leading the pack with 33 percent, followed by Mitt Romney at 27 percent, Rudy Giuliani at 14 percent and Mike Huckabee at 11 percent.

    — Thomas Kaplan

  2. Heading to New Hampshire, where a Facebook debate awaits

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    NEW HAVEN, Conn., 9:00 a.m. — The candidates that survived Thursday night’s Iowa caucus have all arrived in New Hampshire, and the News will soon be there, too.

    We will be live from the campus of Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., beginning Saturday evening, with ongoing reports from the site of the primetime presidential debates sponsored by ABC News, WMUR-TV in Manchester and the social networking Web site Facebook. (Yes, that Facebook. We’re not sure what they could possibly have to do with a presidential debate, but we’ll do our best to figure it out and let you know.)

    Charles Gibson will moderate the debates, and we will be here to live-blog them for you. (more…)

  3. PoliSci professor Hancock still undecided after Iowa

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    NORMAN, Oklahoma, 6:20 p.m. — For assistant professor in Political Science Ange-Marie Hancock, Barack Obama’s resounding win over third-place Hillary Clinton LAW ’73 in Iowa last night is big news — it is a historical moment, she says — but it hasn’t made her decision as a voter any easier.

    “Honestly, right now I am square in the middle between Obama and Clinton,” she says with a laugh during a phone interview.

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  4. With early primary, a decline in the student vote?

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    NEW HAVEN, Conn., 5:15 PM — Around this time of winter every four years, the tens of thousands of college students spread around the state of New Hampshire tend to get an unmistakable burst of attention from presidential campaigns trolling for votes. But this year, the campuses are dark. Next week, students, in large part, will still be enjoying their Christmas vacations.

    Usually, with New Hampshire residents selecting a nominee in late January, the state’s college campuses are back in session for the spring semester. But because of this year’s early primary date, this year will be different. Come Tuesday, only Dartmouth College will be up and running.

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  5. UNH students choose Obama

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    NEW HAVEN, Conn., 4:30 PM — The New Hampshire primary is expected to be a close contest next week, but if students at the University of New Hampshire were the only ones voting, it might not be very close at all. Despite an eight-candidate field, Senator Barack Obama did more than just win a plurality of votes at UNH. He won more votes than the other seven candidates put together.

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