The Republican debate last night in New Hampshire was terrific. Mitt Romney definitely showed his chops as did Rep. Michele Bachmann. Herman Cain and Tim Pawlenty also did very well. It seemed like a lot more ground was covered in this debate as opposed to the last one.

Tea Party favorite Kelly Ayotte has won the Senate Race in New Hampshire.

The 2008 New Hampshire Primary shows just how little the pundits actually know. It’s been all Obama all the time ever since Iowa. However, Hillary Clinton staged a comeback tonight and buried Obama.

From the AP:

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton won New Hampshire’s Democratic primary Tuesday night in a startling upset, defeating Sen. Barack Obama and resurrecting her bid for the White House. Sen. John McCain powered past his Republican rivals and back into contention for the GOP nomination.

Clinton’s victory capped a comeback from last week’s third-place finish in the Iowa caucuses and raised the possibility of a long battle for the party nomination between the most viable black candidate in history and the former first lady, seeking to become the first woman to occupy the Oval Office.

-Chris Jones 

With 63% of precincts reporting:

REPUBLICANS (Declared)

John McCain: 37% –> Winner!

Mitt Romney: 31%

DEMOCRATS (Declared)

Hillary Clinton: 39% –> Winner!

Barack Obama: 36%

-Hot Joints Staff 

The vast majority of media outlets gleefully reported that Bill O’Reilly went wild and attacked Obama staffer Marvin Nicholson at a campaign event in New Hampshire.

Nicholson whined to the media about O’Reilly’s sudden and unprovoked attacks. Of course, that was all nonsense just like I said it was yesterday.

Tonight Bill O’Reilly released the unedited video of the entire confrontation and the only person who looks like an asshole is Marvin Nicholson.

O’Reilly puts the guy in his place both literally and figuratively and it’s just so damn satisfying to watch. Nicholson looked like he wanted to run to his mommy, but instead he ran to the media.

-Chris Jones

Sen. Barack Obama won seven of the 10 votes cast for Democrats in the first balloting of the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday in the northern hamlet of Dixville Notch, while Sen. John McCain won the Republican balloting.

Ballots by all 17 registered voters were cast and counted just after midnight on Tuesday in the remote White Mountains town that takes advantage of a state law allowing communities to close polls once voting is over and announce the results.

-Samantha Giles 

I love how the media has jumped all over this O’Reilly story. From all the reports I’ve read and there are many, the Obama staffer who has been identified as Marvin Nicholson purposely stood in front of the Fox News camera to block O’Reilly’s shot.

He asked the guy politely to move, but instead the camera guy moved the camera over. Then Nicholson moved over and stood in front of the camera again, so Bill walked to the other side of the barricade and physically moved him out of the way.

For some reason Obama’s staffer decided to be an asshole and stand in front of the camera. Then as soon as the confrontation ended Nicholson ran over to tell the media about how O’Reilly went crazy and started pushing.

O’Reilly will air the entire tape on Monday to show what a dishonest scumbag Marvin Nicholson is.

-Chris Jones

It’s looks like Hillary Clinton may get walloped once again by Barack Obama, this time in the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday night.

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in New Hampshire shows Barack Obama earning 39% of the vote while Hillary Clinton attracts 27%. The survey was conducted on Friday night and Saturday afternoon.