Media Blow It Again

"When the pundits declared us finished," McCain told his supporters, "I told them I'm going to New Hampshire, where the voters don't let you make their decision for them." Reading a prepared text, however, kind of squandered the moment.

Rich Lowry: "Did crying work for Hillary? Every man I know hated it, and every woman thought it made her more sympathetic."

As for the Republicans:

NYT: "After Senator John McCain's victory here on Tuesday, the Republican field is more scrambled than ever, with the battleground now shifting to a series of states where each of the leading candidates believes he holds certain advantages."

WP: "Through a series of events -- unforeseen by even the most optimistic supporters -- McCain may be the most fortunate politician in the 2008 race, both supporters and detractors say. Perhaps more than anything else, he has been blessed by this year's opposition."

Chicago Trib: "The victory by the 71-year-old senator came little more than six months after McCain's campaign was believed all but dead following a major staff shake-up and a treasury that turned out to be virtually bankrupt."

Washington Times: "Sen. John McCain of Arizona yesterday rose from the ashes to win the nation's first primary, delivering a humiliating loss to Mitt Romney, a former governor of neighboring Massachusetts who held a commanding, double-digit lead in the state just a month ago."

Andrew Sullivan: "He faced a much-better financed establishment candidate in Romney, he stuck with his immigration position, he kept up a schedule that would have drained a man half his age, and he stuck with the surge, a tactic that worked far better in damping down violence than I expected, even if it has not achieved its critical political objectives . . . This is beginning to look like a McCain-Huckabee race."

The following, noted by Jake Tapper, doesn't strike me as HRC's strongest argument:

"Perhaps hoping to pivot away from her unusual comments criticizing Sen. Barack Obama by comparing him to Martin Luther King Jr., who delivered great speeches, and herself to President Lyndon Johnson, who actually passed civil rights laws."

Does she really want to concede that her opponent is MLK?

Bill Clinton is becoming increasingly frustrated by the coverage of his wife: