Polls opened this morning at 6 o'clock in New Hampshire for the state's first-in-the-nation primaries. Reports from around the state indicate that voter turnout is already high; at one precinct, nearly 50 voters stood outside in the predawn hours before voting officially began. Yesterday, candidates spent much of their remaining time in a final push to lure independent and undecided voters. more >>

On a night of raucous caucusing in Iowa, Democrats rolled the dice and delivered a larger-than-expected, if not shocking, 8-point win for Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois. Obama won with nearly 38 percent of the vote, easily beating out former Sen. John Edwards and Sen. Hillary Clinton, who came in second and third respectively, with 30 and 29 percent of the vote. more >>