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Article: Analysis: Obama, Clinton face crucial test in New Hampshire primary
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- January 4, 2008
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Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton face perhaps the biggest test of their political lives next week in New Hampshire, where they are neck-and-neck ahead of the country's first primary election.
Obama, whose victory in Iowa on Thursday night transformed him into a political giant slayer, faces five days of heightened scrutiny before the state's primary on Tuesday amid the klieg lights of sudden superstardom.
Clinton, who just weeks ago was the undisputed Democratic frontrunner, must use those same five days to rebound from a crippling loss in Iowa in order to prevent her candidacy from imploding.
"New Hampshire is the last ...