| I thought it was when she started blubbering and everybody felt sorry for her. |
A day after the New Hampshire primary recast the presidential race, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton said on Wednesday that the candidatesÂ’ debate on Saturday was a turning point in her surprising victory over Senator Barack Obama, while Mr. Obama sought to remain upbeat and traveled to New York on a fund-raising mission. On the Republican side, Senator John McCain, fresh off his own comeback victory over former Gov. Mitt Romney, jetted off to Michigan, where in next TuesdayÂ’s primary he will attempt to overcome Mr. RomneyÂ’s natural advantage in the state of his birth.
The results from Tuesday night breathed new life into the Clinton and McCain campaigns less than a week after the two candidates placed third and fourth respectively in the Iowa caucuses. The results left the Republican field in a muddled state with no clear front-runner, and seemed to foretell a long and intense competition on the Democratic side between Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Obama through the Super Tuesday primaries on Feb. 5.