Morning Buzz - Hillary Clinton tears up

Yesterday, at a Portsmouth, N.H., restaurant, Hillary Clinton became briefly emotional while answering a question about how she manages the grind of her presidential campaign. You can find the video here.

It was not a moment reminiscent of Edmund Muskie - the 1972 presidential candidate (above) who famously seemed to weep during an outburst directed at the Manchester Union Leader. Clinton's moment Monday was neither defiant nor frustrated, but rather something entirely recognizable - a flash of emotional weariness at the evaluation of a long battle endured.

It was also an uncharacteristic display for Clinton, and it came on the heels of her "hurts my feelings" quip that prompted such a positive response at a debate two days earlier. Predictably, skeptics questioned the crack in her voice Monday. Was Hillary faking? Only she and her tear ducts know.

It wasn't, however, a scene on which her campaign might turn - up or down - as some are speculating. Whereas Muskies' indignant eye-wiping was a revelation to 1972 voters, Clinton already has been thoroughly examined by today's media and electorate. The pro- and anti-Hillary camps have already decided on Mrs. Clinton. The few left in the jaded middle won't likely recast their vote on a teary moment at the end of a long day.

Your Morning Buzz:

The early news: New Hampshire's most famous up-all-night voting towns give John McCain and Barack Obama the first two victories of the primary.

For once, Hillary seemed real, said the Boston Herald's Margery Eagan.

The surprising display was, her advisors tell the N.Y. Times Patrick Healy, a product of the stress, fatigue and disappointment Clinton has felt since losing Iowa.

If she loses again, her husband blames N.H. for the timing of its primary, says the Manchester Union-Leader's Kristen Senz.

The issues? Important. But voters want a personal connection, says the Boston Globe's Lisa Wangsness.

McCain and Obama both offer that to voters, says the N.Y. Times David Brooks, but they are very different men.

It's just like the old days with John McCain, says the Washington Post's Dana Milbank.

Your civics lesson today: N.H. independents can vote Democrat or Republican today. That quirk might play a large role in today's outcome, says the L.A. Times Maeve Reston and Doyle McManus.

One perpetual political storyline is change vs. the establishment, as Gerald Carmen illustrates in his recollection of the 1976 N.H. primary, which featured a Republican "change agent," Ronald Reagan.

Who said you had to be rich to run for president? N.H.'s easy filing requirements have prompted 42 candidates to declare. The Chicago Tribune's Jason George introduces some.

The Miami Herald says all this Republican indecision will make the Florida primary very important.

Finally, one more N.H. campaign moment: Mike Huckabee pours coffee for a vote.