The editorial board reacts to New Hampshire's primary results:

With two strong showings in two white states where Clinton once led by large margins, Obama has decisively rebutted questions about his electability. It was Clinton who challenged voters to consider whether her Democratic rival is ready to serve, who suggested that a vote for Obama was a gamble. To her chagrin, many voters in Iowa and New Hampshire were thrilled to take that risk. And yet, she rebounded with vigor, and demonstrated enough appeal to make a run to Feb. 5, when this race likely will be decided.

The board also evaluates Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's State of the State address, and urges writers to remember that strike is war.

Columnist Timothy Rutten says two speeches go a long way to explain the primary results. Writer Randye Hoder and the Claremont Institute's Rick Wartzman ask whither Larchmont. And Demos' Benjamin R. Barber blames farm subsidies for forcing Malawi to defy the World Bank.

Rep. Ed Royce (R-Fullerton) writes a Letter to the Editor on Kenya: "The international community should be engaged long before election day, so it isn't called into more crises, in Kenya and elsewhere."