Dean’s N.H. lead shrinks to nine – Here’s the skinny from the Boston Globe this morning: “Dean slips, Clark gains in N.H.”

A barrage of criticism from his rivals appears to have taken a dramatic toll on Howard Dean's advantage in New Hampshire, and retired General Wesley K. Clark is benefiting from questions about whether the former Vermont governor is the best candidate to handle the war on terrorism, according to a new Boston Globe/WBZ-TV poll.

Globe columnist Scot Lehigh writes: “A frontrunner fading in the stretch.”