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For Detailed Delegate and State by State Info, See SUPER TUESDAY ELECTION CENTRAL
- Clinton Wins: California, Arkansas, Tennessee, Oklahoma, New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Arizona
- Obama Wins: Missouri, Illinois, Georgia, Delaware, Alabama, North Dakota, Utah, Kansas, Connecticut, Minnesota, Idaho, Colorado
- McCain Wins: California, Missouri, Connecticut, New Jersey, Illinois, Delaware, Oklahoma, New York, Arizona
- Romney Wins: Alaska, Colorado, Massachusetts, Utah, North Dakota, Minnesota, Montana
- Huckabee Wins: Arkansas, West Virginia, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee
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- McCain attacks Senate GOP critics
- McCain attacks Republican Senators as "not the most respected members of the United States Senate."
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The Ref - 5:31 PM | Permalink
- After Romney wins first ballot convincingly, McCain gives West Virginia to Huckabee
- McCain did not figuratively give West Virginia to Huckabee, but actually handed it to him. Any remaining skepticism about a McCain-Huckabee partnership has been answered.
- But will it help or hurt Huckabee's mission to trip up Romney in the South? The media has reported the fact that Huckabee won West Virginia because of an apparent deal between McCain and Huckabee. Romney has been arguing throughout the South that Huckabee has no chance to win and is simply a stalking horse candidate for McCain. Voters considering voting for Huckabee may not like what they hear out of West Virginia. They may just vote for Romney.
- More . . . Romney camp accuses McCain, Huckabee of shady West Virginia deal
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The Ref - 3:29 PM | Permalink
- Another McCain election eve dirty trick?
- Perhaps in an effort to neutralize criticism of McCain from conservative talk radio, the McCain campaign released to the media the fact the Bob Dole sent a private email to Rush Limbaugh urging him to support John McCain. The media has portrayed the email as Dole scolding Limbaugh, which Dole denied doing Monday night on Hannity and Colmes. See Dole scolds Limbaugh, Politico.
- It seems obvious that the McCain campaign released this information in an attempt to persuade those Limbaugh might hold sway with that Limbaugh is not acting in the Republican Party's best interest. Limbaugh will respond tomorrow on his radio show.
- One cannot escape the temptation to conclude that McCain's campaign saw this as an opportunity to halt the recent Romney surge driven largely by conservative talk radio. It also seems obvious that McCain has no interest in cultivating a better relationship with Limbaugh for the fall election.
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The Ref 12:16 AM | Permalink
- William Kristol's Latest - Dyspepsia on the Right
- Mr. Kristol writes, "The conservative movement as a whole appears disgruntled and dyspeptic." He is correct. He also went on to write that if conservatives do not back McCain a Democrat will win the presidency and probably have a Democratic Congress to work with.
- He reasons that nothing could be worse for conservatives. When one considers, however, what happened the last time Democrats held the White House and Congress, he or she might doubt Mr. Kristol's disaster scenario for conservatives. Such an alignment of liberalism in Washington D.C. will clear the decks, something the conservative movement might very well need after eight years of a big spending Bush administration.
- Mr. Kristol, along with Senator McCain, are betting that conservatives so detest Hillary Clinton that they will hold their noses and vote for McCain. This assumes facts not in evidence. First, it looks like Hillary may just lose to Obama. In a McCain-Obama fight, Obama will likely win because he has his base and the Independents. At least Romney would have the base behind him and would have a chance with Independents, probably a better chance than McCain has getting conservatives. Second, if Hillary is the opponent conservatives might opt for a clearing of the decks because it could lead to another 1994.
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The Ref 11:44 PM | Permalink
- The Fox News McCain Backers
- One cannot tune into Special Report with Brit Hume or Fox News Sunday without hearing either Fred Barnes, Bill Kristol or Charles Krauthammer declaring Mitt Romney dead. Certainly he is behind, but to repeatedly say "It's too late," or "McCain's lead is insurmountable," indicates a clear McCain bias.
- If this year has taught us anything it is that the polls are not always reliable and those who we considered politically dead were not dead at all. Fred Barnes in particular has made his bias for McCain obvious. Even Brit Hume suggests that Romney should simply hang it up after Super Tuesday's certain trouncing. Why don't we just wait and see what happens on Tuesday. Romney very well might win substantially more delegates than Fox News conservatives anticipate. One thing is clear, the conservatives at Fox News, with the exception of Sean Hannity, are backing John McCain.
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The Ref - 9:43 PM | Permalink
- The Keys to the Dems' Delegate Race
- One thing is clear, the nomination will not be settled on Tuesday.
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The Ref 9:22 PM | Permalink
- The 'I Hate Romney' Club
- McCain, Thompson, Giuliani and Huckabee seem to dislike Romney for his money and aggressive political attacks, some of which they consider hypocritical. Huckabee, furthermore, seems to have dedicated his campaign solely to stopping Romney.
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The Ref 9:11 PM | Permalink
- Ref's call: This Tide commercial was the best Super Bowl add in my opinion.
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The Ref 9:05 PM
- Hillary Clinton Says She, Not Her Husband, Would Make Decisions
- If the recent Bill eruptions indicate what we can expect, one might wonder if Bill has the constitution to let Hillary run things.
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The Ref 6:55PM | Permalink
- ESPN: 10 Reasons Why the Giants Won
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The Ref 1:35 PM | Permalink
- Video: Winfrey, Kennedy, Shriver Campaign For Obama
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The Ref 1:28 PM | Permalink
- Obama overtakes Clinton ahead of Super Tuesday, new poll shows
- This is just one of several polls showing this race a dead heat nationally. See the Ref's National averages.
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The Ref 1:00 PM | Permalink
- Navy Tests Incredible Sci-Fi Weapon
- "The railgun's high-velocity projectile will destroy targets with sheer kinetic energy rather than with conventional explosives."
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The Ref 5:36 AM | Permalink
- Quarter of Brits think Churchill was myth: poll
- We thought it was bad here. "The same percentage thought Crimean War nurse Florence Nightingale did not actually exist."
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The Ref 5:31 AM | Permalink
- Getting Past the '60s? It's Not Going to Happen.
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The Ref 5:26 AM
- Why Republicans Like Obama
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The Ref 5:22 AM
- Nuclear Leaks and Response Tested Obama in Senate
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The Ref 5:17 AM
- Report: Muslim Teen's Family Invited Men to Rape Her
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The Ref 5:10 AM
February 3, 2008
- Huckabee Says He’s ‘Going the Distance,’ Will Not Quit
- Huckabee will go the distance, but if Romney can win 250 to 350 of the total 1069 total delegates available on Tuesday, he will have between 330 and 430 to McCain's 700 to 800. Huckabee may manage to reach 150 delegates at best on that day.
- If this scenario unfolds Romney will become the obvious contender to McCain. Huckabee's vote would likely fall off dramatically in the later states. Huckabee may remain in the race but if Romney wins around 250 delegates on Tuesday, Huckabee will lose much of his support.
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The Ref 4:42 PM | Permalink
- Romney Wins Maine Caucuses
- According to the AP, Romney will likely take all eighteen of Maine's delegates. That decision will not be made until later, but Romney won by a large margin.
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The Ref 12:18 PM | Permalink
- DIVERGENT NATIONAL POLLS: The national polls on the Republican side range from a tie to a 28 point lead for McCain
- Tie, McCain +20, McCain +24, McCain +28
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The Ref 11:05 AM | Permalink
- No more plastic grocery bags
- Motivated by a Tax, Irish Spurn Plastic Bags
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The Ref 11:00 AM | Permalink