He gets 86% of blacks, 43% of whites; GOP
too close to call
Associated Press Feb 5, 08 6:08 PM CST
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Barack Obama easily won the Georgia primary today on a wave of strong black support and stronger-than-expected white support, NBC reports. Georgia is the first of 20-plus states to be called for Democrats on Super Tuesday. Exit polls gave Obama 86% of the black vote and 43% of the white vote. On the Republican side, Mitt Romney, John McCain, and Mike Huckabee remained in a tight race too close to call.
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What Super Tuesday may settle
Washington Post Feb 5, 08 1:55 PM CST
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The Washington Post runs down the major lessons to be learned fro Super Duper Tuesday: Will either race end? The GOP candidate will almost definitely be decided; the Democratic nominee won't. How do we score victories? The GOP has winner-take-all primaries; the Democrats will debate delegate count, popular vote, and statewide wins. Which states matter? For both parties, California; for Democrats, Missouri and Arizona, too.
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OPINION
Analogies fail;
there's never been an election like this one
Guardian (UK) Feb 5, 08 12:31 PM CST
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Commentators have cast about for historical precedents for the 2008 race—Carter v. Ford in 1976, Hayes v. Tilden in 1876—but for the editor of Guardian America, the truth is simpler: There has never been an election like this one. As 24 states go to the polls, Michael Tomasky surveys the stakes of this unprecedented race, one not only meaningful but "joyously, raucously unpredictable."
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Super Bowl parade, primary, and Fashion Week descend on NYC
Hollywood Reporter Feb 5, 08 7:36 AM CST
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Even by Big Apple standards, New York is in for a crazy day. The Super Bowl champion Giants are returning home for their victory parade just as voters head to the polls to decide New York’s crucial presidential primary. “It’s one of our busiest days since Sept. 11,” said one local TV news manager. Did we mention it’s also Fashion Week?
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Millions head to polls on the biggest day of primary voting ever
Reuters Feb 5, 08 5:10 AM CST
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Millions of voters in 24 states are leaving home early this morning—or taking off early—or arranging child care as they head to polls to choose their favorites for the White House, and the presidential hopefuls will be hoping their last-ditch efforts to win them over have paid off. Both the Democratic and GOP races are tight, and with the biggest prize, California, reporting last, voters should be skeptical of any early media spin about who's winning, writes the New York Times .
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Hoarse hopeful banters with Letterman on Super Tuesday eve
Reuters Feb 5, 08 4:50 AM CST
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Hillary Clinton showed off her lighter side in a Super Tuesday eve appearance on David Letterman, joking to the talk-show host that in her White House, "we'll know who wears the pantsuits." Clinton said she was hoarse from rooting for the Giants in a Minneapolis sports bar, and that she took heart from their last-minute victory.
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GOP rivals battle over right-wing credentials
Reuters Feb 5, 08 2:55 AM CST
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GOP contenders John McCain and Mitt Romney have both staked out claims on the conservative heart of the Republican party, hoping to convince voters heading to the polls today that they're the genuine article. Romney insists conservatives up and down the country have told him: "We don't want Senator McCain. We want a conservative in the White House." McCain, meanwhile, slammed Romney's Massachusetts record and said his own hard-line positions on Islamic extremism and for limiting federal spending are truly conservative.
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Mitt boost in jackpot state may slow McCain
Reuters Feb 4, 08 6:58 AM CST
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Barack Obama is pulling out in front of Hillary Clinton in Missouri and California the day before all-important Super Tuesday, according to the latest Reuters/C-Span/Zogby poll. GOP contender John McCain is well ahead of Mitt Romney in New York and New Jersey, but Romney has boosted his lead in California, the delegate jackpot of tomorrow's 24 contests, which could puncture McCain's frontrunner status.
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He pledges to fight
after Super Tuesday
for 'heart' of GOP
The Hill Feb 3, 08 4:03 PM CST
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Mitt Romney vowed today to stay in the presidential race despite national polls that predict his fall by the wayside. Even a loss on Super Tuesday won't stop him, he said today on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos. He also accused John McCain's camp of having "stretched, twisted, or completely walked away from the truth" while fighting a dirty campaign.
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With Rudy out, McCain clear-cut GOP favorite; Edwards' effect unclear
Washington Post Feb 3, 08 6:34 AM CST
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As the race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama continues to tighten, GOP candidate John McCain is enjoying more overwhelming support than ever, according to the latest Washington Post -ABC News national poll. Clinton's 47%-43% lead over Obama falls within the poll's margin of error, with no clear sign of who will be picked by supporters of former candidate John Edwards.
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Republicans head south, Clinton west; Obama's in 3 states
New York Times Feb 2, 08 4:45 PM CST
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Hopefuls from both parties are stumping today as if the election were in 3 days instead of Super Tuesday, the New York Times reports. GOP candidates are swinging through the South while Clinton heads west and Obama jumps from state to state. “This is the most consequential election in a generation,” the Illinois senator said in Boise, where he is the first candidate to campaign this year.
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Deploys innovative, high-risk strategies in face of Clinton's entrenched ties
Los Angeles Times Feb 2, 08 2:40 PM CST
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The Barack Obama campaign is at work in places like Greeley, Colorado, and Las Cruces, New Mexico, trying to break Hillary Clinton's hold on the crucial Latino vote. Obama strategists have taken an unusual tack: focusing on areas outside major cities where campaigns rarely stray, a wager that they can profit from elaborate delegate allocation rules, the Los Angeles Times reports.
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Winning some of the state's 170 delegates is his campaign's best hope to stay alive
Associated Press Feb 2, 08 1:10 PM CST
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Mitt Romney is counting on California delegate math to keep his White House bid alive past Super Tuesday, the AP reports. Because California awards most of its 170 delegates on a district-by-district basis, a strong Romney showing could offset John McCain wins in some winner-take-all states. Wary of spreading himself too thin, Romney has apparently left most of the Northeast to his chief rival.
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