Super Tuesday

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Mexican Prez Predicts Friendlier US

Foresees better times for immigrants under new administration

(Newser) - Mexican President Felipe Calderon expects the next US administration to bring a “broader and more comprehensive view” to immigration, providing immigrants a path to legalization, he told the Los Angeles Times. For Calderon, Super Tuesday was heartening. “The most radical and anti-immigrant candidates have been left behind,”...

Romney Ends White House Bid
Romney Ends White House Bid
Feb 7, 2008 11:23 AM CST

Romney Ends White House Bid

Former Mass. governor fared poorly on Super Tuesday

(Newser) - In the wake of his poor Super Tuesday showing, Mitt Romney ended his presidential campaign this afternoon, CNN reports. In a rousing address at a conservative conference today, the former Massachusetts governor said, “If this were only about me, I’d go on”—but that his presence in...

Would-be Spoilers Await Break
Would-be Spoilers Await Break
Feb 7, 2008 7:26 AM CST

Would-be Spoilers Await Break

Huck and Mitt hope delicate party dynamics will topple McCain

(Newser) - John McCain's strong Super Tuesday showing has left him looking like a sure thing to win the Republican nomination, but Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney are staying in the race and hoping for a change, the Wall Street Journal reports. "Once you're out of the race, you're out. But...

Contests Underscore Hard-to-Heal Divisions

Democratic, GOP leaders must unite divided party before winning heart of the nation

(Newser) - Super Tuesday results highlighted the deep divides between voters on both the Democratic and Republican sides, Politico points out. Race and gender divided Dems, while the GOP is clearly splitting into hard-line conservatives versus the rest of the party. White women and Latinos went for Clinton, while white men...

Four Takes on the GOP's Night
Four Takes on the GOP's Night
OPINION
Feb 6, 2008 12:46 PM CST

Four Takes on the GOP's Night

Scribes talk McCain's conservative problem, the Romney slight, and Huckabee as VP

(Newser) - With the big day behind us, four writers look to where Super Tuesday results leave the GOP:
  • John McCain “had an impressive night,” says Jim Hood in National Review, but still lost in many states among Republicans—and had terrible conservatives stats. He’s no good for November
...

Cautious TV Wins Super Tuesday
Cautious TV Wins Super Tuesday
Feb 6, 2008 10:47 AM CST

Cautious TV Wins Super Tuesday

Chastened by mistakes on New Hampshire, 2004, stations stay calm

(Newser) - It was a chastened, circumspect TV news machine that creaked into action last night, the New York Times reports. After trusting ultimately incorrect polls in New Hampshire, pundits seemed terrified of making bold calls—a strategy that worked out, since the primary bonanza settled nothing. The biggest gaffe came from...

Obama Claims Super Tuesday Delegate Win

Democrats move into virtual tie as count continues

(Newser) - With delegate allocations still incomplete after last night's voting, Barack Obama claims to have taken a lead over Hillary Clinton in Super Tuesday delegates. Counts vary, but they all show the two candidates virtually tied. NBC gives Obama about 840 to Clinton's 830—“give or take a few,”...

Clinton Wins 'Comeback,' But No Slack

Next few primaries favor Obama; race moves to superdelegates

(Newser) - With Barack Obama still very much in the race after Super Tuesday, Hillary Clinton turned away from her rival momentarily to take aim at the Republicans last night. "I won't let anyone Swift Boat this country's future," Clinton announced to followers. But she can't afford to take the...

Obama Cuts Clinton’s White Lead; Hillary Wins Latinos

(Newser) - One question hanging over Super Tuesday primaries was whether Barack Obama could attract white supporters across the country more effectively than he had in his South Carolina win. Obama answered that in the affirmative, losing white voters last night to Hillary Clinton by a much narrower margin of 44% to...

McCain Dominates But Doesn't Clinch Party Base

Solidifies frontrunner status, shows weakness with the party's right

(Newser) - With twice as many delegates as Huckabee and Romney combined, John McCain emerged last night as the unquestioned leader in the GOP race. “Tonight I think we must get used to the idea that we are the Republican party frontrunner," he told supporters gleefully. But his losses to...

Romney Gears Up for Hard Fight
Romney Gears Up
for Hard Fight
Feb 6, 2008 5:01 AM CST

Romney Gears Up for Hard Fight

With mere scattered victories, he vows to battle to bitter end

(Newser) - Victorious only in his home state of Massachusetts, Utah, and five caucus states, Mitt Romney vowed last night to stay in the campaign—and is digging in for a long, hard battle, AP reports. Speaking in Boston, Romney pledged to fight all the way to the convention, casting his campaign...

Huckabee Storms Back In
Huckabee Storms Back In
Feb 6, 2008 2:28 AM CST

Huckabee Storms Back In

Huckabee's strong Southern showing complicates GOP race

(Newser) - Mike Huckabee was expected to win his home state of Arkansas on Super Tuesday, but his wins in West Virginia, Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia on top of that have put the supposed "third wheel" back in the race for the GOP nomination, the Washington Post reports. "Sometimes one...

Clinton Nails California, Obama Grabs Heartland

Neither candidate strikes decisive blow

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton took the big prize of California and dominated in the Northeast, while Barack Obama claimed his home turf of Illinois and fared well across the nation in Super Tuesday voting, the Washington Post reports. Neither struck a decisive blow. Clinton also won New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Arizona,...

Clinton, McCain Win in California
Clinton, McCain
Win in California
Feb 5, 2008 10:28 PM CST

Clinton, McCain Win in California

Both gain huge victories as Super Tuesday wraps up

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton and John McCain will win the overall state votes in California, CNN reports. The state is the biggest prize in Super Tuesday voting and gives both candidates huge victories as the day wraps up. On the Democratic side, most of the delegates are awarded proportionately by congressional district,...

McCain Easily Takes NJ, Clinton Wins a Tough Battle

McCain benefited from GOP moderates

(Newser) - John McCain will easily take all of New Jersey's 52 Republican delegates in tonight's primary voting, AP reports, winning strong support from the state's moderates. Hillary Clinton is projected by NBC to win a far tougher battle for the larger Democratic electorate.

Obama Wins Easily in Georgia
Obama
Wins Easily
in Georgia
Feb 5, 2008 6:08 PM CST

Obama Wins Easily in Georgia

He gets 86% of blacks, 43% of whites; GOP too close to call

(Newser) - 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...

Eight Questions Super Tuesday Might Answer

What Super Tuesday may settle

(Newser) - 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
...

Invigorating, Unprecedented, Unforgettable
Invigorating, Unprecedented, Unforgettable
OPINION
Feb 5, 2008 12:31 PM CST

Invigorating, Unprecedented, Unforgettable

Analogies fail; there's never been an election like this one

(Newser) - 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...

Big Apple Braces for Giant Tuesday
Big Apple Braces for
Giant Tuesday
Feb 5, 2008 7:36 AM CST

Big Apple Braces for Giant Tuesday

Super Bowl parade, primary, and Fashion Week descend on NYC

(Newser) - 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....

Voters: Start Your Engines!
Voters: Start Your Engines!
Feb 5, 2008 5:10 AM CST

Voters: Start Your Engines!

Millions head to polls on the biggest day of primary voting ever

(Newser) - 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....

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