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Super Duper Tuesday

Super-Duper Tuesday n. a day that many US states hold primary elections in which political parties choose their candidates for the presidential election to be held the following November; Tsunami Tuesday. Editorial Note: “Duper” serves as an informal superlative via reduplication of “super.” Super-Duper Tuesday is so named because more primaries would be held on that day than have been held in previous years on Super Tuesday, possibly making later primaries irrelevant by establishing strong front-running candidates before the parties’ conventions later in the year. " - Double-Tongued Dictionary

With 24 state primary elections lined up on Feb. 5, more than 40% of each party's delegates will be chosen on this date — the earliest allowed without special exception. California and New York have the most delegates at stake.

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  • February 2008

    • Hillary Declared Winner in New Mexico

      Associated Press  |  Feb 14, 08 4:54 PM CST

      Hillary Declared Winner in New Mexico

      (Newser) - Hillary Clinton is the victor in New Mexico’s caucus, the state's Democratic party revealed today—nine days after the Super Tuesday vote was deemed too close to call. Clinton adds a single delegate to her overall count from the previous estimate, the AP reports. The final tally from the Land of Enchantment yields 14 delegates to Clinton, 12 to Barack Obama. More »

    • Mexican Prez Predicts Friendlier US

      Los Angeles Times  |  Feb 8, 08 3:03 AM CST

      Mexican Prez Predicts Friendlier US

      (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,” he said. They’ve been “put in their place by their own electorate.” More »

    • Romney Ends White House Bid

      CNN  |  Feb 7, 08 11:23 AM CST

      Romney Ends White House Bid

      (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 the race was preventing a Republican nominee from taking his candidacy national. More »

    • Contests Underscore Hard-to-Heal Divisions

      New York Times  |  Feb 6, 08 2:47 PM CST

      Contests Underscore Hard-to-Heal Divisions

      (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 and African Americans widely favored Obama. More »

    • Pundits Mull Dems' Race the Day After

      New Republic  |  Feb 6, 08 1:52 PM CST

      Pundits Mull Dems' Race the Day After

      (Newser) - Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are deadlocked after yesterday's nearly national vote. Here are four takes on their race: Upcoming votes favor Obama heavily, Noam Scheiber argues. Primaries in black-heavy Louisiana, Virginia, Maryland and DC—and several caucuses—should break for him. Clinton has a March 4 firewall in Texas and Ohio, but Obama has time to contest those. More »

    • Four Takes on the GOP's Night

      National Review  |  Feb 6, 08 12:46 PM CST

      Four Takes on the GOP's Night

      (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 unless he can “motivate disgruntled and distrustful Republican activists.” More »

    • Cautious TV Wins Super Tuesday

      New York Times  |  Feb 6, 08 10:47 AM CST

      Cautious TV Wins Super Tuesday

      (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 the AP, which erroneously called Missouri for Hillary Clinton. More »

    • Obama Claims Super Tuesday Delegate Win

      Politico  |  Feb 6, 08 8:17 AM CST

      Obama Claims Super Tuesday Delegate Win

      (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,” Tim Russert said on the Today show this morning, Politico reports. NBC has the running totals for the two Democrats only about 70 delegates apart, Russert said. More »

    • Clinton Wins 'Comeback,' But No Slack

      Time  |  Feb 6, 08 7:40 AM CST

      Clinton Wins 'Comeback,' But No Slack

      (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 long view for long, reports Time: primaries in the next few weeks are thought to favor Obama, who is virtually tied in delegates. Clinton will look to recoup in Ohio and Texas primaries in March. More »

    • Obama Cuts Clinton’s White Lead; Hillary Wins Latinos

      New York Post  |  Feb 6, 08 6:33 AM CST

      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 50%. Clinton dominated among Hispanics by 61% to 38%, while Obama grabbed 80% of African-American voters, the New York Post reports.       More »

    • McCain Dominates But Doesn't Clinch Party Base

      Time  |  Feb 6, 08 6:16 AM CST

      McCain Dominates But Doesn't Clinch Party Base

      (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 Huckabee and Romney in the South and the Bible Belt, along with exit poll results, exposed real weakness with the party's base, Time reports More »

    • Romney Gears Up for Hard Fight

      Associated Press  |  Feb 6, 08 5:01 AM CST

      Romney Gears Up for Hard Fight

      (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 as a struggle to save the nation's future. "It's not all done tonight. We're going to keep on battling," he said. More »

    • Huckabee Storms Back In

      Washington Post  |  Feb 6, 08 2:28 AM CST

      Huckabee Storms Back In

      (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 small, smooth stone is more effective than a suit of armor," Huckabee told cheering supporters in Arkansas. More »

    • Clinton Nails California, Obama Grabs Heartland

      Washington Post  |  Feb 6, 08 1:01 AM CST

      Clinton Nails California, Obama Grabs Heartland

      (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, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. Obama took Missouri, Alaska, Minnesota, Colorado, Connecticut, Alabama, Georgia, Delaware, Kansas, Utah, Idaho, and North Dakota. More »

    • Clinton, McCain Win in California

      CNN  |  Feb 5, 08 10:28 PM CST

      (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, and those figures were not immediately known. More »

    • McCain Easily Takes NJ, Clinton Wins a Tough Battle

      Associated Press