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MSNBC
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Feb 5, 08 7:30 PM CST
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Hillary Clinton and Mike Huckabee are the projected winners in the state of Arkansas, where both have deep roots. The candidates were widely expected to take the honors in the home of a town called Hope, after each was part of the state's first family, MSNBC reports. The Natural State has only 35 Democratic and 31 Republican delegates, but the victory was symbolic—and necessary—for the winners.
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Feb 5, 08 7:10 PM CST
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Hillary Clinton won Oklahoma, where she formerly served as first lady, and Barack Obama took his home state of Illinois, NBC reports, as Super Tuesday results began taking shape. Earlier, Obama scored a decisive win in Georgia with overwhelming black support and surprisingly strong white support.
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Associated Press
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Feb 5, 08 7:10 PM CST
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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.
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MSNBC
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Feb 5, 08 7:09 PM CST
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Barack Obama is the projected winner in his home state of Illinois. John McCain won the GOP race in the Land of Lincoln. Obama was widely expected to take Illinois by a big margin, MSNBC reports. The state awards 153 Democratic delegates proportionally and 57 Republican delegates in a winner-take-all model, the BBC adds.
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MSNBC
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Feb 5, 08 7:07 PM CST
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Hillary Clinton topped Barack Obama in the Massachusetts primary today, overcoming his fervent endorsements by Ted Kennedy and John Kerry, MSNBC reports. Clinton did benefit from backing by state lawmakers like the senate president, Therese Murray, who implied Clinton lost the big endorsements because she is a woman, the AP reports. Clinton also ran more than twice as many ads in the state as Obama, the Times reports.
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Associated Press
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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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Newsweek
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Feb 5, 08 4:25 PM CST
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Voters go with their gut in the ballot booth—this researchers know—but Super Tuesday is an acute study in heart over mind, Newsweek reports. With no party loyalty at stake and the Democrats' policies so alike, emotion rules: Barack Obama is trying to rouse voters with hope, while Hillary Clinton’s anxious ads urge people to stick with a safe candidate.
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Washington Post
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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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New York Times
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Feb 5, 08 10:29 AM CST
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On the biggest primary voting day in American history, the Times offers snapshots of the four major campaigns: Hillary Clinton is uneasy with the crucial tool of talking about herself and performs far better on small stages than on big ones. Mitt Romney has finally settled on a pitch as he’s become the underdog: He's a populist insurgent.
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Reuters
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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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Open Left
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Feb 4, 08 10:06 PM CST
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So-called super delegates will end up crowning the Democratic presidential nominee, Open Left’s Chris Bowers blogs. Even if Hillary Clinton wins a whopping 937 delegates to Barack Obama’s 862 on Super Tuesday, she would have to score 76% of the rest to win the nod. That's where 796 super delegates—governors, congressmen, and other party bigwigs—come into play.
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New York Times
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Feb 4, 08 8:53 PM CST
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Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have health plans that sound similar but are vastly different in effect, the New York Times ' Paul Krugman writes. Obama wants to make coverage affordable in the hope that Americans will sign up—a change that seems unlikely considering current coverage patterns. But Hillary's plan would mandate care, cover 22 million more Americans, and make health care nearly universal.
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McClatchy Newspapers
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Feb 4, 08 5:15 PM CST
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Hillary Clinton trumpets her non-profit work on the campaign trail rather than the 15 years she spent representing big companies for a corporate law firm, McClatchy Newspapers reports. She did do much public service work in Little Rock, but also sat on corporate boards (like Wal-Mart's) and battled disgruntled workers for canning and logging companies during her 35-year career.
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