Political Update: Super Tuesday Liveblog - Updated!
Time to make some popcorn, find out what gaffes the Republicans are making today, check in to see what's happening to Rush Limbaugh, and then wait for the election returns late tonight. Super Tuesday primaries will move to my neck of the woods with Georgia and Tennessee in play, as well as Ohio, Virginia (where only Romney and Paul are on the ballot), Oklahoma, Massachusetts, Idaho, North Dakota, Alaska and Vermont.
Updated with Results - Wow!
Tennessee - Rick Santorum Wins! Surprise!
Virginia - Mitt Romney
Georgia - Newt Gingrich
Oklahoma - Rick Santorum
Ohio - Romney by a hair Results Here
Vermont - Mitt Romney
Massachusetts - Mitt Romney
Idaho - Mitt Romney
North Dakota - Rick Santorum
Wyoming - Mitt Romney
Alaska - Mitt Romney
ABC News: Super Tuesday 10 State Voting Extravaganza
CNN: Super Tuesday Win Could Rest in Ohio and Tennessee
Wall Street Journal Liveblog
CNN Live Links and Political Ticker Blog
Huff Post Liveblog
Ann Romney: I Don't Consider Myself Wealthy
Barbara Bush: 2012 The Worst Campaign I've Seen
Georgia has the Most Delegates Up for Grabs
Ohio, the South, and Clarity in the GOP Race
CNN/Time Poll: Possible Three-Way Finish in Tennessee
Karen Santorum: My Husband is Brilliant
Obama to Romney: Good Luck Tonight
The question came with some explosive context: "Mitt Romney has called you one of the most feckless presidents since Jimmy Carter. What would you say to him?" CBS's Norah O'Donnell asked.
Obama, conducting his first press conference of 2012 on Super Tuesday, smiled.
"Good luck tonight," he responded. After some pushing from reporters, Obama added an extended, "uuummm." Then: "Really."
Obama Blasts GOP's 'casualness' to War with Iran
Obama:“What’s said on the campaign trail, those folks don’t have a lot of responsibilities. They’re not commander-in-chief,” he said. “When I see the casualness about which some of these folks talk about war, I think about the costs …. There is not a game, there’s nothing casual about it.”
Rush Updates:
Rush Limbaugh Advertisers Keep Leaving the Show
Think Progress: 20 Advertisers Have Left the Show
Colbert and Stewart: The Joke's On Rush
Guardian UK: Rush and the Republican's Vote-Losing Sex Phobia
Real Clear Politics: Obama Comments on Rush Limbaugh
"You know, i'm not going to comment on what sponsors decide to do. I'm not going to comment on either the economics or the politics of it. I don't know what's in Rush Limbaugh's heart, so I'm not going to comment on the sincerity of his apology," Obama said at Tuesday's press conference.
"What I can comment on is the fact that all decent folks can agree that the remarks that were made don't have any place in the public discourse. And, you know, the reason I called Ms. Fluke is because I thought about Malia and Sasha, and one of the things I want them to do as they get older is to engage in issues they care about, even ones I may not agree with them on. I want them to be able to speak their mind in a civil and thoughtful way. And I don't want them attacked or called horrible names because they're being good citizens."
Bloomberg: Limbaugh Loses John Deere, Geico, Stamps.com, Various Others
Netflix: No, We Don't Advertise with Rush
Rush Attacks Another Woman Today: Author Tracie McMillan Limbaugh: "What is it with all of these young single white women, over-educated - doesn’t mean intelligent. For example, Tracie McMillan, the author of this book, seems to be just out of college and already she has been showered with awards, including the 2006 James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism. Social justice journalism..." McMillan Responds: I just wasn’t expecting anybody to say flat out that my work wasn’t valid because I’m a single woman.” She also takes exception to Limbaugh’s calling her “over-educated.” “I only have a B.A. I don’t have an advanced degree,” she says. “Maybe he thinks women shouldn’t go to college at all?”
JC Penney Dumps the Rush Show
Fluke Fallout Continues: Bethesda Sedation Dentistry, Cascades Dental, Philadelphia Orchestra, Goodwill Industries, Heart & Body Extract, Netflix, Downeast Energy, Capitol One, and JCPenney
Reuters: 47 Missouri Democrats Protest Plan for Limbaugh Bust in Statehouse
Mitt Romney Raps the Ballad of Davy Crockett.
As a Tennessean, I am so embarrassed...for Mitt Romney.
(Watch the audience behind him - Yes we remember that song, Mr. Romney)
Updated with Results - Wow!
Tennessee - Rick Santorum Wins! Surprise!
Virginia - Mitt Romney
Georgia - Newt Gingrich
Oklahoma - Rick Santorum
Ohio - Romney by a hair Results Here
Vermont - Mitt Romney
Massachusetts - Mitt Romney
Idaho - Mitt Romney
North Dakota - Rick Santorum
Wyoming - Mitt Romney
Alaska - Mitt Romney
ABC News: Super Tuesday 10 State Voting Extravaganza
CNN: Super Tuesday Win Could Rest in Ohio and Tennessee
Wall Street Journal Liveblog
CNN Live Links and Political Ticker Blog
Huff Post Liveblog
Ann Romney: I Don't Consider Myself Wealthy
Barbara Bush: 2012 The Worst Campaign I've Seen
Georgia has the Most Delegates Up for Grabs
Ohio, the South, and Clarity in the GOP Race
CNN/Time Poll: Possible Three-Way Finish in Tennessee
Karen Santorum: My Husband is Brilliant
Obama to Romney: Good Luck Tonight
The question came with some explosive context: "Mitt Romney has called you one of the most feckless presidents since Jimmy Carter. What would you say to him?" CBS's Norah O'Donnell asked.
Obama, conducting his first press conference of 2012 on Super Tuesday, smiled.
"Good luck tonight," he responded. After some pushing from reporters, Obama added an extended, "uuummm." Then: "Really."
Obama Blasts GOP's 'casualness' to War with Iran
Obama:“What’s said on the campaign trail, those folks don’t have a lot of responsibilities. They’re not commander-in-chief,” he said. “When I see the casualness about which some of these folks talk about war, I think about the costs …. There is not a game, there’s nothing casual about it.”
Rush Updates:
Rush Limbaugh Advertisers Keep Leaving the Show
Think Progress: 20 Advertisers Have Left the Show
Colbert and Stewart: The Joke's On Rush
Guardian UK: Rush and the Republican's Vote-Losing Sex Phobia
Real Clear Politics: Obama Comments on Rush Limbaugh
"You know, i'm not going to comment on what sponsors decide to do. I'm not going to comment on either the economics or the politics of it. I don't know what's in Rush Limbaugh's heart, so I'm not going to comment on the sincerity of his apology," Obama said at Tuesday's press conference.
"What I can comment on is the fact that all decent folks can agree that the remarks that were made don't have any place in the public discourse. And, you know, the reason I called Ms. Fluke is because I thought about Malia and Sasha, and one of the things I want them to do as they get older is to engage in issues they care about, even ones I may not agree with them on. I want them to be able to speak their mind in a civil and thoughtful way. And I don't want them attacked or called horrible names because they're being good citizens."
Bloomberg: Limbaugh Loses John Deere, Geico, Stamps.com, Various Others
Netflix: No, We Don't Advertise with Rush
Rush Attacks Another Woman Today: Author Tracie McMillan Limbaugh: "What is it with all of these young single white women, over-educated - doesn’t mean intelligent. For example, Tracie McMillan, the author of this book, seems to be just out of college and already she has been showered with awards, including the 2006 James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism. Social justice journalism..." McMillan Responds: I just wasn’t expecting anybody to say flat out that my work wasn’t valid because I’m a single woman.” She also takes exception to Limbaugh’s calling her “over-educated.” “I only have a B.A. I don’t have an advanced degree,” she says. “Maybe he thinks women shouldn’t go to college at all?”
JC Penney Dumps the Rush Show
Fluke Fallout Continues: Bethesda Sedation Dentistry, Cascades Dental, Philadelphia Orchestra, Goodwill Industries, Heart & Body Extract, Netflix, Downeast Energy, Capitol One, and JCPenney
Reuters: 47 Missouri Democrats Protest Plan for Limbaugh Bust in Statehouse
Mitt Romney Raps the Ballad of Davy Crockett.
As a Tennessean, I am so embarrassed...for Mitt Romney.
(Watch the audience behind him - Yes we remember that song, Mr. Romney)
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