memeorandum: With no losers, the fight goes on (Los Angeles Times)

1:15 PM ET, February 6, 2008

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Obama claims delegate lead — In a surprise twist after a chaotic Super Tuesday, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) passed Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) in network tallies of the number of delegates the candidates racked up last night. — Clinton was portrayed in many news accounts …

Washington Post:

Clinton and Obama Trade Victories — N.Y. Senator Withstands Push By Surging Rival in Key Battlegrounds — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton won victories over Sen. Barack Obama in California, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York last night, giving her presidential campaign a crucial boost.

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The New Republic:

Who Won Super Tuesday? — It's hard to say, but if you put a gun in my head, I'd say John McCain and (very slightly) Hillary Clinton, but the elections revealed weaknesses in McCain and in both of the leading Democratic candidates. McCain blunted Mitt Romney's challenge, but he failed consistently to win over conservative voters.

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Mark Murray / MSNBC:

FIRST THOUGHTS: A DEM SPLIT DECISION — From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro — *** A split decision: The Clinton and Obama campaigns engaged in a furious game of spin before Super Tuesday, but Obama might have put it best when he said on TODAY and Morning Joe yesterday that it would end up being a split decision.

Discussion: RealClearPolitics and Balkinization

Los Angeles Times:
With no losers, the fight goes on

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Harold Meyerson / American Prospect:
THE DEMOCRATIC RACE FROM HERE. — Now that the dust is settling …

Discussion: Open Left, The New Republic and Washington Monthly

Harold Meyerson / Washington Post:

The Repudiation of Rove — John McCain had a surprising but pleasant evening last night — watching Mitt Romney go down to defeat in nearly every contest and encountering a newly victorious but ultimately unnominatable Mike Huckabee all across the Bible Belt.

Discussion: The Opinionator, The Sideshow, The New Republic, Political Machine, Norwegianity and Middle Earth Journal

Michael Cooper / New York Times:

Arizona Senator Surges; Huckabee Strong in the South — Senator John McCain of Arizona won the most states and appeared poised to win the most delegates on Tuesday with impressive primary victories in the delegate-rich states of California, New York and Illinois.

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Tapscott's Copy Desk:
Now we see if McCain really wants conservatives

Discussion: Captain's Quarters

Charles Hurt / New York Post:
ONCE JOHN WINS, HE'LL MAKE A LEFT

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Michael Levenson / Boston Globe:
After tough Tuesday, Romney forces to meet on next steps

Discussion: AMERICAblog

Thomas B. Edsall / The Huffington Post:

Super Tuesday Fallout: Where The Race Goes From Here — Hillary Clinton's strength among core Democratic constituencies — women, Latinos and working class whites — pushed her to victory in the mega-state primaries of California, New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts on Tuesday, slowing …

Discussion: The New Republic and Anne Schroeder's Blogs

Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Democrats' Identity Politics Getting More Sharply Defined

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Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Democrats' Votes Display a Racial Divide

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The Politico:
Super Tuesday: A split decision

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Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft: After Super Tuesday — Unlike the entire world apparently …

Ezra Klein / American Prospect:

SUPERDELEGATES. — I really, really hope the Democratic primary doesn't come down to superdelegates — the privileged class of delegate that gets to vote however they want, and were created to ensure that party elites didn't lose too much control over the process.

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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Through June — David Plouffe, on a conference call with reporters …

Discussion: D-Day

Ari Melber / The Nation:
OBAMA CAMPAIGN PROJECTS 72 DELEGATE LEAD (FOR NOW)...

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John Bresnahan / The Politico:

NRCC probe scares GOP — Top House Republicans were told in recent days that a former employee of their campaign committee may have forged an official audit during the contentious 2006 election cycle and that they should brace for the possibility that an unfolding investigation …

Discussion: RealClearPolitics and Comments from Left Field

Faiz / Think Progress:

Buchanan: John McCain ‘Will Make Cheney Look Like Gandhi’ — On the NBC Today Show, liberal radio host Rachel Maddow, conservative pundit Pat Buchanan, and Democratic strategist Paul Begala discussed the importance of “change” in the upcoming election. Voters want a “clean break from Bush,” argued Maddow.

Discussion: The People's Republic …, DownWithTyranny!, Politics Plus and Daily Kos

Mark Steyn / The Corner:

The Morning After — I think John O'Sullivan is right. There was an explicit anti-Romney vote in the South. A mere month ago, in the wake of Iowa and New Hampshire, I received a ton of e-mails from southern readers saying these pansy northern states weren't the “real” conservative heartland …

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Cara DeGette / Colorado Confidential:

Ted Haggard Quits New Life ‘Restoration Team’ — Technically, it only took three weeks of intensive “restoration” a full year ago to make Ted Haggard a “complete heterosexual.” But on Tuesday night, the new pastor of the Colorado Springs megachurch that Haggard founded has announced …

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Kathryn Jean Lopez / The Corner:

Kumbya Convo — Mary Matalin had some creative thinking for John McCain this morning, in conversation with NRO, based on the idea that “McCain still failing to win conservatives anywhere, even where he wins.” — A “trust but verify” strategy for McCain might include:

Discussion: Hot Air, Rising Hegemon and PSoTD

Jed Babbin / Human Events:

McCain Didn't Close the Deal — John McCain's strong showing in the February 5 primaries wasn't enough to close the deal. He could have done it by winning enough delegates to be the prohibitive favorite or — conversely — by Mitt Romney making so poor a showing that he would be unwilling to fight on.

Discussion: The Swamp, TIME and Gateway Pundit

Robert Perez / Orlando Sentinel:

Confused Florida voters try to cast ballots in Super Tuesday primaries — The problem? Florida had its presidential primary LAST week. — Millions of Americans in 24 states are turning out vote to in Super Tuesday presidential primaries from Georgia to Alaska today.

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