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12:40 PM ET, March 2, 2016

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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
The GOP has two weeks to take down Donald Trump  —  The window for stopping Donald Trump closed almost completely Tuesday night, leaving the demoralized anti-Trump forces with two weeks and no agreed-upon strategy for denying the New York billionaire the Republican presidential nomination.
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Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed:
Establishment Republicans Are Furious With John Kasich  —  WASHINGTON — On Tuesday night as return after return came in and Marco Rubio failed to break through, many establishment Republicans grew angrier that John Kasich was still in the race.  —  One of them was Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell …
Discussion: The Week
Eli Stokols / Politico:
The day the Republican Party ruptured  —  Donald Trump's Super Tuesday sweep propelled him ever closer to the GOP presidential nomination — and pushed the party he seeks to lead to the breaking point.  —  The Manhattan billionaire, boosted by support from disaffected blue-collar voters …
Associated Press:
Viewer's Guide: After Super Tuesday, Cold Hard Delegate Math  —  Presidential candidates will wake up Wednesday morning to the cold, hard truth of delegate math.  It might give the front-runners some breathing room, but for the rest of the field the truth may hurt.
New York Times:
Super Tuesday Results  —  Live election results from the 12 states voting in tonight's presidential primary races.  —  Who Will Win Super Tuesday?  Live Estimates of Tonight's Final Republican Delegate Count  —  By AMANDA COX, JOSH KATZ and KEVIN QUEALY
Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
Five Reasons Trump Is Weaker Than He Looks  —  Why Super Tuesday wasn't as good to Trump as you think.  —  There's a classic scene in First Blood where John Rambo declares, “Nothing is over!  Nothing!  You just don't turn it off!”  —  So let's go with that for a moment.
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Results Show Why Trump Can Lose, and Why He Probably Won't
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:   Re: Who Stays?  —  Kevin — once again we find ourselves facing …
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Here's how Rubio and Cruz can still take down Trump
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
5 takeaways from Super Tuesday
Discussion: Washington Post
Benjy Sarlin / MSNBC:
GOP nears its breaking point as Donald Trump rolls toward nomination
Discussion: Salon, Fox News and Denver Post
Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Lindsey Graham: Oh God, We Might Have To Back Ted Cruz To Save Our Party
New York Times:
Donald Trump Overwhelms G.O.P. Rivals From Alabama to Massachusetts
Jordan Rudner / The Texas Tribune:
Travis County GOP Apoplectic Over New Chairman … The newly elected chair of the Republican Party in the county that includes the Texas Capitol spent most of election night tweeting about former Gov. Rick Perry's sexual orientation and former President Bill Clinton's penis …
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Edward Rollins / Fox News:
Trump is now unstoppable.  It's game over for Cruz, Rubio, Kasich and Carson  —  Game over!  This was a rout, America.  Winning seven states and the vast majority of delegates is a landslide.  Donald Trump and the millions of his supporters have changed American politics and the Republican Party for the foreseeable future.
Dara Doyle / Bloomberg Business:   Bookmaker Pays Out Early on Trump Winning Republican Nomination
New York Times:
As Donald Trump Rolls Up Victories, the G.O.P. Split Widens to a Chasm
Discussion: Deadspin and Hit & Run
Paul Singer / USA Today:
Seven N.J. newspapers call on Christie to resign  —  48 Shares  —  Seven New Jersey newspapers issued a joint editorial Tuesday calling on Gov. Chris Christie to resign in the wake of his failed presidential campaign and his subsequent endorsement of rival Donald Trump.
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Ryan Hutchins / Politico:
New poll shows Christie approval in New Jersey at lowest point
Discussion: The Week and Florida Politics
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Donald Trump Jr. Just Recorded an Interview With a Pro-Slavery Radio Host  —  An “unapologetically pro-white” radio host was given press credentials by the Trump campaign.  —  “Political Cesspool” host James Edwards thinks that slavery was the greatest thing that ever happened to black people.
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JAMES EDWARDS:
Political Cesspool Host James Edwards Reports From Inside Donald Trump's Press Pen
Luke Russert / NBC News:
Nine Republicans Reject Naming Post Office After Maya Angelou  —  Conversations around racial issues have grown super charged during this presidential election season and part of that seems to have rubbed off on Capitol Hill in a debate over naming a post office after award winning poet and Civil Rights activist, Maya Angelou.
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Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Several House Republicans Vote Against Naming Post Office After Maya Angelou
Discussion: addictinginfo.org
WYFF-TV:
Teacher resigns after student exposes private pictures  —  Sheriff's office is investigating student after private pictures exposed  —  A teacher at Union County High School has resigned after a student spread a nude picture of her through text messages and social media …
Hugh Forrest / South by Southwest 2016 Music …:
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama Announced as SXSW Keynotes  —  SXSW is honored to announce President Barack Obama will appear as part of a Keynote Conversation at SXSW Interactive on Friday, March 11 and First Lady Michelle Obama will be the opening Keynote at SXSW Music on Wednesday, March 16.
USA Today:
Tavis Smiley: Black America could get on Trump train  —  Hillary might look like a shoo-in with African-American voters, but don't be too sure.  —  With Hillary Clinton racking up more overwhelming victories in Super Tuesday primaries thanks to the overwhelming support of African-American voters …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
NBC News:
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Democrats to Clinton: Don't laugh off Trump threat  —  It's time to stop pointing and laughing at the Republican primary.  For all the GOP front-runner's flaws, many veteran Democrats are beginning to conclude, Donald Trump is a canny operator who just might end up in the White House if they're not careful.
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Sanders Campaign Will Travel On, but Path to Victory Is All but Blocked  —  Bernie Sanders has vowed to fight for the presidential nomination until the Democratic convention, but the results this evening suggest that he is not anywhere close to being on track to amass a majority of pledged delegates.
Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
Hillary Clinton's Got This  —  To borrow a phrase from Dan Rather, Hillary Clinton swept through the South like a big wheel through a delta cotton field on Super Tuesday.  She won seven states total, including Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia in the South.
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Donald Trump drives GOP's record turnout; Democrats lack enthusiasm  —  Republicans continued to shatter turnout records in their presidential primaries and caucuses Tuesday, while Democrats lagged behind in what analysts said was a clear indication of an enthusiasm gap heading into the general election.
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump: Ryan can get along with me or ‘pay a big price’  —  (R-Wis.) that he'll have to pay the price if he doesn't get along with Trump as president after Ryan repudiated him for failing to disavow an endorsement from David Duke.  —  “I'm going to get along great with Congress.
 
 
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