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Exit polling: Democrats pick McCain over Romney — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Despite urging from some activists like Markos Moulitsas that Michigan Democrats vote for Mitt Romney over John McCain, CNN exit polling indicates the Arizona Republican won the liberal vote.
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How Romney won: Economy, evangelicals, local ties — (CNN) — Mitt Romney's victory over John McCain can be credited to three factors, CNN exit polling indicates. — A majority of Michigan voters named the economy as the most pressing issue — and those voters overwhelming chose …


Analysis: Gold boosts Romney as S.C. heats up — NEW YORK (CNN) — Almost a half century ago, the state of Michigan put an auto industry executive named George Romney on the political map. On Tuesday evening, it may have put his son's presidential campaign back on track.
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MITT ROMNEY, RONALD REAGAN, AND THE ELECTION OF 2008 — Now that Mitt Romney appears to have won a solid victory in Michigan, I want to make a couple of points about his campaign in the context of this year's election season. — First, the pervasive commentary over the last week to the effect …

Bill Lacy on the Results of the Michigan Primary — [Campaign Manager Bill Lacy released this statement. -Sean] — Tonight's results in Michigan make two things clear: First, the Republican campaign for President remains wide-open. Our party faithful are still looking for someone …


Potentially troubling news for Clinton in Michigan ‘win’ — (CNN) — Hillary Clinton faced a grim statistic in Michigan tonight, despite her primary “win” there: results revealed that she may have reason to worry about her grasp on the African-American vote.
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EXITS — According to the Fox exit polls, in the Democratic primary tonight, Clinton took 25% of the African-American vote and “uncommitted” is getting 69% of the African-American vote. Now remember, Hillary is only major candidate on the ballot. The others, and even Hillary to a degree …

Blacklash? — So far, in Michigan, the African-American vote …
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And The First Exit Polls in Michigan Say... I'm surprised no one else has put this up yet. I'm hearing the first round of exit polls have Romney 35, McCain 29, Huckabee 15, Ron Paul 10, Giuliani 4. This doesn't count absentee ballots. — If this holds, the networks will be able to announce shortly after 9 p.m. eastern time...
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Exit poll: 7 in 10 voted Republican
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Obama and Clinton Seek a Softer Tone in Democratic Presidential Debate — LAS VEGAS — A Democratic presidential debate unfolded with an exchange of pleasantries and acts of contrition among rivals on Tuesday as Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama promised to dispel a rancorous feud …
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NBC Wins Battle Over Debate — The Nevada Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that MSNBC is not required to include candidate Dennis Kucinich in its scheduled Democratic presidential debate. — The decision, which came one hour before the debate was scheduled to begin in Las Vegas …

Ruling Quashes Kucinich's Hope of Joining Lineup
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The Unbearable Inanity of Tim Russert — On May 27, Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson appeared on Meet the Press hoping, no doubt, to get a question about Iraq policy. Richardson was advocating the complete withdrawal of all U.S. forces, an important policy distinction …
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Re: God's Government — Lisa, it's really infuriating if you've had the experience — as I have — of being portrayed at various panels as part of the “American Taliban” for defending the purportedly Islamophobic efforts to root out Muslim terrorists. Part of my usual response …
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Huckabee: Amend Constitution to be in 'God's standards'
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Supreme Court Restricts Securities Lawsuits — WASHINGTON — Ruling in its most important securities fraud case in years, the Supreme Court on Tuesday placed a towering obstacle in the path of shareholders looking for someone to sue when a stock purchase turns sour.
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A Supreme Court Reversal: Abandoning the Rights of Voters
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Pissy Chrissy — Chris Matthews, this evening. — ...Michigan primary results are here and here. — ...Rudy's currently in 7th place... behind Uncommitted!

Huckabee about-face on smoking — Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has reversed his position on a federal ban aimed at workplace smoking and now believes the issue should be addressed by state and local governments. — The about-face is apparent in a Huckabee campaign statement …

Banned at The DoJ — We here at TPM get hundreds of emails each day, ranging from reader emails to press releases. And it took me a while to notice that on October 10th of last year, the Justice Department stopped sending us their releases. We had been on their list for well more than a year.