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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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Foon Rhee / Boston Globe:
Exit poll favors Romney's prospects — Early exit polling from Michigan appears to bode well for Mitt Romney and ill for John McCain. — McCain won the Republican primary in 2000, thanks largely to support from independents and Democrats who crossed over.
Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:
Total — 104,696 — 104,006 — 67,601 — 24,484 — 18,788 — Total Delegates: — That's what Geraghty the Indispensable is hearing. — Cue the fat lady for Huck and McCain. The former can't get above 15% with a huge effort, and McCain can't win in an open primary state …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
HARD MITTMENTUM — NRO's Jim Geraghty posts what are supposed …
HARD MITTMENTUM — NRO's Jim Geraghty posts what are supposed …
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Detroit Free Press:
Across Michigan, light turnout and some upset voters — Around metro Detroit and across the state, turnout has been so low for the presidential primary that some clerks predict the majority of votes will come from absentee ballots. — Clerks say snowy weather and a non-race on the Democratic side have kept numbers down.
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Tina Lam / Detroit Free Press:
Riegle: Clinton's actions manipulated the ballot — The Michigan Democratic ballot is a sham that was rigged by Hillary Rodham Clinton, her husband and her supporters to give the nation the impression that she's the leading candidate in Michigan, an angry former Sen. Don Riegle said Monday.
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Associated Press:
Exit poll: 7 in 10 voted Republican — Highlights from preliminary results of exit polling in Michigan's presidential primaries Tuesday for The Associated Press and television networks: — A REPUBLICAN PRIMARY AFTER ALL ... The last time Michigan had a competitive Republican presidential primary …
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Klaus Marre / The Hill:
Clintons rushed to reach Clyburn on race controversy — Seeking to quell the fight between the presidential campaigns of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), former President Bill Clinton spoke to House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) …
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Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
HUCK, THE CONSTITUTION AND 'GOD'S STANDARDS' — From NBC/NJ's Adam Aigner-Treworgy — WARREN, Mich. — Huckabee's closing argument to voters here this evening featured a few new stories and two prolonged sections on illegal immigration and Christian values.
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Obama's Farrakhan Test — Barack Obama is a member of Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ. Its minister, and Obama's spiritual adviser, is the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. In 1982, the church launched Trumpet Newsmagazine; Wright's daughters serve as publisher and executive editor.
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Brian Stelter / The Caucus:
NBC Fights to Keep Kucinich Out of Debate — (Photo: John Kuntz/The Plain Dealer, via Associated Press) — Updated | 6:11 p.m. One hour after the Supreme Court hearing was scheduled to conclude and three hours before the debate was expected to begin, the court had yet to announce a decision …
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Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Setting Mich expectations — Aside from anecdotal buzz about low turnout, nobody has a great feel for what's going on here in Michigan. — But that hasn't stopped McCain's camp from already trying to spin the meaning of a loss here. — Senior Adviser Steve Schmidt strolled …
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Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
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.
Josephine Hearn / The Politico:
Pelosi pushes gourmet menu — The processed cheese has been replaced with brie. The Jell-O has made way for raspberry kiwi tarts and mini-lemon blueberry trifles. Meatloaf has moved over for mahi mahi and buns have been shunted aside in favor of baguettes.
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Redstate:
Wow. — I'm on the radio this morning. For the last thirty minutes, I've been talking about the Clinton v. Obama race war. This isn't a new topic, but something very interesting happened. — Mayor C. Jack Ellis, the recently term limited out of office Mayor of Macon, GA, called in the show.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Finally: Fred hits McCain; Update: Fred hits McCain again — Not with an uppercut but a good straight jab. It would have been more effective if he'd gone after him individually instead of lumping him in with Huck but the race being what it is in South Carolina, he doesn't have much choice.