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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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CNN:
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 …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Hard Mittmentum — NRO's Jim Geraghty posts what are supposed to be the first exit polls out of Michigan. Romney 35%, McCain 29%, Huck 15%, Paul 10%, Giuliani 4%. — We've independently heard the same numbers; but we were not able to confirm them. — (ed.note: Actually …
Hindrocket / Power Line:
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 …
John M. Broder / New York Times:Romney Beats McCain in Michigan Vote
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
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 …
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Hillary Clinton / CNN:
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.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:Blacklash? — So far, in Michigan, the African-American vote …
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Brian Stelter / The Caucus:
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 …
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New York Times:
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 …
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.
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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.
Michael Chabon / The Huffington Post:
Hey, Louis Farrakhan and Richard Cohen: You Can't Scare Me — Writing in his regular column for the Washington Post today, Richard Cohen sought to frighten me and every other Jew in America into believing that Barack Obama at worst supports, and at best tacitly approves of …
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Matthew Yglesias / Washington Monthly:
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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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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