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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.
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.
CNN:
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 …
CNN:
Exit polling: Independents don't show up — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Independent voters constituted a significantly smaller proportion of Michigan Republican primary voters this cycle than eight years ago, our exit polling indicates. — Independents made up only 25 percent of primary voters this year …
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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 …
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 …
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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Brian Stelter / The Caucus:NBC Fights to Keep Kucinich Out of Debate
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Adam Cohen / New York Times:A Supreme Court Reversal: Abandoning the Rights of Voters
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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.
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
No G.O.P. Anchor in Sight — Can anyone bring the Republicans together again? — The convincing victory by Mitt Romney in the Michigan primary on Tuesday means three very different states — with dissimilar electorates driven by distinctive sets of priorities — have embraced three separate candidates …
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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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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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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:Blacklash? — So far, in Michigan, the African-American vote …
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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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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.
Bloomberg:
Brown Says U.K. May Take Over Northern Rock, Resell — Jan. 16 (Bloomberg) — Prime Minister Gordon Brown, in his clearest indication yet that Northern Rock Plc may be nationalized, said the U.K. is considering acquiring the mortgage-lender and reselling it when market conditions recover.
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.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Live-Blogging Nevada — 9.10 pm: Did Robert L. Johnson actually say he was “out of bounds” in bringing up Obama's past drug use? That's what Clinton just said. Did she just make that up? — (Update: if you read Johnson's press release, you can see that Clinton was lying to maintain good relations with Johnson.
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