memeorandum: Kucinich Loses Ohio House Race (Naftali Bendavid/Wall Street Journal)

2:50 AM ET, March 7, 2012

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News Analysis: No Super Tuesday Knockout Punch — Mitt Romney won the delegates, but not necessarily the argument. — His quest to win the Republican presidential nomination has always resembled a detailed, methodical business plan. Mr. Romney, who spent much of his life fixing troubled corporations …

Discussion: Washington Post, The Caucus and The Page

Washington Post:

Super Tuesday exit polls: an early look — The early exits are in, and in three key states — Ohio, Tennessee and Georgia — Republican electorates are broadly shaping up to look a lot like those that voted four years ago, with some important differences. — Overall, conservatives …

Discussion: Firedoglake, The Loyal Opposition and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:

A Super Tuesday Nailbiter Puts Romney on His Heels — With a shockingly thin margin in Ohio, Mitt Romney has a shaky Super Tuesday and Rick Santorum claims a moral victory. — STEUBENVILLE, OHIO — Mitt Romney's people thought Mitt Romney was going to win Ohio on Super Tuesday.

Fox News:

Romney bags Ohio prize, wins half of Super Tuesday contests — Mitt Romney walked away the Super Tuesday winner, after building his delegate lead with victories in at least five states and pulling off the headline-grabber of the night — Ohio. — Fox News projects the former Massachusetts governor …

Discussion: ABCNEWS, The Week, Washington Post, Pat Dollard, The Lonely Conservative and Algemeiner.com

NBC's Andrew Rafferty / msnbc.com:

Santorum camp asking conservatives to pressure Gingrich to drop out — STEUBENVILLE, OH — Rick Santorum's campaign is calling on conservatives to pressure Newt Gingrich to abandon his bid for the White House, a senior adviser told reporters tonight. — Senior campaign strategist John Brabender …

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Justin Sink / The Hill:
Newt Gingrich: ‘I am the tortoise’ of the 2012 Republican primary

Discussion: CNN and The Last Tradition

Matt Negrin / ABCNEWS:
Santorum Wins Tenn., Okla.; Ohio Still Too Tight to Call

Discussion: Politico, The Week and Guardian

Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
‘Good luck tonight,’ Obama says to Romney on Super Tuesday

Discussion: The Huffington Post and Politico

Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
A Guide to Super Tuesday Possibilities

Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Super Tuesday ‘win’ could rest in Ohio, Tennessee

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Lucy Madison / CBS News: Gingrich to win Georgia, CBS News projects

Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Exit Polls: Electability vs. Relatability

Discussion: Associated Press, Wall Street Journal and The Daily Dish

Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:

BREAKING: Capital One Drops Ads From Rush Limbaugh — Capital One has recently aired advertisements on the Rush Limbaugh radio show. Today, ThinkProgress asked a representative of the company whether it is “taking steps to ensure that your ads will not run on Rush Limbaugh in the future.”

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Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:

Investors flee Carbonite after Limbaugh announcement — On Saturday, Carbonite CEO David Friend released a statement on his company's website declaring that Carbonite had decided to “withdraw” advertising from Rush Limbaugh's radio show in the wake of his controversial remarks involving …

Discussion: The Last Tradition, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite and Daily Kos

John McCormack / Weekly Standard:

Obama: I Can't Be Expected to Comment on Both Rush Limbaugh's and My DNC Chairwoman's Remarks — At today's White House press conference, President Obama was not asked a single question about the public policy aspects of Obamacare's new mandate forcing employers, including most religious institutions …

Discussion: The PJ Tatler, LifeNews.com and Hot Air

William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:

Announcing The Carbonite Accountability Project — On Saturday, March 3, 2012, Carbonite announced that it was dropping its advertising on the Rush Limbaugh Show even after Limbaugh had apologized to Sandra Fluke for certain comments made regarding Ms. Fluke.

Discussion: The Frisky, TheCollegeConservative, The PJ Tatler and Wake up America

Jonathan Zimmerman / Christian Science Monitor:
Rush Limbaugh ‘slut’ comment reveals a double standard on sex

Discussion: Julian Sanchez, The Huffington Post and The PJ Tatler

Faiz Shakir / ThinkProgress:
Netflix Becomes 30th Advertiser To Drop Limbaugh

Discussion: The Week, And So it Goes in Shreveport, Daily Kos and The Last Tradition

Mj Lee / Politico:
29 companies yank ads from Rush

Discussion: Bob Cesca's Awesome Blog! and Computerworld

Matt Negrin / ABCNEWS:

‘I Understand You Have a Panel,’ Gingrich Tells a Panel-Less AIPAC — Newt Gingrich apparently has been so busy campaigning all around Georgia that he hasn't had time to sleep, or even write a speech for the AIPAC crowd. — Moments before he was set to video-stream live …

Discussion: NO QUARTER, Mediaite, BuzzFeed, Wonkette, Politico, Business Insider and The Raw Story

Rick Santorum / CNN:
Paul calls GOP positions on Iran ‘reckless’

Discussion: Politico and Weasel Zippers

CNN: Palin on open convention: Anything is possible

Rick Santorum / CNN:
Santorum campaign: If we go to the convention “so be it”

Discussion: Politico, GOP 12 and Don Surber

Brent Budowsky / Pundits Blog:
Super Wednesday: GOP establishment lays down the law to the right

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Joshua Hersh / The Huffington Post:

Iran Crisis: Efraim Halevy, Ex-Mossad Director, Says Romney Op-Ed ‘Making The Situation Worse’ … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Foreign Affairs, Mitt Romney, Iran, Iran War Hype, Israel, Efraim Halevy, Iran Nuclear Weapons, President Barack Obama, Iran Strike, Nuclear-Bomb Program, World News

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Anne Penketh / Pundits Blog:
Obama's flashing red light to Netanyahu on Iran

Discussion: Politico and New York Times

Alexander Burns / Politico:
Obama: Want a war? Say so

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Helene Cooper / The Caucus:
Obama Challenges Republicans on Iran

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Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:

86-Year-Old Ohio Veteran Can't Vote After Government-Issued ID Is Rejected At Poll — Paul Carroll, an 86-year-old World War II veteran who has lived in the same Ohio town for four decades, was denied a chance to vote in the state's primary contests today after a poll worker denied his form …

Discussion: Plain Dealer and Election Law Blog

Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:

Ohio Rep. Schmidt becomes first member ousted in 2012 primary — Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Ohio) became the first member of Congress to be defeated in a primary in 2012, losing her race on Tuesday to physician Brad Wenstrup. — With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Wenstrup took 49 percent of the vote to Schmidt's 43 percent.

Jana Winter / Fox News:

EXCLUSIVE: Unmasking the world's most wanted hacker — Hector Xavier Monsegur is “Sabu,” the unemployed, 28-year-old father of two who allegedly commanded the loosely organized international hacker team LulzSec. — Hector Xavier Monsegur is “Sabu,” the unemployed, 28-year-old father …

Discussion: CNET, Gawker, TalkLeft, Guardian, The Daily Caller and FBI

Jana Winter / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Infamous international hacking group LulzSec brought down by own leader

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Bob Sullivan / msnbc.com:

Govt. agencies, colleges demand applicants' Facebook passwords — If you think privacy settings on your Facebook and Twitter accounts guarantee future employers or schools can't see your private posts, guess again. — Employers and colleges find the treasure-trove of personal information …

Discussion: The American Conservative, Jezebel, The Raw Story, Moneyland and Mashable!

Naftali Bendavid / Wall Street Journal:

Kucinich Loses Ohio House Race — Rep. Dennis Kucinich, who won a national following among liberals in two colorful but unsuccessful runs for president, was defeated by fellow Ohio Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur, leaving his political future in question. — Mr. Kucinich has visited Washington State …

Discussion: The League of Ordinary …

Jesse Helfrich / The Hill:

Boehner warns House GOP he will take a detour on highway bill — Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) warned House Republicans Tuesday that he will take up the Senate's bipartisan $109 billion highway bill if they keep refusing to pass his version. — Adopting Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's …

Discussion: Politico

Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:

Sarah Palin To Obama: If Rush Was Offensive, Why Are You Taking Money From Bill Maher — Calls on Obama to ask his Super PAC to return $1 million donation from Bill Maher. Maher used the C-word for Palin.