Top Items:
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
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 …
RELATED:
Mj Lee / Politico:
Super Tuesday Alaska: Sarah Palin voted for Newt Gingrich — Sarah Palin revealed late on Super Tuesday that she voted for Newt Gingrich in the Alaska caucuses. — After declining to reveal to a CNN reporter which 2012 candidate she voted for, Palin said in a later interview with a Fox News host …
Toby Harnden / Mail Online:
Slouching towards victory? Mitt Romney wins six on Super Tuesday but gets labelled a loser — Poor old Mitt Romney. — He wins six out of 10 states on Super Tuesday and a clear majority of the delegates available. He overcomes a 12-point opinion poll deficit in Ohio to narrowly beat Rick Santorum, who wins only three states.
Wall Street Journal:
Republican Split Decision
Republican Split Decision
Discussion:
Townhall.com, Reuters, National Review, New York Post, RedState, Campaign 2012 and Right Wing News
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Mitt's Glass Half Empty
Mitt's Glass Half Empty
Discussion:
TalkLeft, FiveThirtyEight, The Enterprise Blog and Politico
Newt Gingrich / CNN:
TRENDING: Santorum ally calls for Gingrich exit
TRENDING: Santorum ally calls for Gingrich exit
Discussion:
Washington Post and Hot Air
CNN:
Palin on open convention: Anything is possible
Palin on open convention: Anything is possible
Discussion:
Politico and The Hill, more at Mediagazer »
Jonathan Martin / Reuters:
Mitt Romney's rough road to Tampa
Michael Kinsley / Bloomberg:
The insincere push to crush Rush — The people who want to drive Rush Limbaugh off the air aren't assuaged or persuaded by his apology over the weekend. They say he wasn't sincere: He only apologized for calling a Georgetown University law student a “slut” and a “prostitute” because of pressure from advertisers.
Discussion:
No More Mister Nice Blog and The Moderate Voice
RELATED:
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:
Pat Dollard, Campaign 2012, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Last Tradition, Moonbattery and The Gateway Pundit
Dan Riehl / BREITBART.COM:
EXCLUSIVE: DEMS INCITE DEATH THREATS AGAINST LIMBAUGH
EXCLUSIVE: DEMS INCITE DEATH THREATS AGAINST LIMBAUGH
Discussion:
ThinkProgress, The Hill, The Spectacle Blog, The Daily Dish, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Instapundit and Jammie Wearing Fools
Mj Lee / Politico:
Sarah Palin defends Rush Limbaugh, cites ‘hypocrisy’
Sarah Palin defends Rush Limbaugh, cites ‘hypocrisy’
Discussion:
Little Green Footballs, nation.foxnews.com, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, CNN and Weasel Zippers
Michelle Malkin:
The war on conservative women
The war on conservative women
Discussion:
NY Daily News, Jezebel, Hit & Run, American Power, The Right Scoop and ABCNEWS
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Rep. Dennis Kucinich suffers primary defeat in Ohio — Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-Ohio), the two-time presidential candidate and icon of the antiwar left, suffered a bruising primary defeat Tuesday as a new Republican-drawn congressional map threatened to end the career of one of the most colorful figures in Congress.
RELATED:
Alex Isenstadt / Reuters:
‘Joe the Plumber’ wins Ohio Republican congressional primary bid — Yes, Marcy Kaptur blew out Dennis Kucinich, and Jean Schmidt unexpectedly lost her House seat to a challenger. — But one of the biggest — and most overlooked — surprises of Tuesday night was in a northeast Ohio Republican congressional primary.
Discussion:
Outside the Beltway, The Week and Washington Wire
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.
Discussion:
Politico and The Mahablog
Michael Scott / Plain Dealer:
Marcy Kaptur defeats Dennis Kucinich, wins Democratic primary in newly drawn 9th District
Marcy Kaptur defeats Dennis Kucinich, wins Democratic primary in newly drawn 9th District
Discussion:
The PJ Tatler, Washington Post, Wonkette, americanthinker.com and Daily Kos
Associated Press:
Obama loses Dem primary in 15 Oklahoma counties — OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — President Barack Obama collected the most votes in the Oklahoma Democratic primary, but lost in 15 counties. — With 98 percent of precincts reporting Tuesday, Obama won 57 percent of the vote.
Discussion:
ABCNEWS, Scared Monkeys, Wonkette, Wizbang, Weasel Zippers and Campaign 2012
RELATED:
Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box:
Anti-abortion activist may keep Obama from unanimous re-nomination
Anti-abortion activist may keep Obama from unanimous re-nomination
Discussion:
Hot Air
Brian Mylar / KSAT-TV:
Racial incident mars high school game — School district, students apologize — SAN ANTONIO - — A local school district is apologizing after an apparent incident of racism at a boys high school basketball game this past weekend. — When the final whistle blew Saturday …
Discussion:
The Jawa Report, Moonbattery, Weasel Zippers, americanthinker.com and Questions and Observations
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
At Harvard, Obama Dived Into Diversity Fight — In this video, not previously available online but licensed by BuzzFeed from a Boston television station, the future president speaks at a 1991 campus protest organized to demand tenure for minority and female law professors. — Source: youtube.com
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, The PJ Tatler, Rumproast, Balloon Juice and New York Times
Eric Kleefeld / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — Jean Schmidt Loses House Seat In Major GOP Primary Upset — In a major upset, Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH), a fiery conservative voice in the House of Representatives, has lost the Republican primary for her redrawn House seat. — With 99% of precincts reports …
Discussion:
Washington Monthly, Firedoglake, Wonkette, Mock, Paper, Scissors and News Desk
RELATED:
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Upset in Ohio: Rep. Jean Schmidt (R) loses primary to Brad Wenstrup
Upset in Ohio: Rep. Jean Schmidt (R) loses primary to Brad Wenstrup
Discussion:
US Politics and nation.foxnews.com
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Netanyahu's Gift to Obama — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a gift to President Obama: The Book of Esther. — Aides to the Israeli politician referred to the book as “background reading” on Iran for President Obama, the Jewish Daily Forward reports.
Discussion:
The Jawa Report
RELATED:
Robert Wright / The Atlantic Online:
Bibi Netanyahu's Bible Story
Bibi Netanyahu's Bible Story
Discussion:
Mondoweiss, Reuters, New York Times, The Huffington Post and The Agonist
JSOnline:
Judge draws flak for signing Walker recall petition — Nearly four months before he signed off on the poorly edited order granting a temporary injunction against Wisconsin's new voter identification law, Dane County Circuit Judge David Flanagan scribbled his name on another important legal document:
Discussion:
National Review and Patterico's Pontifications
RELATED:
Bruce Vielmetti / JSOnline:
Judge bars voter ID law temporarily
Judge bars voter ID law temporarily
Discussion:
ThinkProgress, msnbc.com, The Maddow Blog, Colorlines, The BRAD BLOG and Election Law Blog
BuzzFeed:
Why Rick Won't Quit — The cost is high. But it's not about logic, or even winning, any more. — There comes a point in a presidential campaign — and in the lore, it's always 3 a.m. when this happens — where the candidate finds himself staring at the ceiling, contemplating financial ruin.
Discussion:
GOP 12
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Romney says his tax plan 'can't be scored' because it lacks details — Mitt Romney on Wednesday dismissed the notion that his tax plan would benefit the wealthy, saying any analysis of his proposal is inaccurate because he hasn't “laid out all the details.”
RELATED:
Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
Romney Admits His Economic Plan 'Can't Be Scored,' Still Insists It Will Balance The Budget
Romney Admits His Economic Plan 'Can't Be Scored,' Still Insists It Will Balance The Budget
Discussion:
The Maddow Blog and Ezra Klein
TSA Out of Our Pants!:
$1B of TSA Nude Body Scanners Made Worthless By Blog — How Anyone Can Get Anything Past The Scanners — This video is here to demonstrate that the TSA's insistence that the nude body scanner program is effective and necessary is nothing but a fraud, just like their claims that the program is safe …
Discussion:
Addicting Info, Mashable, The Raw Story and US Politics
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
RFK Jr.: Inhofe is ‘call girl’ for Big Oil — Leave it to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to one-up Rush Limbaugh in the name-calling department. — “Speaking of prostitutes, big oil's top call girl Sen Inhofe wants to kill fuel economy backed by automakers, small biz, enviros, & consumers,” …
Discussion:
ThinkProgress, Hot Air, Mediaite and Washington Free Beacon
Barak Ravid / Haaretz:
Netanyahu asked Panetta to approve sale of bunker-busting bombs, U.S. official says — Top administration source says Obama instructed Defense Secretary to work with Defense Minister Barak, to give all due consideration to the request for purchasing GBU-28 bombs, advanced refueling aircraft.
Discussion:
Weasel Zippers and LewRockwell.com Blog
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Boehner makes final plea to rally support for $260B highway bill — House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is making one last push to rally Republicans around his signature transportation bill, warning rank-and-file lawmakers against “punting on the opportunity to pass an infrastructure bill that bears our stamp.”
Discussion:
Booman Tribune