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Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
With All Eyes On Trump, Clinton Is Winning The Democratic Nomination — UPDATE (Feb. 27, 9:12 p.m.): We've updated the numbers below to reflect the latest exit poll data and precinct returns. — In South Carolina today, Hillary Clinton scored her biggest victory yet in the Democratic presidential primary.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Super Tuesday Scorecard: Big night possible for Donald Trump — is poised to grow his delegate lead over the Republican field with a strong showing on Super Tuesday. — The long-time GOP front-runner leads in the latest polls in eight of the 11 states that will vote on March 1 …
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Politico:
CLINTON'S ROMP ‘dramatically narrows’ Sanders path - MARCO'S VOICE MAIL infuriates Christie; Jeb call is brief — 2 DAYS to Turning Point Tuesday: Can Rubio eke out enough delegates to go on? — By Mike Allen (@mikeallen; mallen@politico.com) and Daniel Lippman (@dlippman; dlippman@politico.com)
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
As Trump rolls into ‘Super Tuesday,’ Rubio hopes to hang on
As Trump rolls into ‘Super Tuesday,’ Rubio hopes to hang on
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton's Winning Numbers in South Carolina Suggest Sweep in South — After winning South Carolina's Democratic primary eight years ago, Senator Barack Obama declared that “after four great contests, we have the most votes, the most delegates, and have the broadest coalition for change.”
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Associated Press:
Clinton cruises to big win over Sanders in South Carolina
Clinton cruises to big win over Sanders in South Carolina
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ABC News:
Black Voters Boost Clinton in South Carolina
Black Voters Boost Clinton in South Carolina
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Sanders on South Carolina results: ‘Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose’
Sanders on South Carolina results: ‘Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose’
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
South Carolina Democratic primary results 2016: An overwhelming win for Clinton
South Carolina Democratic primary results 2016: An overwhelming win for Clinton
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Hillary Clinton wins big in South Carolina, CNN projects
Hillary Clinton wins big in South Carolina, CNN projects
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Hunter Walker / Yahoo Politics:
How Hillary Clinton won the battle for the black vote in South Carolina
Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:
South Carolina Democratic Primary — Latest Updates
South Carolina Democratic Primary — Latest Updates
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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Criticizes The Republican Party: It's ‘Not Being Run Properly’ — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump criticized the Republican party on Sunday, and said that it was not “being run properly.” — Trump told CNN host Jake Tapper that he was representing “a lot of anger out there” …
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Kasich: Romney Did Not Ask Me to Quit — The Latest on the 2016 presidential campaign as candidates in both parties look ahead to Super Tuesday, the biggest single-day haul of delegates on the election calendar (all times local): — John Kasich says Mitt Romney has not asked …
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Trump won't disavow support from KKK, David Duke — Washington (CNN)Donald Trump wouldn't disavow former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke's support for his presidential bid, saying Sunday that he knows nothing about the white supremacist leader. — “Just so you understand, I don't know anything about David Duke, OK?”
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NBC News:
Christie Campaign's Finance Co-Chair Calls on Donors to Reject Trump — Meg Whitman, the CEO of Hewlett-Packard who had an official role with Gov. Chris Christie's now-suspended presidential campaign, called his endorsement of Trump, “an astonishing display of political opportunism.”
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John Cassidy / New Yorker:
Donald Trump's Business Record Demands More Scrutiny — On July 10th of last year, six days before Donald Trump confirmed rumors that he was entering the 2016 Presidential race, David Cay Johnston, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter, published a piece at The National Memo that was headlined “21 Questions For Donald Trump.”
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Brian Faler / Politico:
Rubio, Cruz release partial tax returns
Rubio, Cruz release partial tax returns
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Dan McLaughlin / RedState:
Marco Rubio Gives Democratic Strategists The Vapors
Marco Rubio Gives Democratic Strategists The Vapors
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Sylvan Lane / The Hill:
Ex-CIA chief: Armed forces would have to disobey Trump — The former director of the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency said Friday that if the military would have to disobey Donald Trump — if he followed through on certain campaign promises as president.
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
MSNBC to sever ties with Melissa Harris-Perry after host's critical email — MSNBC intends to part ways with host Melissa Harris-Perry after she complained about preemptions of her weekend program and implied that there was a racial aspect to the cable-news network's treatment, insiders at MSNBC said.
New York Times:
Hillary Clinton, ‘Smart Power’ and a Dictator's Fall … By the time Mahmoud Jibril cleared customs at Le Bourget airport and sped into Paris, the American secretary of state had been waiting for hours. But this was not a meeting Hillary Clinton could cancel. Their encounter could decide whether America was again going to war.
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Alex Pareene / Gawker:
How We Fooled Donald Trump Into Retweeting Benito Mussolini — Is Donald Trump a fascist? Experts, historians, and pundits have debated the question for months. One thing has been certain for a while now: He tweets like one. That's why, last year, Gawker's Ashley Feinberg created …
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Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Marco Rubio Pushed for Immigration Reform With Conservative Media — A few weeks after Senator Marco Rubio joined a bipartisan push for an immigration overhaul in 2013, he arrived alongside Senator Chuck Schumer at the executive dining room of News Corporation's Manhattan headquarters for dinner.
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
From Obama to Trump — THE spectacle of the Republican Party's Trumpian meltdown has inspired a mix of glee and fear among liberals — glee over their rivals' self-immolation, and fear that what arises from the destruction will be worse. — What it hasn't inspired is much in the way of self-examination …
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David Atkins / Washington Monthly:
End the Superdelegates. End the Caucuses. For Democracy's Sake.
End the Superdelegates. End the Caucuses. For Democracy's Sake.
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
‘You Inspire Us All’ — 'You inspire us all. " With that fulsome greeting, Pat Robertson welcomed Donald Trump this week to the stage of Regent University. According to the school's catalogue, the university's name invokes the fact that “a regent is one who represents Christ, our Sovereign …
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Kristen East / Politico:
Jan Brewer endorses Donald Trump
Jan Brewer endorses Donald Trump
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