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Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed:
Establishment Republicans Are Furious With John Kasich — WASHINGTON — On Tuesday night as return after return came in and Marco Rubio failed to break through, many establishment Republicans grew angrier that John Kasich was still in the race. — One of them was Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
The GOP has two weeks to take down Donald Trump — The window for stopping Donald Trump closed almost completely Tuesday night, leaving the demoralized anti-Trump forces with two weeks and no agreed-upon strategy for denying the New York billionaire the Republican presidential nomination.
New York Times:
Super Tuesday Results — Live election results from the 12 states voting in tonight's presidential primary races. — Who Will Win Super Tuesday? Live Estimates of Tonight's Final Republican Delegate Count — By AMANDA COX, JOSH KATZ and KEVIN QUEALY
Eli Stokols / Politico:
The day the Republican Party ruptured — Donald Trump's Super Tuesday sweep propelled him ever closer to the GOP presidential nomination — and pushed the party he seeks to lead to the breaking point. — The Manhattan billionaire, boosted by support from disaffected blue-collar voters …
Associated Press:
Viewer's Guide: After Super Tuesday, Cold Hard Delegate Math — Presidential candidates will wake up Wednesday morning to the cold, hard truth of delegate math. It might give the front-runners some breathing room, but for the rest of the field the truth may hurt.
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Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
Five Reasons Trump Is Weaker Than He Looks
Five Reasons Trump Is Weaker Than He Looks
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Washington Examiner, New York Times, Hit & Run, Vox, USA Today, Washington Post and New York Magazine
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Donald Trump drives GOP's record turnout; Democrats lack enthusiasm
Donald Trump drives GOP's record turnout; Democrats lack enthusiasm
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The Gateway Pundit, Western Journalism, The Daily Caller and The Week
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Results Show Why Trump Can Lose, and Why He Probably Won't
Results Show Why Trump Can Lose, and Why He Probably Won't
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Washington Post and Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times
Gerry Urbanek / Western Journalism:
Watch: Trump Just Gave Unifying Speech Following Major Wins - Starts It Off Saying THIS To Cruz...
Watch: Trump Just Gave Unifying Speech Following Major Wins - Starts It Off Saying THIS To Cruz...
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Benjy Sarlin / MSNBC:
GOP nears its breaking point as Donald Trump rolls toward nomination
GOP nears its breaking point as Donald Trump rolls toward nomination
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Fox News, Salon, NBC News and Denver Post
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Re: Who Stays? — Kevin — once again we find ourselves facing …
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Here's how Rubio and Cruz can still take down Trump
Here's how Rubio and Cruz can still take down Trump
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Isaac Chotiner / Slate:
What Went Wrong for Marco Rubio
What Went Wrong for Marco Rubio
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Western Journalism and Talking Points Memo
Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Lindsey Graham: Oh God, We Might Have To Back Ted Cruz To Save Our Party
Lindsey Graham: Oh God, We Might Have To Back Ted Cruz To Save Our Party
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RedState, New York Times, Slantpoint, Canada Blog …, The Week and Vox
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Democrats to Clinton: Don't laugh off Trump threat — It's time to stop pointing and laughing at the Republican primary. For all the GOP front-runner's flaws, many veteran Democrats are beginning to conclude, Donald Trump is a canny operator who just might end up in the White House if they're not careful.
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Jordan Rudner / The Texas Tribune:
Travis County GOP Apoplectic Over New Chairman … The newly elected chair of the Republican Party in the county that includes the Texas Capitol spent most of election night tweeting about former Gov. Rick Perry's sexual orientation and former President Bill Clinton's penis …
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Trail Blazers Blog, No More Mister Nice Blog and RedState
Edward Rollins / Fox News:
Trump is now unstoppable. It's game over for Cruz, Rubio, Kasich and Carson
Trump is now unstoppable. It's game over for Cruz, Rubio, Kasich and Carson
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Washington Post, The Other McCain and Politico
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
New York Daily News urges Americans to flee Trump to Canada
New York Daily News urges Americans to flee Trump to Canada
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Mashable, Independent Journal Review, BostonGlobe.com, Joe.My.God., New York Magazine, Infowars and BGR
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Donald Trump Jr. Just Recorded an Interview With a Pro-Slavery Radio Host — An “unapologetically pro-white” radio host was given press credentials by the Trump campaign. — “Political Cesspool” host James Edwards thinks that slavery was the greatest thing that ever happened to black people.
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Politico, Politicus USA, JAMES EDWARDS and The Resurgent
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Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Harry Reid Savages Republicans For Making Trump — Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) had a message for Republicans just hours after Donald Trump won big on Super Tuesday: Don't act surprised. You made Trump. — “Donald Trump is the standard-bearer for the Republican Party,” Reid said from the Senate floor Wednesday.
JAMES EDWARDS:
Political Cesspool Host James Edwards Reports From Inside Donald Trump's Press Pen — I attended a Donald Trump rally in Memphis on Saturday night as a fully credentialed member of the media and enjoyed the unique experience of being able to air a live broadcast of The Political Cesspool Radio Program …
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Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
Chris Christie's wordless screaming — Is Chris Christie okay? — I believe that Donald Trump was talking, tonight, and that he, in fact, held an entire press conference. But it was impossible to hear him over Chris Christie's eyes. — Chris Christie spent the entire speech screaming wordlessly.
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Gawker and Yahoo Politics
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WYFF-TV:
Teacher resigns after student exposes private pictures — Sheriff's office is investigating student after private pictures exposed — A teacher at Union County High School has resigned after a student spread a nude picture of her through text messages and social media …
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Zach Fox / The State:
Union County teacher resigns after nude photo circulated among students
Union County teacher resigns after nude photo circulated among students
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ThinkProgressPage Array and WISH-TV
Joshua Miller / BostonGlobe.com:
Charlie Baker won't vote for Donald Trump in November — NORTH ANDOVER — Massachusetts Republican Governor Charlie Baker, under pressure from Democrats and the news media to take a position on whether he would publicly support Donald J. Trump, should he be the GOP presidential nominee …
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Boston Globe, Politico and The Week
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USA Today:
Tavis Smiley: Black America could get on Trump train — Hillary might look like a shoo-in with African-American voters, but don't be too sure. — With Hillary Clinton racking up more overwhelming victories in Super Tuesday primaries thanks to the overwhelming support of African-American voters …
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The Gateway Pundit
Luke Russert / NBC News:
Nine Republicans Reject Naming Post Office After Maya Angelou — Conversations around racial issues have grown super charged during this presidential election season and part of that seems to have rubbed off on Capitol Hill in a debate over naming a post office after award winning poet and Civil Rights activist, Maya Angelou.
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Talking Points Memo, The Huffington Post and Mediaite
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Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Several House Republicans Vote Against Naming Post Office After Maya Angelou
Several House Republicans Vote Against Naming Post Office After Maya Angelou
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NBC News:
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Hugh Forrest / South by Southwest 2016 Music …:
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama Announced as SXSW Keynotes — SXSW is honored to announce President Barack Obama will appear as part of a Keynote Conversation at SXSW Interactive on Friday, March 11 and First Lady Michelle Obama will be the opening Keynote at SXSW Music on Wednesday, March 16.
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Sanders Campaign Will Travel On, but Path to Victory Is All but Blocked — Bernie Sanders has vowed to fight for the presidential nomination until the Democratic convention, but the results this evening suggest that he is not anywhere close to being on track to amass a majority of pledged delegates.
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Taylor Marsh, CANNONFIRE, The Week, Outside the Beltway, Prairie Weather and Hit & Run