memeorandum: Bookmaker Pays Out Early on Trump Winning Republican Nomination (Dara Doyle/Bloomberg Business)

11:10 AM ET, March 2, 2016

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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 …

Discussion: The Week

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.

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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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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

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Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:

Five Reasons Trump Is Weaker Than He Looks — Why Super Tuesday wasn't as good to Trump as you think. — There's a classic scene in First Blood where John Rambo declares, “Nothing is over! Nothing! You just don't turn it off!” — So let's go with that for a moment.

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Nate Cohn / New York Times:

Results Show Why Trump Can Lose, and Why He Probably Won't — The Super Tuesday results make it clear that Donald Trump can still be beaten, yet also make it seem less likely that his Republican rivals will ultimately bring him down. — He holds only 36 percent of the popular vote …

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New York Times:

Donald Trump Overwhelms G.O.P. Rivals From Alabama to Massachusetts — Donald J. Trump won sweeping victories across the South and in New England in Tuesday's Republican primaries, a show of strength that underscored the breadth of his appeal and helped him begin to amass …

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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:

Re: Who Stays? — Kevin — once again we find ourselves facing the same question: Who, if anyone, should now drop out? — It is fashionable tonight to propose that Marco Rubio is “done.” I disagree. In fact, I'd argue that Rubio did not have anything like as bad a night as people are suggesting.

New York Times:
Who Will Win Super Tuesday? Live Estimates of Tonight's Final Republican Delegate Count

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Andrew Rafferty / NBC News:
Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton Score Big Super Tuesday Primary Wins

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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
After Trump's Super Tuesday romp, GOP establishment seeks unity to slow surge

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Anna Palmer / Politico:
Top Rubio adviser preparing donors for dismal Super Tuesday

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Justin Wolfers / New York Times:
‘Donald Drumpf’ Is Beating Rubio and Cruz for Second in Google Searches

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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 …

Discussion: Trail Blazers Blog, No More Mister Nice Blog and RedState

Dara Doyle / Bloomberg Business: Bookmaker Pays Out Early on Trump Winning Republican Nomination

Edward Rollins / Fox News:
Trump is now unstoppable. It's game over for Cruz, Rubio, Kasich and Carson

Discussion: The Other McCain and Washington Post

Paul Singer / USA Today:

Seven N.J. newspapers call on Christie to resign — 48 Shares — Seven New Jersey newspapers issued a joint editorial Tuesday calling on Gov. Chris Christie to resign in the wake of his failed presidential campaign and his subsequent endorsement of rival Donald Trump.

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Asbury Park Press:

Step down, Gov. Christie — What an embarrassment. What an utter disgrace. — We're fed up with Gov. Chris Christie's arrogance. — We're fed up with his opportunism. — We're fed up with his hypocrisy. — We're fed up with his sarcasm. — We're fed up with his long neglect …

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Ryan Hutchins / Politico:
New poll shows Christie approval in New Jersey at lowest point

Discussion: The Week and Florida Politics

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.

Discussion: CANNONFIRE, Taylor Marsh, Prairie Weather, The Week and Hit & Run

Tara Golshan / Vox:
Bernie Sanders's victory speech: Super Tuesday is not “winner take all”

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New York Times:
Minority Voters Push Hillary Clinton to Victories

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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Super Tuesday Democratic primaries: Clinton projected to win in 7 states, Sanders in 4

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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:

Trump: Ryan can get along with me or ‘pay a big price’ — (R-Wis.) that he'll have to pay the price if he doesn't get along with Trump as president after Ryan repudiated him for failing to disavow an endorsement from David Duke. — “I'm going to get along great with Congress.

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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Republican Group to Intensify Campaign Against Trump

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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Republican Business Leaders Look to Raise Money to Stop Trump

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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 …

Eric Levenson / Boston Globe:

Did Bill Clinton violate election rules by going into a polling location? — Hillary Clinton's campaign has been “reminded” not to solicit votes near polling sites after President Bill Clinton ventured into a polling location in Boston on Tuesday, the Secretary of the Commonwealth's office said.

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Leah Barkoukis / Townhall.com:
Did Bill Clinton Break Voting Laws in Massachusetts?

Discussion: BostonGlobe.com

Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:

Donald Trump drives GOP's record turnout; Democrats lack enthusiasm — Republicans continued to shatter turnout records in their presidential primaries and caucuses Tuesday, while Democrats lagged behind in what analysts said was a clear indication of an enthusiasm gap heading into the general election.

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NBC News:

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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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Devin Kelly / Anchorage Daily News:

Cruz wins Alaska Republican vote, with Trump a close second — Volunteer Dawn Linton-Warren cheerfully greeted voters at the Church of the Nazarene while handing out State of Alaska voter registration applications during the Presidential Preference Poll on Super Tuesday, March 1, 2016. — Bill Roth / ADN

Discussion: The Atlantic

Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:

New York Daily News urges Americans to flee Trump to Canada — If you can't beat him, leave. — The front page of the New York Daily News bellows a provocative spin on Donald Trump's campaign slogan: “Make America Migrate” — a day after the billionaire's dominant Super Tuesday …

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