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What Went Down On Super Tuesday — Want the latest politics news? Get it in your inbox. — Get more FiveThirtyEight — Store

Discussion: The Bulwark and New York Times

Ezra Klein / Vox:

Sanders can't lead the Democrats if his campaign treats them like the enemy — What Bernie needs to learn from Biden. — Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders have been running very different kinds of campaigns, built on very different ambitions. Biden's been running to lead the Democratic Party more or less as it exists today.

Discussion: FiveThirtyEight, Washington Post, Scripting News, The Week and The Daily Caller

NBC News:

Live Blog / 2020 Super Tuesday live updates: Biden wins the South, Mass., Sanders takes Vt., Colo., Utah, NBC News projects — More than 1,300 delegates — or about a third of the total — are at play on Super Tuesday. — Fourteen states and one territory held nominating contests …

Discussion: Politico, Power Line, New York Times, The Hill, Los Angeles Times, Daily Kos, Associated Press, Breitbart, POLITICUSUSA and The Week

Alex Thompson / Politico:

Warren team turns grim after Super Tuesday wipeout — Elizabeth Warren had a plan for winning. It didn't work: In 18 nomination contests, she hasn't finished above third place — including in her home state. — Now, she's facing political and financial pressures to get out.

Discussion: National Review, Townhall, The Daily Caller and The Week

Ledyard King / USA Today:

Many young voters sat out Super Tuesday, contributing to Bernie Sanders' losses — WASHINGTON - Young voters cheer Bernie Sanders' anti-establishment message. They turn out in throngs at his rallies. And they form the core of his grassroots efforts to win the Democratic presidential nomination.

Discussion: The Dispatch, NBC News, Reason, No More Mister Nice Blog and NPR

CBS News:

Live updates: Biden and Sanders pick up wins in first Super Tuesday states — The first polls have closed in the Super Tuesday states of Virginia and Vermont. CBS News projects Joe Biden will win Virginia and North Carolina and Bernie Sanders will win Vermont.

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon, CBS Boston, National Review, FiveThirtyEight, The Week, CNN, WCCO | CBS Minnesota and WREG-TV

Ryan Lizza / Politico:

Four reasons why Biden shocked Sanders — On Tuesday night Joe Biden engineered one of the most monumental political comebacks in the history of party primaries. The scale of his Super Tuesday rout over three well-funded and hyper-organized Democrats — Bernie Sanders, Michael Bloomberg, and Elizabeth Warren — has no comparison.

Hallie Jackson / NBC News:

Trump camp publicly batting down Joe-mentum but privately concerned — We know President Donald Trump has been watching the Super Tuesday returns roll in — he predicted earlier that it would be an “interesting evening of television” — as he goes after both Mike Bloomberg and Elizabeth Warren on Twitter.

Discussion: The Hill

New York Times:
Live Forecast: Who Will Win Super Tuesday?

Discussion: HBCU Digest, The Week and Redstate

Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon:
Bernie Chokes

Discussion: NBC News, Politico, New York Times and PJ Media Home

New York Times:
Biden Revives Campaign, Winning Nine States, but Sanders Takes California

Discussion: The Atlantic and The Boston Globe

Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Joe Biden's historic and unbelievable political comeback dominates Super Tuesday

Discussion: IJR, KTLA and The Guardian

Robby Soave / Reason:
Democratic Primary Voters Decisively Rejected the Media's Favorite Candidates

Discussion: Vox, Washington Post and Jacobin

CNBC:
Dow set to jump more than 600 points as Biden scores big wins on Super Tuesday

Discussion: NBC News, Breitbart and Vox

Washington Post:
Exit polls from the 2020 Democratic Super Tuesday contests

Discussion: Vox, The Guardian, Outside the Beltway, The Daily Beast, CalMatters, The Week and New York Post

NBC News:
LGBTQ voters flock to Bernie Sanders, NBC News Exit Poll finds

Discussion: The Hill and NewNowNext

CNN:
5 takeaways as Joe Biden scores stunning wins on Super Tuesday

Discussion: The Hill, fox8.com, East Idaho News and KTLA

Detroit News:
Poll: Biden leads Sanders in Michigan ahead of Democratic primary

Discussion: The Atlantic and The Hill

Brian Schwartz / CNBC: Joe Biden fundraisers see millions of dollars in new commitments with Super Tuesday surge

NBC News:
NBC News Exit Poll: Late-deciding Super Tuesday voters break heavily for Biden

Discussion: Washington Post, BuzzFeed News, Outside the Beltway and HuffPost

Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Democrats Decide That Joe Biden, as Risky as He Ever Was, Is the Safest Bet

Discussion: Washington Post, ABC News and IJR

Kathleen Ronayne / Associated Press:

AP source: Bloomberg to reassess after disappointing results — Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg waves to supporters as he arrives to his campaign rally at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday, March 3, 2020. (Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald via AP)

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Outside the Beltway, HuffPost, Vanity Fair, The Daily Caller, Washington Post, KUSI-TV, Power Line, The Week, The Daily Beast, Florida Politics, KTLA and The American Independent

Politico:

Bloomberg considering dropping out after Biden rout — WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Mike Bloomberg is weighing dropping out as early as Wednesday after losing a string of Super Tuesday states where he invested a fortune in advertising, according to several people familiar with his plans.

Discussion: HuffPost, CNBC, The Hill, PJ Media Home, Washington Post, Mother Jones, Common Dreams, Fox News, Political Wire, Associated Press, Twin Cities and Raw Story

Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:

“He Will Risk Making Ross Perot and Ralph Nader Look Good”: Bloomberg Resists Advisers' Push to Exit the Race — With his path disappearing after South Carolina, advisers pressed for a quick exit. But Mike has so far refused: I'll be damned if I walk away before a single vote is cast for me.

Discussion: NBC News, The Week, Breitbart and The Wrap

Politico:
'I've never seen anybody mount a comeback like this — ever'

Discussion: CNBC

ABC News:
The Note: Eyes turn to Warren and Bloomberg as two-way race takes hold

Discussion: Fox News, Washington Post, The Hill, Politico and One America News Network

Hunter Woodall / The Daily Beast:
Bloomberg Voters Feast on the Carcass of His Campaign

Discussion: The Hill, ABC News and Politico

Jim Geraghty / National Review: A Fantastic Night . . . If You Don't Like Bloomberg, Warren, or Sanders

Tim Mak / NPR:

Former Prisoner Recalls Sanders Saying, 'I Don't Know What's So Wrong' With Cuba — Audio will be available later today. — American Alan Gross, a prisoner in Cuba for five years during the Obama administration, is accusing Sen. Bernie Sanders of commending the communist country when he came to visit him behind bars.

Discussion: National Review and Raw Story

Bonchie / Redstate:

Stop Gaslighting, Joe Biden Is Still Joe Biden and He's Not Ok — The comeback of Joe Biden not only looks real at this point, it appears inevitable. Unlike the prior surge by Bernie Sanders, Biden will now be coddled, protected, and propelled into the rest of the primary season.

Discussion: Commonweal Magazine, The Gateway Pundit and The Daily Dot

Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump shifts his attention to surging Biden, stokes Sanders grievances

Discussion: Spectator USA, The Hill, PJ Media Home and HuffPost

German Lopez / Vox:
Bernie Sanders promised to bring in younger voters. It's not happening so far.

Discussion: NBC News and NPR

Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Twitter suspends liberal journalist for quoting Joe Biden gaffe

Discussion: New York Post

Timothy Bella / Washington Post:

Jill Biden's epic tussle: In split-second blocking maneuver, she protects husband from lunging vegans — It could have been a scene out of the romantic thriller “The Bodyguard,” except the hero of the moment in this case was not a trained agent but Jill Biden.

Discussion: Althouse, Mediaite, The Week and Twitchy

Amber Jamieson / BuzzFeed News:
Jill Biden And Symone Sanders Fought Off Two Protesters Who Stormed Joe Biden's Victory Speech

Discussion: IJR

Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
I just remembered Joe Biden is fine

Discussion: National Review

New York Times:

Coronavirus Live Updates: Disease Caused by Virus Is Deadlier Than the Flu — The World Health Organization announced on Tuesday that the global death rate of the new coronavirus was 3.4 percent. — RIGHT NOW Deaths outside China exceeded those inside the country for the first time since the start of the outbreak.

Discussion: UPI

CNBC:
WHO says coronavirus death rate is 3.4% globally, higher than previously thought

Discussion: News Items

CBS News:

Pierce Bush is first Bush to lose Texas race in over 40 years — Austin, Texas — Republican Pierce Bush, a grandson of former President George H.W. Bush, failed to advance out of Tuesday's primary in his bid for a Houston congressional seat, becoming the first member of his family to lose a race in Texas in more than 40 years.

Discussion: Althouse

Susannah George / Washington Post:

U.S. targets Taliban with airstrike days after peace deal — KABUL — The United States conducted an airstrike against Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan Wednesday just days after the two sides signed a peace deal. — The strike comes just hours after President Trump spoke …

Discussion: CNN, KTLA, Twitchy, ABC News and Radio Free Europe/Radio …

Associated Press:
U.S. strikes Taliban forces, in first hit since peace deal

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon

Tom Benning / Dallas Morning News:

South Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar defeats Jessica Cisneros, progressive challenger backed by Warren and AOC — Rep. Kay Granger of Fort Worth also emerged victorious in a GOP primary against a former Colleyville council member, and the Bush family dynasty couldn't win outside of Houston.

Joseph R. Biden Jr / New York Times:
Live: Texas State Primary Election Results 2020

Discussion: Breitbart

Politico:

Trump launches an urgent fight to save his ticket to reelection — Eight months from a general election, President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers are considering an urgent effort to rescue the U.S. economy from a coronavirus panic. — Trump advisers and GOP lawmakers have spent …

Discussion: Washington Post, Raw Story, Letters from an American, New York Post, The Hill and Source Politics

Associated Press:
Trump meets with GOP lawmakers amid surveillance rift

Discussion: ABC News and The Hill

John Haltiwanger / Business Insider:

Iran has stockpiled enough uranium to produce a nuclear weapon in the latest sign Trump's strategy has ‘failed miserably’ — Iran appears to have stockpiled enough uranium for a nuclear weapon, which is a major sign President Donald Trump's maximum pressure campaign is failing.

Discussion: Balloon Juice

New York Times: Iran Crosses a Key Threshold: It Again Has Sufficient Fuel for a Bomb

The Daily Beast:

Inside the Chris Matthews Exit: MSNBC Boss Went to D.C. to Plead With Him to Quit — The “Hardball” host's wife had long expressed concerns to MSNBC brass that Matthews' increasingly controversial on-air antics would ruin him, sources told The Daily Beast. — The painful end …

Discussion: Raw Story, Page Six and The Week

Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:

‘One orb, slightly used’: MBS book reveals fate of Trump's mysterious Saudi sphere — Saudis gave gadget that briefly captivated the internet to the US - but embassy officials fearful of scandal soon hid it away — The mysterious glowing orb which Donald Trump, King Salman …