John McCain stepped over the mystical threshold of 1,191 delegate votes needed to secure the Republican nomination last night. Mike Huckabee, his last vocal competitor, dropped out of the race. It was a victory to be sure, but it lasted approximately 37 seconds.
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Though he maintained all day that he was going to stay in the race, after losing Texas to John McCain, Mike Huckabee has dropped out of the presidential race. Huckabee said, "I'd rather lose an election, than lose the principles that got me into politics to begin with."
John McCain swept all four primaries today, securing the delegates he needs to become the Republican nominee.
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Who won today. Well, that depends what your definition of "win" is. Clinton definitely broke Obama's winning streak, and came away with big prizes — Ohio, a state crucial in the general election, and Texas, which is as big as it gets.
Hillary Clinton might have a legitimate ticket out of Junior Super Tuesday, simply as a result of the complicated nature of the results.
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Right now voters are going to the polls across Ohio, Texas, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
In Ohio, flood warnings in the south, and icy conditions in the north could deter voters. A new balloting system in the Cleveland area may potentially make voting messy.
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Or close, anyway. It's your one-stop shop for definitions, delegate counts, and a chance to predict who will win each contest tonight with our patented CitizenSugar Junior Super Tuesday ballot.
On the info-front, want to calculate every possible delegate scenario tonight and see the outcomes. And just what is happening with the crazy Texas primary/caucus hybrid anyway.
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In perhaps the most eloquent reunion of candidates who've fallen by the campaign wayside, the New York Times extended an invitation to each drop-out, asking what issue they would still be highlighting if they were campaigning, and how they'd like to see the current candidates speak out.
Called, "What I’d Be Talking About if I Were Still Running," in eight different editorials, everyone from Joe Biden's piece called "Afghanistan. Pakistan. Forgotten," to Tom Tancredo's "Bordering on Disaster," each is well worth a read, and presents a nugget to keep in your mind as you listen to the current campaign topics.
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They're calling it a "primacaucus" or the "Texas Two-step" and it's not easy to understand just how Texas doles out those coveted Democratic delegates. There's a whole book trying to explain it — but here are the basics:
Texas has a primary first. For 10 days all Texans — regardless of party — are able to cast a secret primary ballot at designated sites within their county — with an additional 12 hours on Tuesday, for those who did not vote early, they will be able to do so at their neighborhood polling place.
Then, 15 minutes after the polls close on Tuesday, anyone who cast a ballot in the Democratic primary will be able go to their polling place — and participate in a caucus known as a precinct convention.
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Super Tuesday, on February 5th, was supposed to be the day the Democratic nominee emerged. Instead, absolutely nothing changed. Today could be decisive, but I still get the feeling neither candidate is ready to call it quits.
Today, Hillary has a chance to break her 11-state losing streak.
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