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Not-So-Super Tuesday

February 6th, 2008 by Christopher Flavelle in Bright Lights | Viewed 7313 times since 04/15, 4 so far today

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John McCain and Hillary Clinton

New York–Let’s begin with a counterfactual. Did Super Tuesday even matter?

Sure, there were points of interest. Huckabee won handful of southern states, which moves his campaign out of the “finished” column and into “limping.” Barack Obama won his home state by more than Hillary Clinton won hers. Clinton did a little better than Obama in California, which splits its delegates anyway. But the headlines this morning could have been written before yesterday’s voting even began: McCain Moves Closer to Republican Nomination; Democrats Divided. In a season of surprises, yesterday’s primary bonanza had surprisingly few. Read the rest of this entry »

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