We are in the second half of the second round, which means we'll now start choosing the quarterfinal matchups. The bracket is here. Today's winner will face off against the GOP debate audience booing the gay soldier. 1. FOR EVERY WOMAN..
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Today we're hitting the halfway mark of the second round. The bracket is here. 1. RICK PERRY'S NIGGERHEAD RANCH (with Cain bonus!) In the early years of his political career, Rick Perry began hosting fellow lawmakers, friends and supporters at his fam.....
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Public Policy Polling (PDF). 4/26-29. Usual Democratic primary voters. MoE 5.4% Max Baucus (D) 37 Brian Schweitzer (D) 48 As chair of the Senate finance committee, Sen. Max Baucus led the charge against even cursory exploration of a single-payer syst.....
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We are in the second round. The bracket is here. So far, our first two second-round matches haven't been very close. Will today present more of a challenge? 1. MITT ROMNEY WIELDS AN ETCH-A-SKETCH John Fugelsang: Good morning, sir. It's fair to..
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We are in the second round. The bracket is here. 1. MITT ROMNEY'S FORD FIELD FIASCO Original write up here. The Detroit Economic Club expects 1,200 people to attend Mitt Romney event, so they book a venue that seats up to 80,000, and..
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"Just so we're clear, no one likes me. I mean, no one." (Rebecca Cook/Reuters) Feel the mehmentum: “I’m for Mitt Romney,” Bush told ABC News this morning as the doors of an elevator closed on him, after he gave a speech on..
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We should've run Jesse La Greca. Better than parody: A Statement by Americans Elect CEO Kahlil Byrd Over the past two years, Americans Elect has focused on achieving three clear goals: * Gaining nationwide ballot access for a third presidential ticke.....
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Here is the latest swing state picture, using the TPM poll tracker polling composites. These numbers include those of overtly Republican Rasmussen, giving us a sort of worst-case scenario. The right-most column is the change from last week. Red shading.....
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We are finally on to the second round, where I expect far closer contests than we (mostly) had on the first round. The bracket is here. I won't do full writeups of these contestants this round. You can go back..
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Aw, gee whiz, where will I ever find an incredibly boring white guy in the Republican Party? (Jim Young/Reuters)   Remember how the whole world laughed and laughed (and laughed and then laughed some more) at just how bad John McCain's pick..
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The GOP Madness Sweet 16 will launch on Monday, so I thought I'd do a quick update on how the first round shook out. You can see the bracket here or click the image above. We began the competition pitting the..
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Dick. With Mitt Romney under attack for being a textbook bully, the predictable right-wing response is to wail that childhood actions aren't relevant to a presidential campaign. This is a choice argument coming from the crowd that spent the last week.....
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"If YOU make us look bad, that's divisive!" (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) The GOP's great hope, Marco Rubio: Rubio said he disagrees with what he sees as the president’s use of issues such gay marriage and student loan rates for the purposes of re-elect.....
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Today's contest closes out the first round. Phew! The bracket is here. Today's winner will draw a tough second-round match—Rick Perry's "oops" moment. 1. HERMAN CAIN WAXES POETIC ON POKEMON When Herman Cain announced his speech, he shared with the s.....
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By Debbie Emery - Radar Reporter Move over Obama, there’s a new presidential candidate in town who really is “as tough as stone.” After surviving the potentially lethal cement butt injections from fake doctor Oneal Ron Morris, Raj Narinesingh is .....
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Just two more contests before we wrap up the first round. The bracket thus far is here. The winner today will face off in the Sweet 16 against Rick Perry's "oops" moment. 1. MICHELE BACHMANN AND POGO THE CLOWN SHARE THE..
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Conservatives think they've moved on past the war on women, but have women been so quick to move on? I dug up sex numbers for the most recent polls that include such data. The results: No, women haven't moved on. Nor will..
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Whoowhee! We had a photo finish in yesterday's matchup: Only three more first round matches before we get into the next round. Today's winner will face off against Romney's Ford Field Fiasco in the Sweet 16. 1. RON PAUL DIDN'T WRITE RACIST..
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The Republican Party's director of Hispanic outreach, Bettina Inclan: "I think as a candidate, to my understanding, he's still deciding what his position on immigration is. I can't talk about what his position is going to be," Inclan said. A short whil.....
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The bracket thus far is here. Today's winner will face off in the second round against Herman Cain's claims that he didn't molest thousands of other women. 1. DONALD TRUMP GOES BIRTHER (Joshua Roberts / Reuters) It was early 2011, when the best..
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