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    February 5, 2008

    Super Tuesday Coverage From reason.tv

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    D.C.'s hard partying libertarians over at Reason Magazine were kind enough to invite me to participate in a short round table about Super Tuesday this afternoon. Apparently they had no idea that I know hardly anything about national politics, but hey, they have an open bar over here and a bunch of fancy flat screens in their chic Dupont offices on which to watch the returns come in, so who cares? You can check out the video, which also features Eric Pfeiffer of CQpolitics.com, Michael Moynihan of Reason, and moderator Nick Gillespie of reason.tv, over here. And stay tuned for the possibility of semi-tipsy Super Tuesday live blogging from the seedy underbelly of the political third dimension.

    UPDATE 9:17 p.m.: OK, so no major surprises so far, with the lone potentially interesting development being Oklahoma. We've fled Reason momentarily while the internet is down there, and taken refuge in a Dupont area Starbucks. Here's what CNN is projecting as of right now:

    UPDATE 10:10 p.m.: More states added to each candidate's list below:

    UPDATE 11:30 p.m.: It's getting to be a bit late, so we'll just update the latest states and get the rest in the morning.

    New York, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Arizona are going to Clinton.

    Illinois, Georgia, Delaware, North Dakota, Alabama, Kansas, Connecticut, Minnesota, Idaho, Utah and Colorado have been called for Obama.

    McCain is the winner in Connecticut, Illinois, Delaware, New Jersey, Oklahoma and Arizona.

    Romney has won Massachusetts, Utah, North Dakota and Minnestota.

    Mike Huckabee is the winner in Arkansas and Georgia.

    The delegate count currently stands at 299 for Clinton and 225 for Obama on the Democratic side, and 383 for McCain, 135 for Romney, 54 for Mike Huckabee and 6 for Ron Paul on the Republican side.

    Here's a few good places to check in on up to the minute results:

    UPDATE 11:58 p.m.: OK, one more update. Just had to post the image of all those Salon.com caricatures. Poor Mike Huckabee can't get any respect! What's the point of losing all that weight and running for president if you can't get a flattering online cartoon version of yourself? Also, obviously Salon's delegate count differs considerably right now with CNN's.

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    Comments (12)

    wow, looked like you were watching a tennis match for the first few minutes there.

    hope they paid you for that...

     

    Why is OK a "potentially interesting development"? Clinton has been leading the polls there all along, Billary dominated the news from neighboring Arkansas for many years, her runnerup in polls had been Edwards (far behind) prior to his exit, and Obama never even campaigned there. On the GOP side, McCain was heavily favored, and he's doing well there tonight.

     

    What's up with the dress code? Black on red? Was it mandatory? What's it meant to convey? Drama, seriousness, what???

    And couldn't you find another place to hang in Dupont? Where was that next-day-blinds set with the amatuer-job exposed brick? Jeez, it's a warm night, and Dupont's the home of the oldest coffee roaster in DC, the oldest sidwalk cafe, and a host of other "auuthentic" idie places- many with free wireless...

     

    heh....obviously they didn't plan ahead with a huckabee caricature, there must have been a meeting where they decided "he won't win anything, we don't have to draw one for him." could it be an example of the media making up our minds for us?

     

    So are these guys running for President or Grinning Zombie Most Likely to Try and Break into Your Mountain Cabin and Eat Your Brain?

     

    sommer, we all know you're a ron paul gal. why didn't you just admit it?

     

    Why are you encouraging the Randians? They should be shooed back to their parents' basements. Did they wax lyrically about the ability of private industry to counteract global warming? I love it when Reason does that.

     

    aids cannon: Randroids, please.

    Sommer: What is the back story on this, actually? Completely out of the blue, or was a friend calling in a favor?

    downtown rez: "Dupont's the home of the oldest coffee roaster in DC, the oldest sidwalk cafe...." Educate me -- I love learning about local places, and don't know which you're referring to here.


    The Clinton and McCain caricatures are entirely too flattering. Mitt's would be spot-on if there were a little less chin. And Obama just plain looks like a Vulcan. Poor Huck -- no respect indeed.

     

    Can't Al Gore spring for some wireless mics? Seriously, I don't think they cost too much.

     

    Can't Al Gore spring for some wireless mics? Seriously, I don't think they cost too much.

    If you believe Al Gore's quest (and I have no reason not to), the question you need to answer is how much their carbon footprint is versus retreaded wired mics.

     

    What does Al Gore have to do with any of this? Does the video explain?

     

    i think it's great that huckabee's replacement caricature looks pretty similar to an actual caricature!

     
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