Some of these people are still waiting in line to vote.
What if Super Tuesday isn't the end?
It's Super Tuesday night, and it looks to be a long one. The exit polls are showing some unexpected numbers for Barack Obama, Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee. The delegate fight is still a pitched battle for John McCain and Hillary Clinton.
(Our own Joel Mathis is liveblogging from the Kansas caucus.)
But don't forget, there are some major primaries and caucuses ahead. And even as the returns start rolling in across the country Tuesday, the Republican and Democratic campaigns are looking ahead to contests in Washington, Nebraska, Virginia, Ohio and Texas. The strategizing has only just begun.
Share your thoughts about how the race is shaping up in your state, how you voted, what surprised you and what you think will happen next.
Thoughts
The end of conservatism? No...
Submitted on February 5th, 2008 by BenJohn McCain's rise isn't the end of conservatism. But it does mean that conservatives find themselves in a weaker place than they were, say, eight years ago. Time to regroup and rethink.
California abandons conservatism?
Submitted on February 5th, 2008 by Jim LakelyThe early returns, district by district, in Southern California are startling.
The 44th congressional district, with rock-ribbed conservative Ken Calvert, is going 42 McCain, 27 Romney.
Dana Rorabacher's district: 44/27 McCain.
Chris Cox's old district: 41/31 McCain.
Issa's district, that went 60 percent for Bill Simon in 2002: 41/28 McCain.
Duncan Hunter's district: 40/30 McCain.
Yes, these are early returns. But it makes me think that the conservative moment is, indeed, gone. Either that, or lots of Republicans are hedging their bets on the "electable" Republican.
And it also might mean illegal immigration is dead as a political issue -- just as McCain suspected.
McCain is cleaning up, Dems are undecided...
Submitted on February 5th, 2008 by Ben...but trending Obama, it seems to me.
A lot of Republicans are depressed tonight. I know I am. I don't like John McCain. I think he is far too willing to undermine the Constitution to vindicate his own sense of honor. Hence, McCain-Feingold. I think he is far too willing to undermine American sovereignty to vindicate his own prejudices. Hence, McCain-Kennedy. I think he is far too willing to accept conventional wisdom when it suits him. Hence, McCain-Lieberman.
There's being independent and then there's being right. I think McCain sometimes confuses the two things, and maybe thinks they're one in the same.
McCain will clean up, Dems will stay undecided.
Submitted on February 5th, 2008 by ABBMcCain is the most moderate and he will appeal to the most voters. I bet he cleans up today.
Barack/Clinton is going to be close I think.