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Super Tuesday has identified two contenders for the Democratic nomination. Now more than ever, it is time for the national media to overcome identity politics and give their due to platforms and policy. In the critical months before the Democratic convention, Americans are entitled to no less.
Back in Boston, Romney was reduced to pledging to continue to fight "all the way to the convention." He quoted his wife in describing the muddled message that had been sent by the American people. "Ann came to me and she said, 'You know, the one thing that's clear...
Republicans - John McCain edged out Mike Huckabee in Missouri's Republican primary, giving the Arizona Senator 33% to the former Arkansas governor's 31.6%. The Republican statewide winner receives all 58 Missouri delegates to the national convention.
Huckabee beat Romney on a second ballot with 51.5% of the 1,133 delegates attending the state G.O.P.'s presidential nominating convention. Romney was backed by 47.4%.
Amid the cacophony of placard-wielding Clinton and Obama supporters trading slogans and insults, or just bellowing greetings to newcomers pushing into the hall, Bill Barnard pleads for attention. "Ladies and gentlemen," says the chairman of the British branch of Democrats Abroad, "we have a serious problem." To anyone unaccustomed...