Word: exitement
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...WERE ON OUR WAY, we hoped, to freedom," said British pilot Bertram (Jimmy) James of his exploits as a prisoner of war and a perennially frustrated escape artist. "That wasn't quite the case." After taking part in the most famous attempt of World War II--the mass exit from Poland's Stalag Luft III, depicted in the 1963 film The Great Escape-- James survived a labor camp and went on to work in Britain's diplomatic service. James...
...novel air of inevitability. But the wins don't appear to be enough to knock Mitt Romney nor the surprisingly resurgent Mike Huckabee out of the race quite yet. More worrisome is that McCain's soft vote tallies in southern states and the Bible Belt, as well as in exit poll results of conservatives across the country, exposed a profound weakness with the party's base...
...Clinton's [AZ, AR, CA, MA, NJ, NY, OK, TN] victories in Massachusetts, New Jersey and especially California show that her appeal and her machine are not easily undone by big-name endorsements or the continued strong African-American support of Obama. They are also a reminder that the exit polls (which suggested she might lose the two Northeast states) cannot be trusted, just in case we'd forgotten. In sum, white and Latino women and older people still really like Hillary, and they like to vote...
...Reports of a Christian conservative takeover of the GOP have been exaggerated. While the evangelical right is a key part of the Republican coalition, it's not decisive - certainly not in a swing state. Sixty percent of Missouri voters in the Republican exit poll said they attend church least once a week. Even more - 76% - said abortion should be illegal. Yet the winner was not the first choice of evangelical Protestants opposed to abortion. Conservative Christians buoyed Mike Huckabee to a strong second-place, but Huck's inability to reach beyond that base left him an also...
...Exit polls showed Romney still running strong among self-described conservatives and Huckabee among evangelicals. Whatever the final numbers tonight, in the days to come McCain will need to focus on the hard work of calming and coopting the conservative wing of his party, lest they peel off and stay home in November to plot the Restoration...