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...John McCain [AZ, CA, CT, DE, IL, MO, NJ, NY, OK] kept his momentum going and cemented his front-runner status, with big wins in New York and California. He even won in Oklahoma, the most conservative state with no large Mormon population. (Bush carried every county in Oklahoma in 2004.) Elsewhere, though, McCain still clearly has a lot of work to do among die-hard conservatives, who remain distrustful of him and divided between Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee...
...momentum has shifted in this race," said David Axelrod, Obama's chief strategist, declaring Super Tuesday a "crystal clear" victory for Obama. "Obviously, [the Clinton campaign] have some things that they are going to point to, but in terms of the breadth of Senator Obama's appeal, winning in every region as he did, competing as strongly as he did coming from as far behind as he has nationally is quite an achievement...
...best scoring chances, most notably at 14:42 when his sprawling save blocked the left post just in time to keep a centering pass from finishing in the net.Harvard saved its biggest defensive stand for the beginning of the final frame after the Huskies tried to capitalize on the momentum created by Ryan Ginand’s shot that dribbled past Richter with only 28 seconds remaining in the second.Richter and the special teams faced two nearly back-to-back penalties when freshman forward Joe Smith went to the box at 2:55 and senior forward Alex Meintel again...
...have never appeared in the Beanpot championship, Harvard had extra motivation to reach the final round. Eager to seize their last chance at the Beanpot title, the Crimson’s elder statesmen ere largly responsible for Harvard’s offensive outburst. Senior Paul Dufault gave the Crimson momentum early in the first period, finishing off classmate Jon Pelle’s rebound to put Harvard ahead, 1-0. Senior co-captain Mike Taylor slammed in the next goal, putting it in the right corner past Northeastern’s netminder Brad Thiessen. Boosting the Crimson?...
Democrats - Hillary Clinton took the big prize in California, worth the most delegates of all the states. The win, most likely bolstered by votes from women and Hispanic voters, guards against the momentum of Barack Obama's aggressive showing on Super Tuesday. The crucial win, however, does not mean that she has taken a decisive advantage in the campaign...