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...Super Tuesday mother lode of primaries and caucuses fast approaches, both the Democratic and Republican races for the presidential nomination are equally tight, with no clear front-runner emerging for either party. Most hypothetical matches for the general election are looking similarly close. But so far in at least one key respect, the Democrats are clearly beating their G.O.P. counterparts: voter turnout...
...husband, many scoffed at the notion of a woman in charge. So at her first press conference, Georgia Frontiere, the NFL's first female team owner, lashed out at those who "feel there are two different types of people: human beings and women." The team went to the 1980 Super Bowl, losing to Pittsburgh. In 1995, Frontiere enraged fans in California, where the Rams had been based for 50 years, by moving them to her hometown of St. Louis, Mo. The team went on to win the 2000 Super Bowl...
...having served as de facto Veep when Bill was in office. Now it's his turn, wielding the hatchet in New Hampshire as he hacked away at the "fairy tale" that is Obama's candidacy and taking Hillary's place in South Carolina so she could focus on Super-Duper Tuesday contests. Some party elders were disturbed enough to tell him to knock it off. Some feminists wondered how satisfying it would be to see the first woman nominated being carried over the finish line by her husband. And Obama himself sounded at times like a man without hope, playing...
...Senator may have simply been trying to make a rhetorical point about the former President's role in recent weeks as his wife's attack dog, but his criticism soon seemed much more valid. Later that night Hillary Clinton announced plans to spend the next few days campaigning in Super Tuesday delegate-rich states such as California and Arizona, leaving South Carolina - which holds its Democratic primary Saturday - in her husband's hands...
...then, at long last, comes the moment in the G.O.P. race - Super Tuesday, or Tsunami Tuesday, as it has been christened this year - that is supposed to winnow the field and bring some clarity...