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...moments at Hillary Clinton's rally in Columbus last night, and aboard her campaign plane bound for Washington early this morning, the mood was one of quiet relief. Winning Ohio and Texas means that her Presidential campaign will continue. But first it was time for weary smiles, a brief toast, and, finally, sleep...
...where Thatcher once again lives above the shop, the homily is alive and well. After retiring around 1 a.m., she rises in time to catch the 6 a.m. newscast on BBC Radio 4. Often with no more than an apple for breakfast, she enthusiastically bustles about preparing eggs, bacon, toast and marmalade...
...bagpipes, the recounting of raffish tales from the poet's short life, the odd misty-eye and, of course, haggis. "It's not just a night anymore, or even a week, it's a whole bloody month!" Tait complains, again unconvincingly, as he raises his glass for yet another toast. The former Morgan Stanley banker has taken well to his new line of work - last year Tait attended 11 Burns Suppers stretching into February. It's early January when TIME donned the de rigueur kilt to join him as a Burns Supper guest at London's illustrious private Caledonian Club...
...Just as the voters of Iowa hadn't wanted to be told that Clinton was the inevitable nominee, Democrats in New Hampshire weren't much in the mood to be told that her candidacy was toast, that their votes were futile. In the final hours, the undecideds, who often end up too torn among candidates or too busy to bother voting, made their way to the polls and carried Clinton to victory. Obama got 37%, just as the polls projected. But the mantra of change that had turned seasoned journalists into giddy ballerinas in the days after Iowa...
...early contests. His appeal to Republican voters is largely based on his success as a businessman; his staffers frequently call their spending in early states an "investment." Told that Romney advisers were saying that the race really started tonight, McCain supporter Lindsey Graham - in the midst of a victory toast - laughed and questioned whether Romney can really run on that reputation any more: "It must really be bad to spend $10 million dollars on a race" - as Romney did in Iowa - "and not have it count...