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Check back later for Mother Jones‘ Washington bureau chief David Corn’s zombie-themed take on the Super Tuesday results. We’re not kidding about the zombies.
(Note: Tweets are in reverse chronological order.)
Still waiting on Ohio:
While awaiting Ohio final result, fill the time with Mother Jones “are you a slut?” flowchart bit.ly/xCvSlf
— davidfrum (@davidfrum) March 7, 2012
Are there an unusual number of good songs about Ohio, or do I just notice because it’s my home state?
— Kathryn Schulz (@kathrynschulz) March 7, 2012
E.g: The National, Bloodbuzz Ohio; J Cash, Banks of Ohio; G Welch, Miss Ohio; Low Anthem, Ohio; Springsteen, Youngstown; REM, Cuyahoga. Etc.
— Kathryn Schulz (@kathrynschulz) March 7, 2012
New CNN numbers via @DanaBashCNN : thanks to Hamilton, County, Romney takes narrow statewide lead in Ohio
— Rebecca Sinderbrand (@sinderbrandCNN) March 7, 2012
Very impressed by Romney’s ability to probably slightly win states he’s supposed to win after spending $30+ per vote.
— Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) March 7, 2012
While we wait on Ohio, don’t sleep on the delegate race in Georgia:
In terms of delegate count, whether Santorum crosses 20% in Georgia is more important – and more suspensful at moment – than who wins Ohio.
— Taniel (@Taniel) March 7, 2012
Santorum sliding, sliding, sliding in Georgia. He’s now just 1,000 votes above 20% threshold. He’d miss out on 6-7 deleguates.
— Taniel (@Taniel) March 7, 2012
With the candidates done giving speeches, all eyes turn to Ohio:
So close in Ohio so late–and Santorum taking Tenn, OK, ND—Romney has already lost chance to end race here. @SuperTuesday
— Amy Davidson (@tnyCloseRead) March 7, 2012
Nate-stradomus calls it.RT @BuzzFeedBen: @fivethirtyeight thinks Santo holds on in OH nyti.ms/zqAcqS
— Eric Umansky (@ericuman) March 7, 2012
Wolf: If Romney loses popular vote in Ohio, “this race is going on and on and on.”
— Michael Calderone (@mlcalderone) March 7, 2012
Romney takes his turn at speech giving:
Team Romney clearly nervous OH is not going their way, getting the candidate out much earlier than many of us believed
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) March 7, 2012
On Intrade, Romney falls below 50% to win Ohio, for the first time in more than a week.
— David Leonhardt (@DLeonhardt) March 7, 2012
Underneath that beautiful smile Mitt Romney is a hot mess. #cryingontheinside
— Stephen Elliott (@S___Elliott) March 7, 2012
Santorum takes the stage in Ohio:
Santorum: Obamacare breaks the camel’s back. But–good news–that’s covered under Obamacare. #SuperTues
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) March 7, 2012
Glad Santorum’s clarifying that the people behind him are his family. Otherwise might think he just couldn’t find any non-white supporters.
— Rebecca Traister (@rtraister) March 7, 2012
What Santorum doesn’t want you to hear about tonight, Ohio? It’s right here in The Santorum Files >> mojo.ly/xA0awI
— Mark Follman (@markfollman) March 7, 2012
Flashback: Here’s when Santorum called for more government involvement in the health care system: motherjones.com/politics/2012/…
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) March 7, 2012
Newt Gingrich delivers an epic speech:
Seriously, this is one of the most delusion election night speeches I’ve seen. He only proved home state GOPers don’t hate him. #SuperTues
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) March 7, 2012
Favorite shot of the night so far, this kid/mini-me of guy behind him at Gingrich rally. Elementary school president? twitter.com/thegarance/sta…
— Garance Franke-Ruta (@thegarance) March 7, 2012
So…those signs say Newt-A-Mania because Newt’s styling himself after Hulk Hogan. Whoa. sports.yahoo.com/top/news?slug=…
— EricaGrieder (@EricaGrieder) March 7, 2012
So, The Brain was based on Newt, right? “Same thing we do every night, Pinky. Try to take over the world.” ow.ly/i/uLBc
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) March 7, 2012
I hope, at the very least, that Newt Gingrich gets to host SNL when this is all finished.
— khagey (@keachhagey) March 7, 2012
Do superPAC rules prevent newt from using the Adelson money on an editor?Because he needs one real bad.
— Austan Goolsbee (@Austan_Goolsbee) March 7, 2012
Santorum winning award for weirdest election night event:
Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream” played for a few brief, sweet moments at Santorum rally. DJ quickly changed to another song. cc @Devingo913
— Marin Cogan (@marincogan) March 7, 2012
I entered the Santorum primary night party in Steubenville right after a man who looked identical to Buster from Arrested Development.
— Rosie Gray (@_rosiegray) March 7, 2012
Interesting music choice at @RickSantorum rally in Steubenville: I Like it Like That by Hot Chelle Rae.
— Juana Summers (@jmsummers) March 7, 2012
His old haunt of Massachusetts goes to Mitt, but he’s hardly dominating the night:
CNN has called Massachusetts — 38 delegates — for @MittRomney. No surprise there.
— Andy Kroll (@AndrewKroll) March 7, 2012
@DavidCornDC Yes. Romney won MA despite rejecting the endorsement of the last GOP governor of the state. #SuperTues #supertuesday
— Hesiod Theogeny (@Hesiod2k11) March 7, 2012
So our front runner continues his losing streak of evangelicals, the South, and most most conservatives.
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) March 7, 2012
It’s like a tough battle between the NY Yankees and yr son’s Little League team. May go to extra innings.
— davidfrum (@davidfrum) March 7, 2012
Ron Paul winning the stoner, protest votes:
Large number of people who smoke weed seems to have high correlation with states where Ron Paul does well.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) March 7, 2012
Paul looks likely to get about 40% of vote in Virginia — a fairly strong protest vote against Romney. #2012
— Peter Landers (@PLandersDC) March 7, 2012
Santorum scores a few early wins:
Oklahoma finally gives Santorum a primary win. Only caucuses until now.
— David S. Bernstein (@dbernstein) March 7, 2012
Santorum’s TN lead looks solid, per exits: 35% to 28%. Even bigger in Oklahoma: 38% to 25-26 for Newt and Romney.
— Taniel (@Taniel) March 7, 2012
RT @jeremyscahill: With 75% of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse reporting, CNN projects Rick Santorum will win the Book of Revelation
— Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) March 7, 2012
The Ohio picture begins to come into focus:
First Ohio exit poll: 40% Romney, 35% Santorum.
— Taniel (@Taniel) March 7, 2012
Huh: So far more votes for Obama in OH tonight than for all Republicans (who have actual campaigns) combined vote.sos.state.oh.us/pls/enrpublic/…
— Ben Smith (@BuzzFeedBen) March 7, 2012
Romney’s perfect record of losing evangelical vote continues in Ohio, according to exits.
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) March 7, 2012
EXITS: Romney polls well in Ohio among men, and those who are not men, they are DEVO
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) March 7, 2012
Gingrich takes his home state:
AP calls Georgia for @newtgingrich. Didn’t take long…
— Andy Kroll (@AndrewKroll) March 7, 2012
Bold prediction: If Gingrich can find 20 other states where he served in Congress for 2 decades, he will be the nominee.
— Rick Klein (@rickklein) March 7, 2012
The Mittster strikes first:
.@MittRomney victories called in Vermont and Virginia. Shaping up to be a good night for the Mittster.
— Andy Kroll (@AndrewKroll) March 7, 2012
And we’re off:
If you figure CNN has 8 pundits for 6 hours at one opinion per five minutes, that comes out to OH KILL ME NOW.
— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) March 6, 2012
