The Political Whore

The count goes on …

• NBC News has Obama taking the lead.
• Raw Story has Hill up by 80 delegates, and McCain running away with it.
• ABC has Huckabee surging as Romney fades.
• AP has the democratic race as a split decision.
• MSNBC’s first thoughts: This is going to get nasty.
• Slate is desperately trying to figure out who won.
• Time Magazine has five lessons from Super Tuesday.
  
• Need a copy of the key to ALL Diebold voting machines? Good news: They posted a picture of it on their website.

In other news:

• Tornadoes killed at least 48 people across the south last night.
• The writers strike will continue — at least through this weekend.
• Heath Ledger’s autopsy is in. Cause of death: oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam and doxylamine.
• Is Al-Qaeda about to strike?
• Apple updates the iPhone: Let the bitchin’ commence …

(Photo by Idcross.)

Super duper!

• Welcome to Super Tuesday. Get comfy, we’re gonna be here a while.
• The final polls are in. Obama and Romney lead in California; Clinton and McCain pulling away in New Jersey. Believe it or not?
• No deal to end the writers strike — yet.
• New York prepares for a Giant celebration.
• An even better catch than David Tyree’s.
• The iPhone and iPod Touch get a memory upgrade … but it’ll cost you.
• Things that “probably” don’t cause cancer: Mobile phones, coffee, breast implants. Rest easy Pam Anderson.
• DON’T CLICK THIS LINK! (I warned you.)

Our turn.

• McCain and Romney battle to the finish.
• Goodnight Rudy.
• How goes the vote?
• Way to go Dems! Love your electoral strategy of screwing Florida’s voters.
• And how long is this whole primary season going to continue, anyway?
• Facing an uprising by its rank-and-file members, California’s teachers union holds off endorsing Hillary.
• Break out the party hats! Bush gave his final State of the Union address last night. Too bad it was so overshadowed by the race to replace him.
• The best political reporting anywhere: The Onion.

About time.

• Romney Wins!
• Huck waffles!
• Congrats John!
• You’re busted!
• Apple wiffs?
• Babies booming?
• Mazel Tov?
• Renfro dead.

“That is a good question. I’ll ask him and let you know if Jesus can make a rock so big that even he can’t lift it.”

• Romney: “Freedom requires religion, just as religion requires freedom. Freedom opens the windows of the soul so that man can discover his most profound beliefs and commune with God.” God: “Please leave me out of your desperate attempt to pander to the Republican base.”
• Not the shopping frenzy businesses were hoping for: A 19-year-old kid from Omaha shoots up a Nebraska shopping mall, killing eight and himself.
• Hillary’s lead in South Carolina dwindles to nothing.
• Waste, graft, hubris: Welcome to The Department of Homeland Security.
• Bush lied about when he saw the N.I.E. that states Iran suspended its nuke program in 2003. Let’s all shake our heads and do nothing about it.
• Cheney rips house Dems as dickless losers henpecked by the little lady who runs the place. I’m paraphrasing, of course.
• Did the Supersize Me guy find Osama bin Laden?
• A how-to on picking an environmentally friendly Christmas tree.