| RIP journalism; it was fun while it lasted ... but with President-in-Waiting Donald Trump looking to loosen up the libel laws once he takes office , we're pretty screwed. It looks like we have less than a year to go under the old rules, so we might as well get you up to date on the presidential race. But since everything we've said up to this point is going to be classified as 100% retroactive libel, it's only a matter of time before President Trump has us locked up with the bad dudes at Guantanamo. See you there, Megyn! |
| Hillary puts the pedal to Palmetto |
| Last Thursday, Clemson University released a poll showing that Hillary Clinton had a cartoonish 50-point lead over Bernie Sanders in South Carolina. No one expected a Sanders win in SC, but for a theoretically still-competitive two-person race, those numbers seemed outrageous. It turns out they were! Clinton only won by 47 points. Hillary walked away from the calendar's fourth contest with her first big win, 39 of the state's 53 pledged delegates, and - counting in the superdelegates - about 23% of the delegates she needs to clinch the nomination. |
| How would you spin a loss like that? If you're Bernie Sanders, you don't. "We got decimated," Bernie said on yesterday's "Meet the Press," adding that their numbers among older African-Americans (84% to 16%) were "pathetic." During the interview, Sanders pointed out that at the start of his campaign, his polling numbers were at 3%; now he's picked up enough momentum to, um ... win one out of four states so far this year. At this rate, he's really going to be hitting his stride for Super Tuesday in 2024. And speaking of Super Tuesday ... |
| We bought a brand-new big screen for our Super Tuesday party |
| Voters in several states will participate in tomorrow's Super Tuesday schedule: Republicans and Democrats will vote in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont and Virginia; additionally, Republicans will caucus in Alaska and Wyoming, while Democrats will caucus in American Samoa. By the end of the day, we should know who still has a shot at the nomination, who's packing it in, and who's just going to hang out for a while longer and burn through the remainder of his campaign donations, Ben Carson. |
| For the Democrats, Bernie needs a yuuge day to avoid losing more ground to Hillary. Part of his winning strategy involves getting superdelegates to switch to his camp, which becomes extremely difficult the further he falls behind - especially if he can't pick up a win in his neighboring state of Massachusetts. |
| On the GOP side, Ted Cruz has his home state of Texas in tomorrow's lineup, which is his best opportunity to pick up a win since his leadoff victory in Iowa. Marco Rubio is trying to lower expectations to nonexistent levels by saying tomorrow isn't about primary wins for them. As for Trump, he just needs to hope that the polls are right and that none of the weekend's Trump gaffes don't damage him (ha ha, of course they won't). Speaking of Trump gaffes ... |
| This weekend in "Things that won't derail Trump" news |
| After a three-month effort, the folks at Gawker succeeded in getting Donald Trump to retweet a quote from Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini as if he had said it himself. Retweeting this misquote could potentially expose Trump to a libel lawsuit from himself. But it won't derail him. |
| He also went back and forth on the endorsement from former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke. On the one hand, the original KKK was formed in part to combat the very party whose nomination he's seeking; on the other hand, he didn't get the opportunity to check if Duke was a real wizard with powers and stuff or just a guy who can find quarters behind toddlers' ears. Either way, it won't derail him. |
| Then there's the hot-mic public shaming he gave the guy who flew all the way to Texas to endorse him: |
| Wait, sorry! That's the scene from "Godfather" where Michael tells Carlo he's "putting [him] on a plane to Vegas" shortly before Clemenza garrotes him. Here's the actual footage . Trump tells Christie, "Get on the plane and go home. It's over there. Go home." COMPLETELY different vibe, everyone. On another note - someone saw Christie get off the plane, right? But yes, even if someone finds Christie at the bottom of the Hudson, it's still not going to derail Trump. |
| More from the campaign trail |
| • | 20% of Trump supporters disagree with Emancipation Proclamation ... along with 10% of Sanders supporters (USA TODAY) | | • | Cruz says Trump's tax returns could show ties to the Mafia, under the belief that omertà doesn't apply to tax filings (USA TODAY OnPolitics) | | • | Kasich has nothing better to do between now and March 15 (USA TODAY OnPolitics) | |
| Caution: The pay is not monetary |
| Note to Chris Christie: If your Trump endorsement doesn't get you the VP nod, or if you're looking for a job closer to home than being in Trump's administration in Washington, we found a pretty sweet gig for you. The benefits aren't great, but the level of respect you get from the head honcho is at least comparable. |
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