official Super Tuesday commentary thread (Republican)

[Mr. Morden]

Do we want just one big results thread for both parties, or would it be better to have one thread for each party?

[Mr. Morden]

Then maybe we should rename this the GOP results thread (since we're already talking about WV results), and then start another thread for the Dems?

[Mr. Morden]

You should edit the subject line of the first post in this thread, so that it says GOP rather than bipartisan.

[Mr. Morden]

According to this story:

http://www.wboy.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=34426

"The Convention is currently taking a one-hour recess, and is scheduled to reconvene at 1:30 PM.".....which I guess is in just about a minute.

[Mr. Morden]

Huckabee wins after Paul is eliminated, and the McCain people switch to Huckabee in order to stop Romney:

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/dates/index.html#20080205

Huckabee 52%
Romney 47%
McCain 1%

[Mr. Morden]

Who's ahead in Georgia right now as of the latest polls?

Polling average has McCain leading Romney by just a couple of points, with Huckabee a very close 3rd:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/ga/georgia_republican_primary-267.html

I don't think they'll be calling Georgia on the GOP side for a while.

[Mr. Morden]

Here's some early exit polls from Missouri (not an official source)

McCain 34
Huckabee 33
Romney 32
Paul 1

Like I said in the Dem. thread, I'm very suspicious about exit polls leaked before 5pm being real.

[Mr. Morden]

National Review's Campaign Spot is a good place for exit poll leaks, and it's now after 5pm, so leaks are more likely to be legit.  First bit of news:

http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/

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[Mr. Morden]

CBS's exit numbers are a bit different from CNN's:

http://election.cbsnews.com/campaign2008/exitPoll.shtml?state=GA&race=P&jurisdiction=0&party=R

Looks like about:

Huck 33%
Romney 31%
McCain 29.5%

[Mr. Morden]

First real results:

McCain 38%
Romney 28%
Huck 28%

from just a few hundred votes

[Mr. Morden]

Haven't read through all 12 pages of comments, but does anyone know if there's an up to the minute map of who's won each state (for either party)?  I'm a very visual person. 

[Mr. Morden]

Romney's leading (with Huck a distant second) in the early Alaska results:

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/dates/index.html#20080205

[Mr. Morden]

MSNBC called Alaska for Romney.