Super Tuesday's biggest loser.

Some people think that the big loser yesterday was Ben Carson who failed to win or come in second even once.

Or Bernie Sanders, whose path to victory seems virtually impossible right now.

But I think the biggest loser was this poor sap who had to stand behind Donald Trump for over thirty minutes while he droned on and on about how awesome he was and what a great victory he was enjoying.

At times iy literally looked as if Christie was contemplating suicide.

And at other times he looked as if he could not figure out WTF Trump was even talking about.

I watched the entire speech last night with my daughter, and I kept jumping back and forth between irritation at Trump's arrogance, dismay that he was still leading among the Republican candidates, and laughing out loud at Christie's predicament.

But hey at least Trump allowed Christie to stay on stage with him this time.

Though judging from Christie's face I don't think he saw that as a perk.

After the Super Tuesday results the road to victory for Bernie Sanders seems more filled with obstacles than ever before.

My daughter and I sat here in my office last night and watched the returns.

To say that the debate became passionate would be an understatement.

One of the main points of contention was the question of Bernie's path moving forward.

My personal take was that it was now virtually non-existent.

And it seems I am not alone in that perception.

Courtesy of the New York Times:

Bernie Sanders has vowed to fight for the presidential nomination until the Democratic convention, but the results this evening suggest that he is not anywhere close to being on track to amass a majority of pledged delegates. 

Hillary Clinton’s landslide margins in the South and her competitiveness elsewhere translate to an overall lead of around 15 to 20 percentage points nationwide. Her support is anchored by a huge advantage among black voters, who represent nearly a quarter of Democratic voters and have offered her more than 80 percent of their votes — a tally rivaling or even exceeding the share won by Barack Obama in 2008. 

Mr. Sanders, despite pockets of strength, has not fared well enough to overcome such a huge deficit among black voters. 

Not even a few feel-good wins in states like Colorado, Minnesota and Oklahoma will change that. Mr. Sanders would have needed big wins in these states — by much more than 20 percentage points — to entertain the possibility of overcoming his enormous deficit in the South, where the majority of Democrats are African-American.

Here's more courtesy of The Guardian:  

It’s time for some cold hard truths in this presidential election. 

Here’s an ice cold one: winning a landslide victory in the mighty state of Vermont is not a foundation for success. Especially if Vermont has been your home since the Jurassic age of politics. 

Here’s another: if you hold a victory rally before most of the states have been called, you’re not fooling anyone. When your victorious supporters have emptied the hall before the TV pundits have barely warmed up, you’re actually throwing a consolation party.

And a little more from Fivethirtyeight: 

To borrow a phrase from Dan Rather, Hillary Clinton swept through the South like a big wheel through a Delta cotton field on Super Tuesday. She won seven states total, including Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia in the South. She also won Massachusetts and American Samoa. Bernie Sanders emerged victorious in four states (Colorado, Minnesota, Oklahoma and Vermont), but his victories tended to come by smaller margins and in smaller states. The end result is that Clinton has a clear path to winning the nomination, and Sanders’s only hope to derail her is for something very unusual to happen.

There are of course a few articles claiming that Sanders is still in the game, but only a handful. 

My daughter was adamant last night that Bernie supporters would never show up to the polls for Hillary, but I was just as adamant that she did not need them, and if they were GOOD Democrats they would vote for the candidate representing the party.

Like I said, it got passionate.

So what do all of you think?

Is this race coming to an end soon, or does Bernie have what it takes to disappoint Hillary for the second time in eight years?

The Palin curse strikes again as Ted Cruz wins Alaska in last night's Super Tuesday caucus.

Courtesy of the Trump Tramp's Facebook page.

Courtesy of The Atlantic:  

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz is projected to have won the Republican presidential caucuses in Alaska. 

With all the precincts reporting, Cruz narrowly defeated Donald Trump, the Republican front-runner, 7,973 votes (36.4 percent) to 7,346 (33.5 percent), according to the Associated Press. 

Alaska will send 28 delegates to the Republican convention in Cleveland on July 18. The win gives Cruz 12 delegates. Trump, who had secured the support of Sarah Palin, the state’s former governor, will take home 11. Marco Rubio, the U.S. senator from Florida, who finished third in the state, will get five. Alaska Dispatch News reported that, in all, 21,930 votes were cast.

So even though Sarah Palin virtually destroyed what little credibility she still had among conservatives by endorsing Trump, she still could not even help him to win her home state.

Sad.

Not only that but apparently she could not even convince one of her family members to caucus with her either.

I mean where's Todd? Or Willow? Or Bristol? Or anybody really, besides one of the people in the state that she pays to be her friend?

Like I said, sad.

Or from my perspective, really really satisfying. 

Super Tuesday Open Thread. Update!

Okay folks this the the big one.

As of this post the first polls are closing in Vermont, Virginia, and Georgia.

With Alabama, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, and Tennessee following in about an hour.

Those will be followed by Arkansas, Colorado, Minnesota, Texas within the hour following, and of course Alaska at the very end of the night.

Here is what the polls are predicting: 

While the polling varies by state, Trump and Clinton both look to be leading in a number of states across the map. For Republicans, Trump looks to be leading in Virginia, Georgia, Oklahoma and Vermont, among others. As for Texas, Cruz leads in some polls while Trump leads in others, so it could be a very close race. 

On the Democratic side, Clinton leads in most states that will vote on Super Tuesday: she is up by double digits in Texas, Virginia, Georgia, Arkansas and Alabama, according to recent polling. Sanders leads big in his home state of Vermont; he's close or slightly ahead of Clinton in Massachusetts and Oklahoma. 

It is going to be a long evening for the political junkies among us.  So get your popcorn and the beverage of your choice ready and let's see where the night takes us.

Update: So early returns show Hillary winning Georgia and Virginia, with Bernie taking Vermont.

Update 2: Okay so Trump has won in Georgia, but Virginia and Vermont remain too close to call.

Update 3:  MSNBC is now projecting that Donald Trump has won Massachusetts, Tennessee, and Alabama. Hillary has also won Massachusetts, Tennessee, and Alabama.

Oklahoma is too close to call for both parties.

Update 4: In no surprise to anyone, Hillary is projected to win Arkansas. But it is too close to call between Donald Trump and ted Cruz.

Update 5: So it looks like Hillary takes Texas for the Democrats, and Ted Cruz captures it (His home state.) for his side of the aisle.

Also it looks like Cruz also won Oklahoma, as did Sanders. 

Palin-bots about to get all excited over nothing again in 3..2..1

Of course she really says nothing here, but is just vague enough to make the idiots over at the Sea O'Pee start rubbing one out in anticipation that Palin will actually run for president sometime in their lifetime.

The woman has no shame.

I swear I have witnessed protozoa that catch on quicker than the people who support Palin do. Of course to be fair, they ARE more evolved.

And by the way doesn't CNN have some actual news to cover today? Even Fox didn't find it newsworthy to send someone to interview Granny Grifter about whether or not she ever plans to run for president or not, or to ask for whom she cast her vote.

By the way she has NO intention of running for president in 2016, because by the time 2016 rolls around she will either look like the Crypt Keeper or, if she continues with the plastic surgery, like Joan Rivers less attractive sister.

You will also notice that she once again defends Rush Limbaugh, and calls the media hypocrites for calling him out on the attacks directed at Sandra Fluke. And this on the same day that she demanded Obama give back the million dollars that Bill Maher gave a SuperPAC which supports him.

This woman, is an idiot!

P.S. If you want to see the real news that is happening this Super Tuesday then just click here.

Today is Super Tuesday!

I am excited to be part of this processs, but I am also apprehensive about the results.

This could be one of the greatest days in my life or another terrible disappointment.

But I am confident that this is Obama's day. Especially here in Alaska.

Here are the list of states that are voting or caucusing today. If your state is on it get you ass out there and be counted! Come on this is your future!

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Georgia
Idaho (Democratic Party Only)
Illinois
Kansas (Democratic Party Only)
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Missouri
New Jersey
New Mexico (Democratic Party Only)
New York
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Utah

Update: Barack Obama has won Georgia in a landslide!