Rick Santorum scored a big win on Super Tuesday as he carried Tennessee. Its a solid win for the former Pennsylvania senator since Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney had been surging in the polls in recent days. Santorum should pick up many of the 58 delegates that were on the line in the Volunteer State.
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Since backing favorite son Calvin Coolidge over John W. Davis in 1924, Massachusetts has gone Republican only four times in presidential elections -- as Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan both carried the state twice.
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Attorney General Pam Bondi released the following statement on the death of Brevard County Sheriffs Deputy Barbara Pill, who was killed Tuesday morning.
It is with great sadness that we mourn the death of Deputy Pill, who lost her life late this morning in the line of duty, Bondi stated. My heart goes out to Deputy Pills family, friends, and fellow law enforcement officers. She will be remembered for her bravery and dedication to our state.
The House held a moment of silence for Deputy Pill.
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Mitt Romney, from neighboring Massachusetts, was declared the winner of the Vermont Republican presidential primary on Super Tuesday. There were 17 delegates on the line in the Green Mountain State.
Vermont used to be a strong Republican state. It was one of six states that Herbert Hoover carried when he was buried in a landslide by FDR back in 1932. It was one of two -- yes, two -- states that Alf Landon carried in 1936 against FDR. And it produced one of the most conservative American presidents inCalvin Coolidge.
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Gov. Rick Scott is confident that higher courts will overturn Circuit Judge Jackie Fulfords decision Tuesday to block the less-than-year-old law to require state employees to contribute 3 percent of their pay toward Florida's pension program.
Its clearly constitutional. I cannot imagine a judge making this decision, Scott told reporters Tuesday night outside the Capitol.
Mitt Romney made it look easy in Virginia. Networks called the Old Dominion for Romney 20 minutes after the polls closed. But Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum were not on the ballot, leaving only Ron Paul to stand against Romney. Romney carried the state and will win most of the 49 delegates at stake in Virginia.
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Republican Newt Gingrich was looking to win Georgia -- a state he represented for two decades in Congress -- on Super Tuesday and he won the primary in the Peach State. With 76 delegates on the line, Georgia was the biggest prize up for grabs on Tuesday. The networks called the race for Gingrich, who led the polls in recent weeks, right after the polls closed at 7 p.m.
Gingrich has been focusing on the Peach State, taking a bus tour there this past weekend. Mitt Romney placed second followed by Rick Santorum, while Ron Paul trailed in single digits.
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Barack Obama's former chief of staff Rahm Emanuel is the latest big-name Democrat to support Parent Trigger legislation pending at the Florida Senate.
If parents find their children stuck in a school that simply isnt doing the job, we should empower them to force changes by allowing a majority of parents to legally force a failing school's transformation," said Emanuel, now mayor of Chicago.
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Question: If you're offended at Rush Limbaugh calling Democratic activist Sandra Fluke a "slut," why weren't you offended when Bill Maher called former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and other Republican women much worse?
Answer: Because you're way liberal and Maher is way liberal, which makes that kind ofmisogynistic rhetoric "allowed."
Here, from a John McCormack piece in this week's The Weekly Standard, are a few of the words and antics the political comedian got so much mileage on:
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