Open Thread

Does the Republican primary end today? If Romney wins Ohio and Tennessee, and Santorum only wins Oklahoma and Gingrich only wins Georgia, then I think yes, it is over. If Santorum wins Tennessee, the race will limp along with Romney again the frontrunner who has trouble down south. If Santorum wins Ohio and Tennessee, then Romney is back in trouble again.

We got polls. Lots of them. And the general election polls in Ohio and Virginia may cause Republicans to contemplate suicide as they are so horrible. Also... we have a surprising piece of information on gun ownership in America.

We have your weekly messages from President Obama and Governor Markell, and the latest round of polls from the Super Tuesday states.

If you listen to any Republican or the Conservative Media, you would think Israelis thirst for war with Iran, and that they hate President Obama with the intensity of a thousand white hot suns. Wrong again. A recent poll shows that, while the Government of Israel is a neocon experiment in lunancy and fascism, the people of Israel are just as pluralistic and divided as we Americans are, and it is high time broad brushes were laid down.

Yes, Andrew Brietbart is dead. He apparently had heart issues, and he just collapsed. I can't and won't descend to his level, spewing vitriol as he did following the death of Ted Kennedy. But I won't praise or laud him either. What I will say is that he was only 43 years old, and no one should die that young, especially when he has a young family.

"Rick should scat. Mitt Romney needs to be left alone to limp across the finish line, so he can devote his full time and attention to losing to President Obama." -- Maureen Dowd. The problem is Santorum is inconveniently leading in three of the 10 states up next Tuesday, which includes Ohio.

Remember to vote today in Red Clay. Santorum looks good in Ohio and Tennessee, which have contests next week, on March 6. Romney looks good in Vermont and South Dakota. Meanwhile, the President is cruising in Pennsylvania and Vermont against both Republicans and is shockingly competitive in Tennessee of all places.

We got your weekly messages from Governor Markell and President Obama, and the latest polling out of the Republican primaries, where Romney is looking more and more like he will win the Arizona and Michigan primaries on Tuesday, but it looks like he will have a Southern problem. Thus, the primary will continue. Good.

President Obama has a 10 to 1 cash on hand advantage over Mitt Romney. Bill Maher donated $1 million to Obama's SuperPAC. And Tucker Carlson had something shocking to say, and something I agree with.

New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez (R) "has lost a hair stylist thanks to her position against gay marriage," KOB TV reports. Says Antonio Darden, a popular stylist who runs Antonio's Hair Studio in Santa Fe: "The governor's aides called not too long ago, wanting another appointment to come in. Because of her stances and her views on this I told her aides no. They called the next day, asking if I'd changed my mind about taking the governor in and I said no again." This should happen more often. Conservatives consequently expect service from those they deny rights to.