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Rubio Praises Mich. Governor's Handling of Flint Water Crisis

'I give the governor credit'

(Newser) - Thursday's GOP debate in Detroit took place an hour away from Flint, Michigan, and yet the unfolding water crisis in that city garnered only a brief moment of attention. Marco Rubio was the only candidate to field a question on Flint, which he claims Democrats turned into a partisan...

Trump Opens GOP Debate Defending His…Um, Manhood

'I guarantee you there's no problem'

(Newser) - Donald Trump used the opening minutes of Thursday's GOP debate in Detroit to defend the size of his penis, CNN reports. "Look at those hands. Are they small hands?" Trump said. "[Rubio] referred to my hands—if they're small something else must be small. I guarantee...

Democrats Aren't Excited, and That's a Big Problem

'It's time to start worrying about President Trump'

(Newser) - Democrats might have a serious problem on their hands heading into the 2016 general election, the New York Times reports. In the 15 states that have held primaries or caucuses already, approximately 3 million fewer Democratic voters turned out this year than did in 2008. According to the Huffington Post...

Roger Ailes Says Fox Is &#39;Finished with Rubio&#39;
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 'Finished 
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Mar 3, 2016 2:08 PM CST

Fox News 'Finished With Rubio'

'New York' says Roger Ailes and network have lost faith

(Newser) - "We can't do the Rubio thing anymore." That's what Fox CEO Roger Ailes recently told a host at the network he leads, or so reports Gabriel Sherman for New York . Until now, according to Sherman, Marco Rubio has enjoyed support from Fox, including softball interviews, "...

Trump: Romney Would Have 'Dropped to His Knees' for Me

He lashes back at 'irrelevant' former candidate

(Newser) - Mitt Romney took his shots at Donald Trump Thursday morning, and Trump returned fire Thursday afternoon. His verdict: Romney is "irrelevant" after running "one of the worst campaigns in the history of politics." At one point, Trump took a shot at Romney as two-faced because he said...

Christie Assures Us He Wasn't Being Held Hostage

And he's not planning on resigning

(Newser) - Chris Christie says he's focused on the New Jersey state budget and his 30th wedding anniversary. Unfortunately, the rest of America isn't quite there with him. In a Thursday press conference in Trenton, Christie addressed the calls from a slew of newspapers that he resign in the wake...

Will Romney's 'Eviscerating' Trump Attack Matter?

One school of thought is that it might actually help the frontrunner

(Newser) - Mitt Romney let loose on Donald Trump on Thursday, warning that Trump as nominee would be horrible for Republicans and Trump as president would be even worse for the country. "Let me put it plainly, if we Republicans choose Donald Trump as our nominee, the prospects for a safe...

Kochs: We Won't Try to Stop Trump

They fear attacks wouldn't succeed: sources

(Newser) - More good news for Donald Trump: The Koch brothers won't be spending their billions in an attempt to block him from the Republican nomination. To the thrill of the Republican establishment, rumors had been swirling that the billionaire industrialists would intervene to knock Trump down a peg in a...

Carson Admits Campaign Is Hopeless, Will Keep Running Anyway

But he's skipping Thursday's GOP debate in his hometown

(Newser) - Ben Carson doesn't believe he has any way to win the Republican nomination for president and won't be attending Thursday's GOP debate in his hometown of Detroit, the Washington Post reports. But he's still technically going to keep running for president anyway, it seems. "I...

Hmmm, What Does Mitt Romney Have in Mind?

He announces surprise speech about the election on Thursday

(Newser) - One day after Donald Trump cemented his hold on the GOP nomination, Mitt Romney has gotten the rumor mills churning with the announcement that he'll give a speech Thursday morning in Utah about the state of the election. At NBC News , Andrew Rafferty cuts right to the chase with...

Whoops: Bill Clinton May Have Broken Election Rules

He entered polling sites despite rule against soliciting votes

(Newser) - Hours before his wife was named the Massachusetts primary winner on Super Tuesday, apparent political novice Bill Clinton strolled into a polling station in Boston. Standing with Mayor Marty Walsh at the Holy Name Parish School, Clinton greeted poll staff and voters and even kissed an elderly woman on the...

6 NJ Papers Call on Christie to Resign
 6 NJ Papers Call on 
 Christie to Resign 
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Mar 2, 2016 1:00 AM CST

6 NJ Papers Call on Christie to Resign

'What an embarrassment. What an utter disgrace'

(Newser) - It's not just this New Hampshire newspaper that's fed up with Chris Christie after he endorsed Donald Trump for president: Six New Jersey papers issued a joint editorial Tuesday calling for Christie to step down as governor of the state, the Hill reports. "What an embarrassment. What...

How the Delegate Count Stacks Up
 How the 
 Delegate Count 
 Stacks Up 
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Mar 2, 2016 12:50 AM CST

How the Delegate Count Stacks Up

The math is looking good for the front-runners

(Newser) - With the dust settling on Super Tuesday's contests, analysts are taking a close look at the delegate math—and it doesn't look good for candidates not named Clinton or Trump. With 2,353 delegates needed to win the Democratic nomination, Hillary Clinton gained around 457 delegates on Super...

Clinton Takes Ga., Va., Sanders Wins at Home
 Clinton Sweeps the South; 
 Sanders Wins 4 
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Mar 1, 2016 10:30 PM CST

Clinton Sweeps the South; Sanders Wins 4

Super Tuesday results

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton scooped up seven states on Super Tuesday in her bid to lock down frontrunner status—but Bernie Sanders had a late flurry of victories himself. When the first polls closed, CNN quickly projected Clinton the winner in Georgia and Virginia—both states she lost to Barack Obama in...

Twitter Mocks 'Sad Trombone' Christie at Trump Speech

People couldn't stop commenting on Christie's face

(Newser) - Donald Trump held a celebratory Super Tuesday press conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, and the man who introduced him was none other than New Jersey Gov. (and recent Trump endorser ) Chris Christie. "Tonight is the beginning of Donald Trump bringing the Republican Party together for a...

Rubio, Trump's New Fight: the Size of Trump's Hands

'I don’t understand why his hands are the size of someone who is 5-foot-2'

(Newser) - The size of Donald Trump's hands has been a thing for decades, stretching back to the days when Graydon Carter dubbed him a "short-fingered vulgarian" in Spy magazine. In his November editor's letter for Vanity Fair , Carter wrote that over the years, and as recently as last...

Carson Calling Fellow Candidates to Set Up Meeting

He wants to agree on a code of conduct for Thursday's debate

(Newser) - Ben Carson is apparently wondering why we all can't just get along. The GOP presidential candidate released a statement Tuesday saying that the presidential race "has taken a turn for the worse, to the point of embarrassment on the world stage," and noting that Carson is calling...

7 Celebs Who Say They'll Move Away if Trump Wins

Hasta la vista, Whoopi Goldberg

(Newser) - Fox & Friends rounded up all the celebrities who've said they plan to move out of the US if Donald Trump becomes president, Fox News Insider reports:
  1. Whoopi Goldberg: "I don't think that's America. I don't want it to be America. Maybe it's time
...

Judge Tosses Claim Disputing Cruz's Ballot Eligibility

Case gets dismissed on a technicality

(Newser) - A judge has dismissed a claim that Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz isn't eligible for the Illinois ballot because he was born in Canada. Cook County Circuit Court Judge Maureen Ward Kirby tossed the case on a technicality Tuesday, the AP reports. Kirby says the suburban Chicago attorney who...

Jesse Ventura: I'll Run Against Hillary

He'll come 'riding in on a white stallion to save the country'

(Newser) - Michael Bloomberg could have competition : Jesse Ventura, the former independent governor of Minnesota, tells the Daily Beast he'll enter the 2016 race as an independent by June if Hillary Clinton prevails as the Democratic nominee. Ventura—who agrees with Bernie Sanders on campaign finance reform and the War on...

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