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Today, Michael Barone wonders if it’s panic time for the Obama campaign. Isn’t it much too early to call it panic?
Politico has an interesting piece on Romney’s Bill Clinton Strategy. Smart politics or risky shift?
Finally, Salon writes that for Ron, it’s now all about Rand. The piece, obviously, takes a liberal flight plan, but it also raises a few legitimate concerns before closing with this nugget: “I wonder if the Paul family’s plan is to promote “liberty” or to promote the Paul family.”
Another primary Tuesday that matters little in the biggest race of them all. Idaho, Nebraska and Oregon all get their chance to award votes and delegates to the presumptive nominee.
Also today, Politico asks is Romney is ready for the Bain battle. Team Obama is out with their first big hit and Romney has responded with an ad of their own.
Politico also reports on Ron Paul’s tacit message to the GOP that he won’t cause trouble in Tampa. (Paul might want to send that message to his troops. In Idaho, they’re threatening to go “scorched earth.”)
Like to dive into data? Go beyond the headlines in the new NYT/CBS poll.
Most important political nugget trending? Probably rap mogul J-Jay reaffirming that he’s got Obama’s back. Whew! How could Obama have won reelection with the support of the man who wrote and performed this eloquent hit?
Yet another ABR who pledged to fight all the way to Tampa has called it quits. Ron Paul has said he’d done campaigning.
Mitt Romney speaks at Liberty and gets high marks from Evangelicals.
Rand Paul speaks at Iowa’s Faith and Freedom Coalition and makes a dumb joke that will certainly follow him all the way to his own campaign for president.
Americans have spoken to Gallup and the verdict is “a whopping 40 percent of Americans say President Obama’s newly public support of gay marriage will affect their votes.”
What else is on your mind this weekend?
ABC NEWS: President Obama Affirms His Support for Same Sex Marriage
This might not be a popular position on PD, but I’m going to praise the president for this one. Bear with me a minute…
I don’t support gay marriage and I think the president’s position is wrong. However, he’s making a courageous stand with huge political risks. It would have been much easier and politically expedient to dance around this another six months and then come out guns blazing on the issue if he won reelection. This is exactly what many of us thought he was up to.
You might not agree with the president, but this took some political pancakes. He’ll obviously endear himself to the base and win back some wanderers, but he’ll lose many independents.
Make no mistake, I don’t support the position, but I do support politicians taking tough stands on principle, even if I disagree with the specific issue.
If he supports higher taxes, he should say so. And he has.
If he supports abortion rights, he should say so. And he has.
If he supports gay marriage, he should say so. And now he finally has.
Another slate of states hit the polls today. Seems like yesterday some argued the race for the GOP nomination would go until June, and perhaps to the convention. Instead, voters and the media can focus on other results.
One of the most interesting races is in Wisconsin, where Big Labor may have to settle on their second choice to run against the governor they want to recall.
Also today, barring a colossal turn of the numbers, Senator Lugar of Indiana will see his long senate career end with a whimper. It’s a big win for the Tea Party, but could Lugar have avoided this day?
You might also catch this RCP piece. The writer says Romney’s path to 270 might not be as narrow as you think.
Finally, the man they call Axe (David Axelrod) is spinning Biden’s recent trip down the slippery slope of gay marriage. What’s your take? Will issues like this play any significant role in November?
Pulitzers were announced today and, stunningly, Political Derby was shut out again. Matt Wuerker of Politico won for his cartoons, are you a fan?
Also today, The Daily Beast writes about Obama’s cockiness problem. Let’s hope they didn’t file it under “Breaking News.”
Finally, the Romney’s went on the record with ABC News about Seamusgate. Is there anyone out there who will stay home in November over this issue?
It’s a quiet Tuesday with no primaries and no real suspense left. Well, except for that little matter of Romney’s VP pick later in the summer… The Deseret News has a breakdown of 20 possible picks and Politico has a handy guide to the most common names in the rumorsphere.
Also today, PD offers a friendly reminder that we don’t tolerate religious bigotry, overt or otherwise. And it doesn’t matter the faith. So if you like poking light or making jokes at the expense of Jews, Catholics, Mormons or Muslims, make them on your own site.
The NCAA Tournament is finally complete with Kentucky beating Kansas to cut down the nets. That means the PD Challenge is also complete, with user “callen212″ using the multiple bracket strategy to claim victory. One bracket had Kansas, one had Kentucky. Way to hedge your bets!
In less important news, Wisconsin heads to the polls today and Romney appears set to claim a 5-10 point victory, based on recent polls.
What will this mean for the race? Four things: The delegate gap will continue to grow for Romney, Santorum will continue to blame negative ads and money, Paul will claim he’s still amassing delegates with invisible ink, and Gingrich will promise to change everyone’s mind in Tampa.
Also trending, Pelosi has joined the choir calling for Hillary to run again in 2016 and the GSA chief has resigned after spending big bucks on a Vegas conference featuring a mind reader and clown. Was Harry Reid not available?
Drudge is reporting that Rubio is officially endorsing Romney. Good for Mitt, but I’ll say what I said about Jeb Bush. Why wait until the nomination is essentially decided?
Romney has now picked up endorsements from moderates, conservatives and tea party leaders. Will this sway any holdout ABRbots?
Today Politico reports that Karl Rove’s fight club is gearing back up for 2012 and is reminding members of the rules.
RCP writes that Santorum’s willingness to fight to the end comes with risks.
WS interviews Romney and dubs him “risk-averse.”
Finally, some guy writing in the Deseret News goes behind the scenes of a Fox News appearance.
Romney wins Illinois, what does it mean?
By Jason Wright, EditorFiled Under Race for White House 2012 on Mar 20
The race has already been called for Romney with just 3% in. They’re currently running Romney 54%, Santorum 28%, Paul 10% and Newt 7%. Hard to imagine Romney maintaining that margin all night, but it’s still likely to be a healthy double digit win. What does it mean?
Take the stage, Illinois. It’s your turn to impact the GOP 2012 race. Romney’s lead in the polls ranges from 6 to 15 points and Politico gives us 5 things to watch as the polls close tonight.
Politico also reports on Gingrich’s twin campaigns. It’s a spot-on look inside the state of Newt.
Also of interest, Stephen Hayes of the Weekly Standard has a piece on the odds of a brokered convention. You can count this junkie in for a road trip to Tampa if the dream becomes a reality.
Finally, Santorum said yesterday that he doesn’t care about the unemployment rate. Romney zinged him almost immediately and Santorum’s camp complained that Romney was taking the comment out of context. Isn’t that a curious position when Santorum hit Romney repeatedly for telling CNN he didn’t care about poor people? Do these gaffes really matter in the long run?