This time line if from yesterday morning until 1:00 am this morning. I could not possibly cover all the stories, so I did a time line with links to all articles.
1:11 AM – Today
Winners & Losers Of The Night
Republican presidential candidates fought for momentum in three contests on Tuesday, in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri.
As with every competition, regardless of how they are formulated, there can be both winners and losers. HuffPost compiled a list of the biggest winners and losers from today's GOP races.
Click here to take a look and vote for the biggest in each category.
As with every competition, regardless of how they are formulated, there can be both winners and losers. HuffPost compiled a list of the biggest winners and losers from today's GOP races.
Click here to take a look and vote for the biggest in each category.
0:25 AM – Today
Democrats Debate State Issues In Minnesota Caucus
Hopkins Patch's James Warden's reports from an uncontested Democratic caucus in Minnesota.
Redistricting, voter ID and a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage were both big topics of conversation at the caucuses, said Eric Margolis, the Hopkins caucus organizer. Margolis said caucus-goers didn’t focus too much on the national issues that generated so much discussion at the Republican caucuses just across Highway 7.Read more
"Really, people are just excited about taking back our legislative houses," he said.
0:19 AM – Today
70K Votes In '08 Trumps Votes Tonight  | @ 2chambers : 70K votes were cast in '08 CO GOP caucuses. 2nite, fewer than 8K votes have been counted so far -- too early to read into current vote tally |
0:16 AM – Today
2012 vs. 2008 | @ 2chambers : Minnesota turnout, with 77 percent reporting, is at about 40,000. Four years ago, was at 62,000. |
0:04 AM – Today
Minnesota Caucus Tests Voter ID Scanner
Republicans in Stillwater, Minn., used a voter ID scanner as part of a test during the caucuses tonight, Stillwater Patch reports.
GOP legislators are attempting to pass a constitutional amendment requiring a photo ID to vote in Minnesota, and caucus coordinator Joe Westrup purchased a pair of the $25 devices as part of an effort to demonstrate the practicality of such a requirement. Westrup wrote a simple program to scan the bar code of caucus-goers' driver's licenses and push the data into a spreadsheet. He said he was a certified financial planner with no technological background.Read more
"If you can run Microsoft Excel, you can do this," he said. "The reason we're doing it is to move people through the line faster."
0:01 AM – Today
Colorado Will Be Close  | @ philipaklein : Even if Romney wins CO, it now looks like it'll at least be very close. Which is amazing considering he won w/ 60% last time. |
10:35 PM – 02/07/2012
Obama Writing Off Missouri  | @ jeffzeleny : Speaking of Missouri: In the fall, Obama is essentially writing it off, even though he lost by 3,632 votes of 2.9 million cast in 2008. |
9:03 PM – 02/07/2012
How 'Non-Binding' Are The Colorado and Minnesota Caucuses?
The ongoing discussion over the technically "non-binding" nature of the Colorado and Minnesota caucuses can be confusing. Technically, the straw votes we are reporting from those states do not directly determine the number of delegates each candidate wins the Republican convention in Tampa. However, the delegate selection process does begin tonight in those two states.
But will winning the straw vote translate into more delegates? Yes. One of the better explanations of how this works comes from political scientist Jonathan Bernstein:
Read more of Jonathan Bernstein's post here.
-- Mark Blumenthal
But will winning the straw vote translate into more delegates? Yes. One of the better explanations of how this works comes from political scientist Jonathan Bernstein:
Think of it this way. If the campaigns were perfectly organized, then every caucuser in each of these states would vote for a next-stage delegate who was loyal to the same candidate he or she voted for in the straw poll. That would produce county conventions that perfectly translated those precinct results up the line, and so on, with the result that the eventual delegation would simply reflect the original straw vote."Except," he continues, "the campaigns are not perfectly organized." Not everyone who votes in the straw vote will participate in selection of precinct delegates at tonight's caucuses. And some of the selected delegates may shift their preferences at the next level of the process. Ultimately, there are "no rules guaranteeing that anything that happens tonight will translate into eventual delegate numbers; it's all about actual people participating in the various stages of the process, and the ability of the candidate campaigns to organize."
Read more of Jonathan Bernstein's post here.
-- Mark Blumenthal
7:53 PM – 02/07/2012
High Attendance Expected At Minnesota Caucuses
Patch editors at caucus sites around the Minneapolis-St. Paul region report a steady flow of Republicans filing into caucus locations in the Twin Cities. In Northfield, Minn., local GOP officials told Patch that many first time caucus goers have been contacting local Republicans about participating in the caucuses. While in Roseville, local Republican officials are expecting between 200-300 attendees at the caucus. With Ron Paul speaking at caucuses in Maple Grove, over 1,000 Republicans are expected to attend.
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- John Celock
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- John Celock
7:32 PM – 02/07/2012
How Will Obama Do?  | @ FixAaron : Pointless exercise of the night: See how Obama does in Missouri's beauty contest primary. He has three opponents (no Vermin Supreme, tho). |
7:16 PM – 02/07/2012
Missouri Voters Upset At 'Beauty Contest' Primary
NPR reports:
6:13 PM – 02/07/2012
While GOP Hopefuls Bash Prop 8 Ruling, Bloomberg Shares Support
Many are upset that the so-called beauty contest primary will cost the state and its counties $7 million to run. "It's a waste of taxpayers' money because it doesn't count," complains William Holt, a retired autoworker. Voter indifference to the primary is not something Eugene Dokes, the GOP chairman in St. Charles, is worried much about. His main concern is that, having held the primary, people won't show up at the caucuses next month.Read the rest here.
"It's the caucus that we're really going to have to do some work to get people out to," Dokes says. "People are used to the primary counting, and the caucus not."
7:04 PM – 02/07/2012
Missouri Results MAP (REAL-TIME DATA)
HuffPost has maps featuring real-time data provided to HuffPost by the Associated Press showing county-by-county results for the 2012 Missouri primary, Minnesota caucus and Colorado caucus.
To see the returns for a specific county, simply click that area of the map. You'll also be able to see how Romney and Paul fared in each county in 2008.
The maps are updated every 10 seconds, so there's no need to refresh for the page for the latest results.
Click here to view the maps and follow along as results come in.
To see the returns for a specific county, simply click that area of the map. You'll also be able to see how Romney and Paul fared in each county in 2008.
The maps are updated every 10 seconds, so there's no need to refresh for the page for the latest results.
Click here to view the maps and follow along as results come in.
6:53 PM – 02/07/2012
Super Bowl Ad Raises Questions About Underlying Political Message
As the GOP race continues, another political fight is heating up in Detroit over a Super Bowl ad featuring Clint Eastwood.
HuffPost's Sharon Silke Carty reports:
HuffPost's Sharon Silke Carty reports:
On Monday, responding to a barrage of criticism from conservative pundits and some football fans, Chrysler chief executive Sergio Marchionne denied there had been any political message in the company's Super Bowl aired during Sunday's night's halftime show. "It had zero political content," Marchionne told a Detroit radio station. "It was not meant to be any type of a political overture on our part; we are as apolitical as you can make us." Click here to read more.
6:39 PM – 02/07/2012
No Major Networks Lead Nightly News With Caucus, Primary Coverage  | @ markknoller : Leading the network news: CBS: same sex marriage ban struck down in CA. ABC: job openings go unfilled; NBC: sex scandal at L.A. school |
6:13 PM – 02/07/2012
 | @ mpoppel : Bloomberg: Marriage equality has made New York stronger, more dynamic and more competitive |
6:05 PM – 02/07/2012
Republican Candidates Spread Out
The Washington Post blog The Fix reports:
5:17 PM – 02/07/2012
Colorado Republicans Win
None of the four remaining Republican presidential candidates will be in the same state tonight. To recap: Mitt Romney is in Colorado, the one state he is projected to win.-- Ariel Edwards-Levy
Rick Santorum is in Missouri after stopping in all three states today.
Ron Paul is in Minnesota, the state where he apparently could finish second.
And Newt Gingrich is in ... Ohio (where the primary isn’t until Super Tuesday on March 6, but early voting begins tomorrow).
5:52 PM – 02/07/2012
Minn. GOP Precinct To Test-Drive Photo ID Scanner
The AP reports:
Republicans who attend a party caucus gathering at one Stillwater precinct will get to try registering with a photo ID scanner. The GOP activists who organized the Rutherford Elementary School caucus on Tuesday purchased the device themselves The technology is similar to what would be the law of Minnesota if Republican legislators are successful in pushing a constitutional amendment to require a photo ID to vote in Minnesota.Click here to read more.
5:45 PM – 02/07/2012
Any GOP Women Criticizing Obama?  | @ mmurraypolitics : Just asking, but have we seen a female GOP pol criticize the Obama adm. on contraception? Today: Romney, Newt, McConnell, Boozman... |
5:32 PM – 02/07/2012
Primaries Could Force Out One Of Romney’s Rivals
The Daily Beast's Ben Jacobs reports:
Today will see three crucial contests in the GOP presidential primary. Although these races will not award a single delegate, they will determine the fate of one of the remaining four candidates. Rick Santorum’s low-key campaign needs to be successful tonight in at least one of the three states where voters will be expressing preferences—Colorado, Minnesota, and Missouri. The first two states, which are caucuses, will be crucial in determining if Santorum’s success organizing social conservatives and evangelicals in Iowa was a unique phenomenon or a sign of real appeal in Middle America. In Missouri, which is a nonbinding primary, Santorum will have his one opportunity to go head-to-head against Mitt Romney, as Newt Gingrich opted not to participate in this “beauty contest.”Click here to read more.
5:17 PM – 02/07/2012
The AP reports:
No matter who wins Tuesday, Colorado Republicans have a big victory on their hands. They moved their presidential caucuses up a month and crossed their fingers that the GOP contest would still be up for grabs. It worked. And Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum campaigned in-state Tuesday to ask for last-minute support.Click here to read more.
"You've got a big caucus tonight," Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator, told a crowd in Colorado Springs.
5:03 PM – 02/07/2012
The Ides Of February
CNN reports:
Bob Walker has time to rest and talk with a visiting reporter at his Washington office. There's less need to be on the road for the Newt Gingrich backer, surrogate and national campaign chairman. A former congressman from Pennsylvania, Walker spent a lot of time in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Florida, helping his old friend.Click here to read more.
"In the end, I think it will come down to neither Romney nor Gingrich will have good Februarys," Walker says in a wide ranging conversation with CNN Radio.
4:52 PM – 02/07/2012
GOP Rivals Pounce On Romney’s ‘Assault On Religion’ Line
ABC News' Emily Friedman reports:
Mitt Romney’s Republican rivals pounced today on his accusations that President Obama has an “assault on religion” by forcing Catholic institutions to provide contraceptives and abortion services, suggesting it was a hypocritical statement. Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum charged that Romney made the same demands on Catholic facilities when he was the governor of Massachusetts and implemented his health care plan.Click here to read more.
4:50 PM – 02/07/2012
What's At Stake?
CNN reports:
As GOP hopefuls worked to win over voters in Missouri, the House endorsed a contentious voter ID requirement.
The AP reports:
The Missouri House on Tuesday endorsed a new attempt by the Legislature requiring people to show photo identification at the polls while voters across the state were casting ballots in a presidential primary. State lawmakers for years have debated whether Missouri should implement a photo ID requirement and generally have split along partisan lines. Republican supporters contend requiring people to show a photo ID is a common-sense guard against voter fraud. Democrats argue there have been no documented cases of voter impersonation in many decades and that the photo ID requirement could make voting harder for some, such as seniors and the disabled
Tuesday is the first multiple-state contest in the Republican presidential race, and there's more at stake than just delegates. A combined 70 delegates are up for grabs in Colorado and Minnesota, while none will be awarded in Missouri's non-binding primary. But more important than the delegate count is the momentum candidates could gain or lose.Click here to read more.
4:45 PM – 02/07/2012
Obama Hit Again  | @ nielslesniewski : Sen. McConnell says "the Obama administration has crossed a dangerous line" with respect to freedom of religion. |
4:25 PM – 02/07/2012
Missouri House Endorses Voter Photo ID RequirementAs GOP hopefuls worked to win over voters in Missouri, the House endorsed a contentious voter ID requirement.
The AP reports:
The Missouri House on Tuesday endorsed a new attempt by the Legislature requiring people to show photo identification at the polls while voters across the state were casting ballots in a presidential primary. State lawmakers for years have debated whether Missouri should implement a photo ID requirement and generally have split along partisan lines. Republican supporters contend requiring people to show a photo ID is a common-sense guard against voter fraud. Democrats argue there have been no documented cases of voter impersonation in many decades and that the photo ID requirement could make voting harder for some, such as seniors and the disabled
3:32 PM – 02/07/2012
Cable Networks Scale Back Coverage
Media Bistro reports:
Voters in three states — Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri — will weigh in today on the 2012 GOP Presidential nominee. In a departure from recent political coverage, cable networks are scaling back for this round of voting — a primary in Missouri, which is non-binding in the first place, and caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota.Click here to read more.
3:08 PM – 02/07/2012
What A Difference Two Weeks Makes
Today's update of Gallup's daily tracking poll of Republicans nationwide now shows Mitt Romney is leading Newt Gingrich by a 15 percentage point margin (37 percent to 22 percent) followed by Rick Santorum (16 percent) and Ron Paul (11 percent). Romney's 37 percent level of support now matches his previous high in Gallup's tracking in early January.
Just 11 days ago, on the eve of the Florida primary, Gingrich had surged ahead of Romney by 8 points (32 percent versus 24 percent). Romney's support has steadily increased ever since, however.
This latest twist in the national Republican vote preference may not be the last. As a Gallup report noted yesterday, "The lead switched seven times in Gallup's 2011 polling, and since January has switched twice more."
-- Mark Blumenthal
Just 11 days ago, on the eve of the Florida primary, Gingrich had surged ahead of Romney by 8 points (32 percent versus 24 percent). Romney's support has steadily increased ever since, however.
-- Mark Blumenthal
2:58 PM – 02/07/2012
Minnesota Caucuses Draw Significant Attention
The AP reports:
In presidential politics, Minnesota is as close to a Democratic fortress as states come. It has tantalized Republicans in recent presidential campaigns, but it's still wound up as general election fool's gold for the GOP ever since Richard Nixon last won it for the party in 1972.Click here to read more.
So it's easy to understand why Minnesota Republicans are basking in the presidential glare now. For Tuesday's caucuses at least, they have the spotlight to themselves--and a genuine piece of the action.
2:40 PM – 02/07/2012
As He's Criticized By GOP Hopefuls, Obama Gets Dems' Support  | @ toddzwillich : Reid on Administration contraception policy: "The caucus (Dems) totally supports the president. I do." |
2:17 PM – 02/07/2012
GOP Field, Obama Call Out Romney's Hypocrisy
The Hill's Justin Sink reports:
Mitt Romney has been hammering President Obama's decision to mandate employers to provide health insurance for contraception, believing the issue can help him to appeal both to the religious right and moderate Catholic voters who supported Obama in the last election. But Romney's opponents on both sides of the aisle are turning the line of attack back on him Tuesday, pointing out that as governor of Massachusetts, he required all hospitals - including Catholic institutions - to provide the morning after pill.Click here to read more.
2:14 PM – 02/07/2012
Obama A Certain Caucus Winner, DFL Will Focus On Organizing
MinnPost reports:
While Republicans passionately debate the virtues — or lack thereof — of GOP candidates Tuesday night, DFLers will be voting 100 percent for President Barack Obama. Some might quibble over the validity of that unanimity, given that the president’s name will be the only one on the DFL preferential poll ballot and that the party does not allow for write-ins.Click here to read more.
2:10 PM – 02/07/2012
Obama Nabs Union Endorsement  | @ rweingarten : .@AFTunion just endorsed @BarackObama in the 2012 election-the only choice for Americans to have a fair chance at Am dream. #Obama2012 |
1:52 PM – 02/07/2012
Obama Makes 'Special Plea' To Press
HuffPost's Jen Bendery reports:
President Barack Obama made a "special plea" to the press on Tuesday to give coverage to the winners of the White House Science Fair. "Pay attention to this. This is important," Obama said during remarks in the East Room, where this year's teenage winners sat all around him. "This doesn't just belong on the back pages of a newspaper. We've got to lift this up and emphasize how important this is and recognize these incredible young people. This is what inspires me and gets me up every day."Click here to read more.
1:45 PM – 02/07/2012
Colorado GOP Hopes Caucus Will Re-Energize Party
CNN reports:
Ahead of the Tuesday night Republican caucus in the state, Colorado GOP leaders said they hope the event will not only pick a candidate but also help reunite and re-energize their base after a rough 2010 midterm election. In that race the GOP was able to flip several House seats but they lost a Senate race and a chaotic governors race in a year that heavily favored Republicans.Click here to read more.
1:43 PM – 02/07/2012
Obama's Super PAC Support Materialized As GOP Groups Set Major Target
HuffPost's Paul Blumenthal reports:
Details are beginning to emerge about the Monday night announcement that President Barack Obama's reelection campaign would lend its support to a super PAC run by a former Obama aide. According to senior campaign officials, the president, who has been very critical of super PACs and the court decisions that helped to create them, signed off on his campaign lending support to Priorities USA Action. In a conference call with reporters on Tuesday, senior campaign officials explained that the move to support Priorities USA Action was made after watching super PAC spending flood into the Republican primary and hearing about the combined $500 million benchmark set by the Karl Rove-linked Crossroads groups and the Koch Brothers to defeat the president.Click here to read more.
1:27 PM – 02/07/2012
Romney, Santorum Make Final Pitches
Fox News reports:
GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney and one of his three challengers, Rick Santorum, are hitting the pavement in Colorado hours before the state holds its caucus Tuesday night. Former U.S. Sen. Santorum of Pennsylvania and Romney, former Massachusetts governor, both had morning campaign events planned.Click here to read more.
12:59 PM – 02/07/2012
In Colorado, Recovery Falls Along Party Lines
The New York Times' Kirk Johnson reports:
If economic frustration fuels fervor Tuesday in the Republican presidential caucuses in Colorado — or in the general election — the map might be one place to turn for answers. The state’s recovery from recession has been spotty and uneven, a pattern seen in many places. But the further wrinkle for both parties in Colorado is that some of the most heavily Republican areas have lagged the most, with stubbornly higher unemployment rates, while some of the most staunchly Democratic places have done better.Click here to read more.
12:51 PM – 02/07/2012
Republicans, Democrats Not The Only Minnesotans Caucusing Tonight
Oakdale Patch's Patty Busse reports from Minnesota:
12:38 PM – 02/07/2012
Obama To Headline Senate Democratic Retreat
The Republicans and DFLers aren't the only ones holding caucuses tonight. Dave Hutcheson will be heading up the local Independence Party caucus at Skyview Middle School. A former professor and 20-year U.S. Army officer now living in North St. Paul, Hutcheson joined the independence party in the late '90s after hearing about Jesse Ventura’s win while overseas. In 2002, Hutcheson ran for state auditor on the Independence Party ticket. At the caucus, the party plans to take a vote on the marriage amendment and a publicly funded Vikings stadium. Caucus-goers will also get the chance to propose resolutions and volunteer to be delegates to the congressional district-level convention. Oakdale Patch talked with Hutcheson about his party involvement and caucus plans.Read more.
12:46 PM – 02/07/2012
Missouri Paper Defends State's Primary
Missouri has 52 delegates to the Republican convention, but Tuesday's primary election won't be awarding any of them. Instead, the real action will happen during a March 17 caucus, making the primary basically a battle for bragging rights.
The Kansas City Star points out, however, that the two other states caucusing on Tuesday -- Colorado and Minnesota -- are also non-binding, and likely to attract far fewer voters.
Read the whole piece here.
-- Ariel Edwards-Levy
The Kansas City Star points out, however, that the two other states caucusing on Tuesday -- Colorado and Minnesota -- are also non-binding, and likely to attract far fewer voters.
Read the whole piece here.
-- Ariel Edwards-Levy
12:38 PM – 02/07/2012
As the Republican candidates continue to rally for support on the campaign trail tomorrow, Obama will be speaking at a Senate Democratic retreat Wednesday.
Roll Call's Merredith Shiner reports:
Roll Call's Merredith Shiner reports:
President Barack Obama and his 2012 campaign manager, Jim Messina, will be the featured speakers at a Senate Democratic retreat Wednesday, multiple sources have confirmed. The policy conference, which will be held at Nationals Park, is an annual event used by the party to plot out its strategy for the coming year. Messina’s speech will come just days after he sent emails to Obama campaign supporters announcing that the campaign will back a super PAC, Priorities USA Action.Click here to read more.
12:34 PM – 02/07/2012
Politicians Attempt To Demystify The Caucus System
Patch.com's Denise Bertacchi reports:
State Representative Rick Stream (R-Kirkwood) held an informational meeting Saturday night at Town and Country's Westminster Christian Academy to explain the upcoming Missouri primary and following Republican caucus. He said there is much confusion about Missouri’s Feb. 7 primary, which has been called a “beauty contest” to find the Republican presidential candidate. The election, unlike previous years, is not binding—instead a caucus will determine how Missouri’s 52 GOP delegates will vote at the Republican national convention this year.Click here to read more.
12:17 PM – 02/07/2012
Obama Campaign Comparing Services To Romney Plan
The Obama campaign has posted an infographic comparing new Affordable Care Act guidelines on contraceptive services to a plan Romney oversaw in Massachusetts.
Click here to read more and view the infographic.
Click here to read more and view the infographic.
12:10 PM – 02/07/2012
GOP Primary Show: Non-Stop News And Noise In The Age Of Twitter
HuffPost's Michael Calderone reports:
Last week, Jon Ralston, a veteran Las Vegas Sun columnist, dared reporters to ignore Donald Trump's unveiling of his presidential endorsement -- with low expectations about how that might play out. "I suggest media boycott of @RealDonaldTrump event in Vegas," Ralston tweeted. "Anyone with me? That's what I thought."Click here to read more.
Ralston knew, of course, that the nation's political reporters -- the same tribe who breathlessly covered Trump's half-hearted flirtation last year with a presidential run, his "birther" sideshow and his thwarted plans to host and moderate a GOP debate -- wouldn't ignore the real estate huckster's "major announcement."
And, indeed, they didn't, thereby sparking the latest mini-drama in the reality show otherwise known as the 2012 Republican presidential primaries.
11:21 AM – 02/07/2012
Does 'Tea Party Energy' Still Burn?
The Durango Herald's Joe Hanel reports:
11:21 AM – 02/07/2012
Does 'Tea Party Energy' Still Burn?
Two years ago, when Republicans chose candidates for the 2010 election, tea party groups dominated the scene, and rallies in towns across the country featured yellow “don’t tread on me” flags and tri-corner Revolutionary War hats. When Colorado Republicans go to their precinct caucuses today to voice their preference for president, they will see how the tea party movement has evolved.Click here to read more.
11:29 AM – 02/07/2012
Obama’s Prospects In Swing States Deteriorated In 2011
Time's Michael Scherer reports:
1:40 AM – 02/07/2012
State Lawmaker Jumps Ship From Gingrich To Romney
Most Americans won’t have the power to choose the next President because they live in states so tilted towards one end of the political spectrum that the election outcome, barring calamity, is not in doubt. Mitt Romney doesn’t really have a chance in California. Barack Obama is not going to win Texas.Click here to read more.
1:40 AM – 02/07/2012
State Lawmaker Jumps Ship From Gingrich To Romney
CNN reports:
A Georgia state lawmaker who had been backing Newt Gingrich for the Republican presidential nomination will announce Tuesday that he's now supporting Mitt Romney.Click here to read more.
11:34 AM – 02/07/2012
GOP Group To Push Platform Changes On Gay Rights
MinnPost reports:
Of the hundreds of resolutions that will be floated at tonight's Republican precinct caucuses, one has particular relevance for the November election: The Log Cabin Republicans of Minnesota are pushing a resolution to change the party platform on families.Click here to read more.
11:29 AM – 02/07/2012
Obama’s Prospects In Swing States Deteriorated In 2011
Time's Michael Scherer reports:
Most Americans won’t have the power to choose the next President because they live in states so tilted towards one end of the political spectrum that the election outcome, barring calamity, is not in doubt. Mitt Romney doesn’t really have a chance in California. Barack Obama is not going to win Texas.Click here to read more.
11:21 AM – 02/07/2012
Does 'Tea Party Energy' Still Burn?
The Durango Herald's Joe Hanel reports:
Two years ago, when Republicans chose candidates for the 2010 election, tea party groups dominated the scene, and rallies in towns across the country featured yellow “don’t tread on me” flags and tri-corner Revolutionary War hats. When Colorado Republicans go to their precinct caucuses today to voice their preference for president, they will see how the tea party movement has evolved.Click here to read more.
10:55 AM – 02/07/2012
Obama Hit By Former Dem Senator
HuffPost's Sam Stein reports:
Former Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) ripped into both President Barack Obama and his re-election team on Tuesday morning for backing off its previous criticism of outside spending on campaigns and embracing the role that super PACs will play in the 2012 election.Click here to read more.
10:32 AM – 02/07/2012
Colorado Republicans Prepare For Tuesday's Caucus
The Republican Colorado caucuses are finally here and, if you are a registered Republican, this is your chance to have your voice heard.
Hundreds of volunteer precinct leaders will be running meetings tonight across the state beginning around 7 p.m. To find your nearest caucus location visit the Colorado Republican Party website and enter in your registered voter address and zip code. Though caucuses begin at 7 p.m., party members are asked to arrive at 6:30 p.m. with official identification.
Read more at Huff Post Denver.
-- Matt Ferner
Hundreds of volunteer precinct leaders will be running meetings tonight across the state beginning around 7 p.m. To find your nearest caucus location visit the Colorado Republican Party website and enter in your registered voter address and zip code. Though caucuses begin at 7 p.m., party members are asked to arrive at 6:30 p.m. with official identification.
Read more at Huff Post Denver.
-- Matt Ferner
10:11 AM – 02/07/2012
Charity From Presidential Hopefuls
Obama, Gingrich and Romney have all given big money to charity, CNN Money reports.
Click here to read more.
Click here to read more.
9:59 AM – 02/07/2012
Mormon Voters Talk Romney
The New York Times' Ashley Parker reports:
Elizabeth Young, a mother and artist in Las Vegas, likes Mitt Romney’s successful record of “turning around companies that have been doing so poorly.” Chad Backus, a physical therapist from Winnemucca, Nev., appreciates his “business experience, his leadership experience.” And Arwen Spor, a mother of three in Spring Creek, Nev., lived in the Salt Lake City area during the 2002 Olympics, and trusts Mr. Romney because of his role in reviving the struggling games.Click here to read more.
9:44 AM – 02/07/2012
Early Primary Date Attracts More Attention To Colorado
The AP reports:
Colorado's caucuses offer the Republican candidates for president a glimpse of their support in the Mountain West. The state has enjoyed top billing for presidential candidates in recent years, largely because of its toss-up status. Its registered voters have been divided nearly evenly among Democrats, Republicans and independents, though the GOP has an advantage this year.Early Primary Date Attracts More Attention To State Click here to read more.
9:29 AM – 02/07/2012
Sparse Numbers, Surprise Possible
HuffPost's Mark Blumenthal reports:
On Tuesday, Republicans will attend precinct caucuses in Minnesota and Colorado and vote in a non-binding primary in Missouri. Polling for these contests has been extremely sparse and may be just a rough guide to the outcome, but final data from three news surveys by the Democratic-affiliated firm Public Policy Polling (PPP) suggest that Rick Santorum may have a strong showing in the two Midwestern states. On Monday night, PPP released final data on new automated, recorded-voice surveys showing former Sen. Santorum (R-Pa.) leading in Minnesota and Missouri and running second to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in Colorado.Click here to read more.
PPP conducted surveys from Feb. 2 to Feb. 6 in the two caucus states, Colorado and Minnesota. In Colorado, a state where Romney carried 60 percent of the caucus vote four years ago, they give Romney a 10 percentage-point lead -- 37 percent to Santorum's 27 percent -- followed by Newt Gingrich at 21 percent and Ron Paul with 13 percent.
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