The Texas Two-Step, Ohio Fox-Trot, And New England Clam-Dig
It is a Tuesday in 2008, so Americans are Constitutionally required to hold an election. Up today: Vermont, Rhode Island, Ohio, and Texas. Fortunately, less states are voting than on Super Tuesday. Unfortunately, today's contests will be just as complicated and inconclusive. [ New York Times ]
One thing is clear: people will look back on this election's horrible results and blame women. [ Washington Post ]
No, wait: people will look back on this election's horrible results and blame Ohio's geography and Democratic leaders. [ Los Angeles Times ]
Unless people have "a game-changing event" to blame instead. [ Politico ]
Barring Clinton losing miserably in every state including Rhode Island, she will press on. [ Wall Street Journal ]
Heavily contested primaries for House seats in Ohio and Texas point the way to a lively general election. [ The Hill ]
After five years of war, Iraqi youths are fed up with extremist religious nuts. [ New York Times ]
Even when mortgage aid helps, it hurts. One critic of the U.S. Treasury's mortgage assistance initiative says it could leave aid recipients with higher total costs in the end. [ Washington Post ]