Thanks for keeping up with all this so we don't have to, Paul. It has to be getting old.

And once again, I am reminded why I left my native Georgia at the first opportunity.

In short, fewer people voted, which maximized the extremely dedicated turnout.

I think I may like Gingrich best when he's sleeping!

It is the Paultards that baffle me. I get why some people like Santorum or Gingrich. I disagree with them, obviously, but I get why some people of like mind vote for them. But Ron Paul? Ron Paul is crazy. Unhinged. The whole gold standard thing is insane. Nearly everything he says is insane. He's right about marijuana legalization and the war in Iraq, but only by happy accident. The rest of his public policy is sheer lunacy. I don't get why he ever gets more than maybe 5% of the vote.

@6 plus he's still saner than the other guys.

Not that that's saying much.

Well this is certainly interesting:

As of now, with 6.4% of Ohio reporting, President Obama is leading both Santorum and Romney COMBINED.

And Obama is the only candidate on the Democratic ballot.

Wow. Just wow.

http://vote.sos.state.oh.us/pls/enrpubli…

Rocky Anderson is calling for a "money bomb" today.

Here is a selection of tweets from his Super Tuesday Twitter feed (@RockyAnderson):

SUPER TUESDAY MONEYBOMB: A Message From Rocky Anderson: http://youtu.be/buQHmpknXak via @youtube

We're the only nation in the industrialized world failing to provide millions basic healthcare. We deserve better. http://t.co/auub5LSI

45k Americans die each year because they don’t have healthcare coverage. America deserves better. http://t.co/wHSaWyr1

Our national energy policy hasn't improved: We are committed to using the dirtiest and most volatile forms of energy. http://t.co/auub5LSI

700,000 Americans go #bankrupt each year because of medical bills. America deserves better. Join our #SuperTuesday #moneybomb to say no more

Blacks and Hispanics are less likely to get treatment for serious disease and more likely to die from the illness. America deserves better.

#America must ensure that the US will never again engage in illegal wars of aggression. #JoinUs #SupertuesdayMoneybomb voterocky.org

#US must lead a global energy revolution – the deliberate transformation to a low-carbon sustainable future. #DemandIt bit.ly/xEdM6Q

We must end the bizarre & corrupted reliance in the US on for-profit insurance companies for essential health care. #AmericaDeservesBetter

As evidenced by the bailouts, both parties have pledged allegiance to big business – not the American people. Join us: http://t.co/IiANfm6A

We've had over 100 donors so far today! We still have time to go! Keep spreading the word everywhere online! http://t.co/wHSaWyr1

We must launch an economy-wide initiative to make the US the most energy-efficient industrial economy in the world within 20 years.

#Democrats & #Republicans continue handing out subsidies and protectionist favors to their largest campaign donors. #AmericaDeservesBetter

Whoops, broken link. Here is Rocky's Twitter feed:

@RockyAnderson

Another tweet:

Extreme Poverty In The U.S. Has Doubled In The Last 15 Years http://thkpr.gs/whBcTq via @thinkprogress // http://VoteRocky.org @RockyAnderson

Another sign of the enthusiasm gap: just how many votes are going to candidates that aren't even in the race anymore.

If Gingrich pulls out, watch for Santorum to surge.

That Virginia result is hot! Image for a second that Obama and Dennis Kucinich had a two-man primary in Michigan and Kucinich got 40% of the vote! How many news outlets would praise Obama for his 20pt victory?

"I hate it when straight people rub our faces in it."

Huh? Wait, you're straight. WTF drugs are you on tonight?

You guys realize the Republican primary is all about selecting the candidate who will not become president in November, right? Doesn't that sort of kill your interest?

The chart is obvious.

If either Romney or Santorum shoots more water into their horse's mouth, their red bar moves faster along the track and the winner gets a prize worth between 300 and 500 points.

Imagine for a second that Obama and Dennis Kucinich had a two-man primary in Michigan...

For the love of Pete, I would then use a Nail Gun on my skull like that bald dude in "PI" !!

http://www.frontroomcinema.com/wp-conten…

I'm still surprised Santorum won two states that border Canada. It seems likely he won't carry a coastal state or a state that borders Mexico either.

Wurzelbacher/Plumber is back in the lead:

http://vote.sos.state.oh.us/pls/enrpubli…

If everyone who voted for Rick Perry in Ohio had voted for Santorum instead, Santorum may have won.

Santorum's daughter looks at him a little...TOO adoringly. She creeps me out more than Rick. And can we get a screen cap of the creepy over-smiling guy behind Mittbot during his speech?

Paul, you really think this color is "shit-brown"?

http://www.colourlovers.com/color/B96155…

Really I think the important number is delegates and the best way to break it down is Romney vs. ~Romney.

Before today, I believe ~Romney had 180+ votes to Romney's 220. If the current NYT counts hold up, it's 386 to 286, Romney. So the ratio remains at about 4:3 Romney and obviously he'll win unless that can be inverted.

As far as Santorum, I don't see his message carrying West at all. I still think he stops mostly east of the Mississippi. No one talks about the big win for Romney in Arizona. Santorum did win Colorado, but Colorado is the closest thing to an east coast city the Mountain Time Zone has.

@23 Seriously.
Either Constant is color blind or he needs to reassess his diet.

That Santorum Belt runs up and down and spreads out a little at the bottom. It's a Santorum Skidmark, you ask me.

One can argue the finer points of different hues of shit brown. But the reality is that a number of news agencies are using some shade of brown to represent Santorum. Brown is becoming Santorum's color, and it is consistent, and it is not accident.

I, for one, think it's hilarious.

@27,

Agreed. I mean, from a purely aesthetic standpoint it seems obvious there's a couple different color choices they could've made that'd have been more appealing -- a simple red or yellow perhaps. And it's funny too, as I'm guessing they're not even being called out on it, as to do so would require acknowledging the basis of the complaint, which all the Republican media operatives are loathe to do. Comedy.

@6 How about for the fun of doing something crazy? Say you're a fairly moderate, non-Klansman Republican, who's sensible enough to recognize that Obama is NOT a socialist, but rather would fit into the overlap zone of Rs and Ds not that many years ago. So, you're not desperate to see him gone, and want to vote for the most entertaining R, if none of them are actually appealing: As well as being shifty, Rmoney is clearly just a hubristic egomaniac who could retire with his millions and some other hobby if he didn't have this alpha-dog jones to be elected to ever-higher office. Gingrich is just a smug, entitled, adulterous grifter, who needs to keep plugging at this to finish his streak of not working a real job since forever. Frothy Spawn-of-the-Church-Lady repels pretty much anyone who is not a foaming-mouthed Dominionist. For some, that may leave Ron Paul as the least personally repugnant, but he's also entertaining, mixing one part iconoclast (drug legalization, isolationism) with two parts kookoo for cocoa puffs (gold standard, Stormfront, states rights, etc).

Personally, I'd be happier if the libertarian iconoclasts outnumbered the Dominionists and it was Paul, not Frothy, who was giving Rmoney fits.

Possibly they knew they couldn't make it too obviously "shit" brown or they'd get called on it. This way it's at least somewhat plausibly deniable.

Romney looks like he got bitten by Charlie Sheen in that top picture.

"Wiiiiiinnnn-iiiinnnnggg!"

Test patterns are creepy.

[Ron Paul] feels like the most over-reported candidate in the 2012 election cycle so far.

Maybe. But he is notable in that a lot of (if not most of) the people voting for him will not likely turn out for any of the other three candidates. It is pretty reasonable to assume that anyone voting for Romney/Santorum/Gingrich at this stage would likely vote for any of those three in the general.

And considering that, Paul's numbers (double digits in most places) in a nearly deadlocked field are not trivial. And I suspect that is why Romney has been so magnanimous towards him lately...he's going to need those votes.

@32: I know they are, angel. Have a nice glass of warm milk and watch this.

"Gingrich says, saying that he hopes those "analysts" in New York and "Warshington" who said his campaign was dead last summer will learn something from this win."

Well I learned something: Unlimited Super PAC spending can keep vanity candidates afloat for a really long time.

@36 Good thought experiment. Outside the DC metro, I doubt VA would cotton to a Yankee carpetbagger, but he might fit NJ as the Anti-Corzine.

Living in NE doesn't really seem like it would be right for the Rmoney brand. Too fly-over-plebian. He might be willing to live in Denver and jet in regularly to give the illusion of being there, but he could also use that dodge with AZ while actually living in SoCal. Since the social circle in Cali is more high-rent, I'd bet he'd prefer that.

AZ would toughen his image more than NE, but he'd never get elected there 'cause the gun-nuts and tax-rebels wouldn't forgive him of the sin of governing MA.

Whaddya mean Romney would never visit Idaho if he wasn't running for president? Idaho is home to Sun Valley, one of the most expensive places to live. I bet he's got a house there!

Well, this website said he's got a house in Park City, so maybe no home in Sun Valley. You drive past the Sun Valley airport though and it is always chock full of private jets. http://www.celebrityhousepictures.com/mi…