Tweet of the day: Sharon Osbourne
Sarah Palin: “Anything is possible” regarding an open GOP convention
She’s baaaaaaack!
While voting in Alaska last night, Sarah Palin – the former half term governor – was asked whether she would consider being “drafted” for GOP presidential nominee should there be no clear victor at the end of the primary season.
Palin didn’t shut the door on that or on running in 2016.
Rick Santorum: “I’m not asking anyone to drop out”
After the ambiguity of Super Tuesday, reporters asked Rick Santorum if he felt Newt Gingrich should get out of the race for the GOP nomination, thereby making a clearer path for Santorum.
Santorum says he feels everyone should continue in the race as long as they feel that want to, and he wouldn’t ask anyone to drop out.
“I’m not saying I don’t want [Newt Gingrich] to get out. I’m all for him getting out,” he said. “I’m all for Mitt Romney getting out. I’m for everybody getting out. I wish President Obama would just hand me the whole thing. But that’s just not going to happen. The idea is let folks decide, you know, what they think is best–what’s best for getting a conservative, someone who’s going to put this country on the right track, elected to president.”
Stuart Roy, an adviser who works for Red, White, and Blue Fund, the pro-Santorum super PAC, said Wednesday that “based on his electoral performance last night and his out-of-step record, it’s time for Gingrich to exit the Republican nominating process.” He added that Gingrich’s “campaign is an obvious non-starter.”
Apple announces new iPad
Apple has today announced its new third-generation iPad, which comes packing a new high-resolution Retina display. “Until you see it you can’t understand how amazing it is”, said CEO Tim Cook.
The new iPad is priced at $499 for 16GB, $599 for 32GB, $699 for 64GB. And $629, $729, and $829 for 4G. It will be available on March 16th in the US.
The new high-resolution display runs at 2048×1536 at a pixel density of 264PPI.
The new iPad maintains the current 10 hour battery life with 9 hours on 4G.
There is also a brand new feature in the iPad, an iSight camera on the front and a new rear camera that runs at 5MP. This allows the new iPad to record HD movies at 1080P.
Crunch the numbers: Romney does well with wealthy, not so much with working class
The Washington Post reported this morning that in both Michigan and Ohio, “voters making more than $100,000 per year turn[ed] out in much higher numbers this year than they did in 2008″:
In 2008, 22 percent of GOP primary voters in Michigan made at least $100,000, and that group made up 21 percent of the electorate in Ohio, according to exit polls. This year, 33 percent of voters in Michigan made that much money, while 30 percent of Ohio voters did. In both cases, the number of wealthy voters grew by about 50 percent — a pretty stunning increase in that demographic over just a four-year span.
In both states, Romney won among those making more than $100,000 by 14 points, even though he lost among all other income demographics.
A ThinkProgress analysis of exit/entrance polls from the 14 states that have conducted them shows that Romney consistently does best among those earning more than $100,000 or $200,000 a year, while more often than not losing among middle- and working-class voters.
The only states where this wasn’t true were Massachusetts, his home state where he served as governor, and Virginia, where Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich weren’t even on the ballot.
Read more at ThinkProgress.com
Los Angeles Mayor: Democratic platform should include marriage equality
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, the chair of the 2012 Democratic National Convention, expressed his support for a marriage equality plank in the party platform in an interview with Politico.
Said Villaraigosa: “I do, I think it’s basic to who we are. I believe in family values and I believe that we all ought to be able to have a family and marry if you want to. I don’t think the government should be in that business of denying people the fundamental right to marry.”
At least 18 senators have expressed support for adding marriage equality to the platform. Freedom to Marry launched a campaign to that end last month.
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Kylie Minogue: Mardi Gras and Marriage Equality
During her appearance at Australia’s Mardi Gras, Kylie Minogue expressed her opposition to Australia’s ban on same-sex marriage, saying “Of course I believe that it should be legalised. I always say, love is love is love,” according to the Herald-Sun.
In recent months, several major names from the entertainment field have expressed support for marriage equality in Australia including Hugh Jackman and Olivia Newton-John.
Mitt Romney camp: Nomination is an “impossibility” for Santorum and Gingrich
The morning after a mixed Super Tuesday victory, Romney campaign strategists made a bold new case: He’s inevitable.
“The nomination is an impossibility for Rick Santorum or Newt Gingrich,” said one aide, adding that “they would have to ben the laws of reality” to pull off a win at this stage.
Strategists noted that for Santorum to clinch the nomination, he would need to win 65 percent of the remaining delegates—so far, he’s won only 22.
For Gingrich, the path to the nomination is even steeper: he’d have to win 70 percent of remaining delegates, while he’s only won 14 percent so far.
“It’s going to take some kind of act of God to get where they need to get to the nomination,” the aide said.
Mitt Romney, on the other hand, needs to win only 48 percent of the remaining delegates—and he’s won 52 percent to date.
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Results of GOP Super Tuesday
Jessica Simpson naked and pregnant on the cover of Elle Magazine
I don’t know why, but this immediately strikes me as one more sad attempt by Jessica’s father Joe Simpson to pimp out his daughter. I don’t know why she would see the need to do this.
Just something sad and desperate about it all…