SO BITTER: Can you believe that Barack Obama said poor, bitter voters in small towns are poor and bitter? Hillary and the Republicans will not tolerate this kind of talk. We don’t mention the working poor, remember? It makes rich people uncomfortable. [Political Machine]

Every four years Democrats say they’re going to win elections by getting more young ‘uns and black people to vote, and every four years George Bush gets elected again. But this time will be different, says Barack Obama, because he is getting “folks” to register to vote and he will kick their asses if they don’t. MORE »

Still more primaries were held today in the nation’s war of attrition with voters. Who will win? Will it be The Momentum Kid or the World Class Change Agent? Are the Republicans still in this race, or have they dropped out yet? All will be revealed in just a few short hours. Stay tuned, and suffer with us!

Forget about Barry winning Connecticut or Hillary taking California in yesterday’s primary vote. The real Super Tuesday miracle story happened many millions of miles to the west, in a remote island kingdom called American Samoa. Here “ordinary American Samoans” who will not actually be able to vote in November participated in a Democratic caucus of epic proportions. Clinton took home the prize with an astonishing 163 votes. Stealth candidate Mike Gravel got a vote, though! [AP via KITV]

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A majority — 55 percent — said they are more likely to back a challenger in races on this year’s ballot. Such anti-incumbent sentiment is higher than the 48 percent recorded as “pro-challenger” in a similar survey in 1994, when the GOP took control of both houses of Congress.

Despite the sideshows of terrorism and the horrible threat of Mexican housecleaners, a solid majority of voters say they’re horrified by the economic slide, just plain bummed out about Iraq and generally angry about “something.” MORE »