Groundhog Day. When pollsters have to relive their wildest inaccurate predictions.
Donald Trump’s “inevitability” took a dent as it turned out he doesn’t always win so much. Monday’s outcome sets up an ongoing fight – at least in the short term – within the GOP primary contest, where some forecasts had shown the property mogul rolling relatively easily through the early states.
Ted Cruz finished top of the pile; but perhaps the night belongs to Marco Rubio, who may have effectively made it a three-person race.
And the field got a little smaller as Mike Huckabee – who had been running despite already having a Fox News show – called it a day.
On the Democratic side, it came down to a coin toss in some precincts as Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders were locked in a virtual tie.
Both sides, naturally, claimed victory, perhaps one more credibly than the other.
And it’s now a two-person race heading to New Hampshire, with Martin O’Malley dropping out.
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Finally, in case you think election news travels too fast…
The Overnight Note 