Despite having dominated his opponents among voters making $100,000 or more, the consensus (excluding Matt Drudge) is that Mitt Romney failed to land a knockout punch on "Super Tuesday."
In fact, Rick Santorum's victories in Tennessee, Oklahoma and North Dakota put him one act of God away from securing the nomination.
Meanwhile, Newt Gingrich's impressive win in his home state of Georgia imbued the former House Speaker with a new bounce in his step.
And last, but certainly not least (unless you're talking about the delegate count), Ron Paul picked up a few silver and bronze medals, which provided enough working capital to finance his continued pursuit of gold.
All in all, it looks like Republicans are no closer to accepting their fate than they were on Monday.
Morning lineup
Meet the Press: Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA); Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D); Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R); Roundtable: Rev. Al Sharpton, Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), E.J. Dionne (Washington Post) and Peggy Noonan (Wall Street Journal).
Face the Nation: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA); Former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs; Roundtable: John Dickerson (CBS News) and Norah O'Donnell (CBS News).
This Week: Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY); Sen. Lindsey Graham(R-SC); Roundtable: Former Obama Economic Adviser Austan Goolsbee, Republican Strategist Mary Matalin, Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D) and Senior Adviser to the McCain-Palin 2008 Campaign Nicole Wallace.
Fox News Sunday: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA); Sen. John McCain (R-AZ); Roundtable: Former Mike Huckabee Campaign Manager Chip Saltsman, Liz Marlantes (Christian Science Monitor), Former White House Press Secretary Dana Perino and Former Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN).
State of the Union: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV); Dan Balz (Washington Post); Stephen Moore(Wall Street Journal); Former OMB Director Alice Rivlin; Former House Majority/Minority Leader Dick Gephardt (D-MO); Publisher Steve Forbes; Reliable Sources: "Game Change" Director Jay Roach; "Game Change" Writer/Producer Danny Strong; Radio Host Michael Medved; Radio Host Stephanie Miller; Erin McPike (Real Clear Politics); Eleanor Clift (Daily Beast/Newsweek); Ramesh Ponnuru (National Review).
The Chris Matthews Show: Howard Fineman (Huffington Post); Nia-Malika Henderson (Washington Post); Kasie Hunt (Associated Press).
Fareed Zakaria GPS: Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger; Elliot Abrams (Council on Foreign Relations); Arab Israeli Journalist Rula Jabreal; Daniel Levy (New America Foundation); Bret Stephens (Wall Street Journal).
Up with Chris Hayes: Rula Jebreal (Newsweek); Jeremy Ben-Ami (J Street); Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi (Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees); Leila Hilal (New America Foundation); Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi (The Israeli Project); Zev Chafets (Jerusalem Report).
Evening lineup:
60 Minutes will feature: an interview with Meir Dagan, the former head of Israel's intelligence service (preview); an interview with educator Sal Khan about his teaching method (preview); and, a profile of the band Aerosmith (preview).
Virtually Speaking Sundays on Blog Talk Radio will feature: Digby and Daily Kos' own Joan McCarter comparing their work of the past week to coverage from the corporate media’s Sunday morning talk shows.
On Comedy Central:
Jon Stewart expressed disappointment with the results of "Super Tuesday," which failed to resolve anything.
The Daily Show
Monday: Grover Norquist (American for Tax Reform)
Tuesday: Actor/Comedian Will Ferrell
Wednesday: Actress Rachel Weisz
Thursday: TBA
And Stephen Colbert weighed in on the contraception debate and Rush Limbaugh's non-apology apology to Sandra Fluke.
The Colbert Report
Monday: Author Katherine Boo
Tuesday: Singer/Songwriter Andrew Bird
Wednesday: Mark McKinnon (No Labels)
Thursday: Dexter Filkins (The New Yorker)
Elsewhere...
Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) found Biblical inspiration for his belief that global warming is bullshit.
"Well actually the Genesis 8:22 that I use in there is that 'as long as the earth remains there will be springtime and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, day and night.' My point is, God's still up there. The arrogance of people to think that we, human beings, would be able to change what He is doing in the climate is to me outrageous."
Meanwhile...
Sarah Palin explained to Sean Hannity that President Obama longs for the pre-Civil War days.
"And it was the Civil War that began the codification of the truth that here in America, yes we are equal, and we all have equal opportunities, not based on the color of your skin. You have equal opportunity to work hard and to succeed and to embrace the opportunities, god-given opportunities to develop resources, to work extremely hard, and to, as I say, to succeed. Now, it has taken all these years for many Americans to understand that — that gravity, that mistake took place before the Civil War, and why the Civil War, had to really start changing America.
What Barack Obama seems to want to do is go back to before those days when we were in different classes based on income, based on color of skin. Why are we allowing our country to move backwards instead of moving forward..."
And in other batshit crazy news...
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) worried that Obamacare will prevent her from taking in more foster kids. Or something.
"Women have a lot to lose under Obamacare, and I'll give you an example. If you want to go into specifics, what the government can give, the government can take away. It certainly isn't beyond the pale to think, in light of Kathleen Sebelius, the Health and Human Services Secretary — she said that it's important that we have contraceptives because that prevents pregnancy, and pregnancy is more expensive to the federal government.
Going with that logic, according to our own Health and Human Services Secretary, it isn’t far-fetched to think that the President of the United States could say, we need to save health care expenses — the federal government will only pay for one baby to be born in the hospital per family, or two babies to be born per family. That could happen. We think it couldn't?"
I give up.
- Trix