Nevada / South Carolina Decide

There were three contests today, so let's try and put together who won what.

In Nevada, there were caucuses for both parties. Mitt Romney won, though that's likely because only he and Ron Paul actually spent any time campaigning in the state. And there is a large Mormon population there. Whatever the reason, one more in his column.

On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton won. And she won dirty. There was of course all the race-baiting and smear campaigns against Obama... and tonight there were reports that Bill Clinton attempted to personally intimidate and sway some voters in Vegas. This truly is Rove-style campaigning and I'm disgusted to see it coming from not just a Democrat, but the former leader of the free world. Josh Marshall and Andrew Sullivan express concern.

Obama's consolation prize? Still appears to lead in delegates. But South Carolina is crucial.

Speaking of... South Carolina had their GOP primary today (the Democrats have a go at the state next Saturday). John McCain won a narrow victory over Mike Huckabee. This disappoints me because we really seem to defaulting to the two candidates from each party everyone just assumed for years would be the 2008 nominees. Can't we do better than this? (Romney still leads the R's in the delegate count, though)

MSNBC reminds me that MONSTER TUESDAY is coming in two weeks and it will be explosive.