With 24 state primary elections lined up on Feb. 5, more than 40% of each party's delegates will be chosen on this date — the earliest allowed without special exception. California and New York have the most delegates at stake.http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorWed, 03 Dec 2008 22:26:43 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41737/campaign-buzzwords-well-be-happy-to-discard.html?refid=rss_all_defaultIt's an inevitability of any election season: Some phrases will get bandied around so much that the hapless American, simply trying to do his civic duty by paying attention, will be crushed under the sheer weight of political verbiage. The Red Eye lists the worst offenders: Change: As in, change the channel now. Hockey mom: We're not in Alaska any more. Joe the Plumber: He's not a licensed plumber, not named Joe.http://www.newser.com/story/41737/campaign-buzzwords-well-be-happy-to-discard.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 04 Nov 2008 15:26:09 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/19086/hillary-declared-winner-in-new-mexico.html?refid=rss_all_defaultHillary Clinton is the victor in New Mexico’s caucus, the state's Democratic party revealed today—nine days after the Super Tuesday vote was deemed too close to call. Clinton adds a single delegate to her overall count from the previous estimate, the AP reports. The final tally from the Land of Enchantment yields 14 delegates to Clinton, 12 to Barack Obama.http://www.newser.com/story/19086/hillary-declared-winner-in-new-mexico.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 14 Feb 2008 16:27:18 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/18449/mexican-prez-predicts-friendlier-us.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMexican President Felipe Calderon expects the next US administration to bring a “broader and more comprehensive view” to immigration, providing immigrants a path to legalization, he told the Los Angeles Times . For Calderon, Super Tuesday was heartening. “The most radical and anti-immigrant candidates have been left behind,” he said. They’ve been “put in their place by their own electorate.”http://www.newser.com/story/18449/mexican-prez-predicts-friendlier-us.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 07 Feb 2008 19:07:17 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/18452/romney-ends-white-house-bid.html?refid=rss_all_defaultIn the wake of his poor Super Tuesday showing, Mitt Romney ended his presidential campaign this afternoon, CNN reports. In a rousing address at a conservative conference today, the former Massachusetts governor said, “If this were only about me, I’d go on”—but that his presence in the race was preventing a Republican nominee from taking his candidacy national.http://www.newser.com/story/18452/romney-ends-white-house-bid.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 07 Feb 2008 11:23:14 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/18338/contests-underscore-hard-to-heal-divisions.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSuper Tuesday results highlighted the deep divides between voters on both the Democratic and Republican sides, Politico points out. Race and gender divided Dems, while the GOP is clearly splitting into hard-line conservatives versus the rest of the party. White women and Latinos went for Clinton, while white men and African Americans widely favored Obama.http://www.newser.com/story/18338/contests-underscore-hard-to-heal-divisions.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 06 Feb 2008 3:08:20 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/18358/pundits-mull-dems-race-the-day-after.html?refid=rss_all_defaultDemocrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are deadlocked after yesterday's nearly national vote. Here are four takes on their race: Upcoming votes favor Obama heavily, Noam Scheiber argues. Primaries in black-heavy Louisiana, Virginia, Maryland and DC—and several caucuses—should break for him. Clinton has a March 4 firewall in Texas and Ohio, but Obama has time to contest those.http://www.newser.com/story/18358/pundits-mull-dems-race-the-day-after.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 06 Feb 2008 12:04:26 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/18359/four-takes-on-the-gops-night.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWith the big day behind us, four writers look to where Super Tuesday results leave the GOP: John McCain “had an impressive night,” says Jim Hood in National Review , but still lost in many states among Republicans—and had terrible conservatives stats. He’s no good for November unless he can “motivate disgruntled and distrustful Republican activists.”http://www.newser.com/story/18359/four-takes-on-the-gops-night.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 06 Feb 2008 10:45:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/18351/cautious-tv-wins-super-tuesday.html?refid=rss_all_defaultIt was a chastened, circumspect TV news machine that creaked into action last night, the New York Times reports. After trusting ultimately incorrect polls in New Hampshire, pundits seemed terrified of making bold calls—a strategy that worked out, since the primary bonanza settled nothing. The biggest gaffe came from the AP, which erroneously called Missouri for Hillary Clinton.http://www.newser.com/story/18351/cautious-tv-wins-super-tuesday.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 06 Feb 2008 9:09:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/18337/obama-claims-super-tuesday-delegate-win.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWith delegate allocations still incomplete after last night's voting, Barack Obama claims to have taken a lead over Hillary Clinton in Super Tuesday delegates. Counts vary, but they all show the two candidates virtually tied. NBC gives Obama about 840 to Clinton's 830—“give or take a few,” Tim Russert said on the Today show this morning, Politico reports. NBC has the running totals for the two Democrats only about 70 delegates apart, Russert said.http://www.newser.com/story/18337/obama-claims-super-tuesday-delegate-win.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 06 Feb 2008 5:35:47 CST