The New Yorker's Andy Borowitz unleashes his satirical tongue after Jeb's departure from the Presidential race...
Baghdad - Thousands of Iraqis poured out into the streets to celebrate in the early hours of Sunday morning, as the threat of a third Bush Presidency was declared over at last.
Trump won South Carolina, and was actually running a little bit ahead of his position in the polling average after almost all of votes had been tallied. With 94% of the vote counted, Trump almost had 33%. Cruz and Rubio were jostling for second place, but they are so close to each other that either of them can present the result as a tie. Being passed by Rubio isn’t good for Cruz, but Cruz can take some consolation from the fact that Rubio trails him in almost every contest over the next two weeks. Kasich and Bush did worse than I thought they would, and tied each other at around 8%.
With yet another resounding defat under his belt, Jeb Bush has announced his decision to "suspend" his campaign for the Republican Presidentoal nomination.
As The New York Times reports,
Jeb Bush suspended his presidential campaign on Saturday, ending a quest for the White House that started with a war chest of $100 million, a famous name and a promise of political civility, but ended with a humbling recognition: in 2016, none of it mattered.
Live coverage of the Nevada caucus and South Carolina primary
Many in the markets have seen the worrying analog of 2008 stocks to the current malaise, but for Hillary Clinton, there is a much more horrific deja vu-ness about the collapse in her 'lead' over Bernie...
Real Clear Politics compiles a running average of the polls that come in for 2016, just as it did in 2008.
As The Washington Post reports,
About five months before the New Hampshire primary (which was a month earlier in 2008), Clinton's lead was at about 15.