Super Tuesday Shakedown - Taylor Swift weighs in, Michelle Obama won't run and Nikki Haley to drop out,

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Calaroga Shark Media, Welcome back to
ballot, where the political race is more

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unpredictable than my attempt at a sour
dough starter. This week, Super Tuesday

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went down smoother than a baby's bottom
on a slip and slide, And folks,

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it was a wild ride picture this
candidates sprinting towards the finish line like

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its Black Friday, and the presidency
is the last discounted big screen TV.

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And just when you thought politics couldn't
get more thrilling, we've got enough plot

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twists to make a telenovella writer blush. Buckle up, because we're diving into

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the Super Tuesday circus where the elephants, donkeys, and yes, even the

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clowns came out to play. Taylor
Swift, with her galaxy of fans stretching

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far and wide, took to Instagram
on Super Tuesday to rally her troops not

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for a concert, but for democracy. The era's tour headliner, currently riding

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the wave as the planet's top ticket
tour amassing over a billion dollars in sales,

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didn't play favorites with the candidates.
Instead, she chose to be the

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champion of the vote, guiding her
colossal two hundred and eighty two million followers

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towards crafting their voting battle plan with
a swipe up to vote dot org.

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Taylor's message was crystal clear, shining
bright in white text against the dark void

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of an Instagram story backdrop. I
wanted to remind you guys to vote the

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people who most represent you into power, she penned, steering clear of endorsements

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but full throttle on empowerment. Stephen
Colbert joked. In a recent poll,

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almost fifty percent of respondents said they
believe it is likely Democrats will replace Biden

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with another candidate before the election.
No, no, they won't. It's

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Trump versus Biden. Stop making up
election fan thick. But the President is

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not out there fighting alone. Oh
no, he is backed by Joe Biden

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and super fans, many of them
older and most of them women. That's

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right. Taylor's got the Swifties,
Beyonce's got the Bayhive, but Joe's got

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the early Bird Special. Now there's
one thing that could still drive voter turnout,

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and that's the Taylor Swift told her
two hundred and eighty two million Instagram

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followers to vote in Super Tuesday's primaries, but refrain from endorsing any specific candidates

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or political party. We haven't seen
a celebrity take a stance this boldly neutral

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since Rob Lowe went to an NFL
game with a hat that said NFL.

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Seth Meyers said, today was Super
Tuesday, where sixteen states in one territory

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got together and held an intervention for
Nicki Haley. As we record on Wednesday

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morning, Nicki Hayley, once the
shining star of South Carolina politics and the

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Republican Party's beacon of hope, is
reportedly hanging up her presidential campaign boots.

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Word on the street is that she's
planning a grand exit this Wednesday in Charleston,

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right in the heart of South Carolina, following her not so super Super

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Tuesday show. The Grapevine has it, thanks to some chatty sources who prefer

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to stay in the shadows, that
Haley isn't exactly ready to pass the baton

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to Trump just yet. Instead,
she's going to play hard to get,

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telling Trump he's got to whine and
dine figuratively. Of course, it's a

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bit of a political it's not me, it's you situation. She's hinting she

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might just might root for Trump when
November rolls around, but for now,

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she's keeping her options open and her
poker face on. In an exclusive chin

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wag with Fox News Digital, former
President Donald Trump gloated about his Super Tuesday

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victories like a kid who just won
every game at the arcade, declaring it

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was a great evening and proclaiming his
grand honor of leading not just the Grand

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Old Party, but the entire USA
back to its glory days. By the

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witching hour of nine forty five pmet
Trump had already pocketed wins in an impressive

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lineup of states. Think of it
as his political bingo, racking up Virginia,

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North Carolina, Tennessee, and a
handful more, proving he's still the

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heavyweight champ of the GOP ring.
On the other side of the election night

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excitement, Nicky Haley bagged Vermont,
marking her second victory lap of the twenty

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twenty four cycle. Talk about a
plot twist, but Trump's camp was as

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cool as a cucumber, unphazed and
confident, declaring Trump the undisputed king of

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Super Tuesday. They even went as
far as saying President Trump dominated Super Tuesday

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in convincing fashion in ways that have
never been done, because in Trump's world,

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every day is a day for breaking
records, or at least that's the

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narrative. While the Fox News decision
desk was still biting their nails over race

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calls in Utah and waiting for Alaska
to close shop, Trump's victory train had

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already made pit stops in Iowa,
New Hampshire, and a host of other

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states, spreading his make America Great
Again gospel. But wait, there's more.

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At his Super Tuesday victory party at
mar A Lago, Trump couldn't resist

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taking a jab at President Biden,
calling him the worst president in the history

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of our country, because why pass
up an opportunity for a good roast.

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He painted a grim picture of the
nation under Biden's watch, lamenting over the

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crisis at the southern border and probably
wondering why everyone can't just get along under

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his rule. In a surprising twist
of presidential compassion, Trump professed his dedication

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to unify this country and unify this
party, because nothing says unity like a

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Trump rally. With a straight face, he promised, we have a great

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Republican party with tremendous talent, and
we want to have unity and We're going

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to have unity and going to happen
very quickly. Because if there's one thing

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Trump knows, it's how to bring
people together. Just ask Twitter. The

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Washington Post came right out and said
it, writing, many Americans wish this

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were not the choice ahead. Some
continue to imagine a race without one or

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the other or both at the top
of their party's ticket. Scenarios about an

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open Democratic convention or Trump somehow being
disqualified flicker around the edges of the campaign.

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On Tuesday, as an example,
the office of Michelle Obama declared that

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she will not be a candidate for
president this year, putting to rest a

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far right notion that has rumbled for
months. Congratulations to Jason Palmer for his

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stunning upset of Joe Biden. In
a surprising turn of events, Jason Palmer,

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a presidential candidate far from the spotlight, orchestrated a series of engaging activities

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in American Samoa over the last few
weeks. His campaign scheduled a variety of

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events, including a virtual town hall
meeting and a day dedicated to cleaning up

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the beach. This strategic outreach bore
fruit on Tuesday, when Palmer clinched victory

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in the territory's Democratic caucus, marking
an unexpected defeat for President Biden amidst his

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otherwise dominant performance across other Super Tuesday
states. Mario Arius, Palmer's campaign manager,

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shared with The Washington Post, from
what I'm gathering from the community there,

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they just wanted to be heard,
reflecting on the campaign's effective strategy in

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connecting with the local populace. According
to the Associated Press, Palmer secured fifty

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one votes against Biden's forty. There
was a moment of fluctuation in delegate allocation

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when initially the AP awarded Palmer four
delegates compared to Biden's two. This count

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was subsequently adjusted, evening out the
delegates at three each for both candidates.

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American Samoa, a small island territory
in the South Pacific Ocean with a population

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of around forty five thousand, has
shown a tendency to favor underdog candidates.

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Notably, Biden also faced a defeat
in this region during the twenty twenty primary,

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where Mike Bloomberg, the former mayor
of New York, achieved his sole

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campaign victory. In the latest twist
in the California Senate race, it seems

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the ballot box turned into a bit
of a baseball diamond. Adam Schiff the

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Seas he's a political player from Team
Democrat, and Steve Garvey, the Republican

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rookie who swapped his baseball mit for
a ballot bid, have emerged as the

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top two contenders, leaving Katie Porter
and Barbara Lee in the dust. Garvey,

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known for his glory days with the
Los Angeles Dodgers, couldn't help but

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bring a bit of the old ballpark
charm to his election night bash in Palm

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Desert. He gave his supporters a
taste of the field by tossing a baseball

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around, probably hoping it would land
him a home run in this political league.

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Feeling the energy tonight, that's the
rush of a walk off Homer,

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declared Garvey at a spry seventy five. Stepping up to the political plate for

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the first time, he wasn't shy
about riding the baseball metaphors hard and fast.

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Consider this the opener in our double
header, he told the crowd,

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hinting at the November showdown, was
shift mark November fifth on your calendars.

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We're going for another win celebration,
and that's a wrap on this week's episode

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of Ballot, where Super Tuesday left
us with more drama than my aunt Linda's

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third wedding. Remember, in the
world of politics, every day is Super

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Tuesday if you're optimistic enough or just
have a really bad sense of time.

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So keep your eyes peeled, your
ballot's ready, and your snack stocked because

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this political roller coaster has more loops
than my grandma's knitting. Until next time,

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keep laughing, keep voting, and
for goodness sake, keep your cats

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away from the remote during the debates. I'll be back Friday to talk about

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the state of the Union.