Romney Ignores Question About Trayvon Martin

Sam Youngman was on the trail for Reuters in Illinois Tuesday, where he reported Mitt Romney declined to answer a question about Trayvon Martin, whose case recently sparked an FBI investigation in Florida.

Youngman tweeted:

"Questions Romney ignored: Trayvon Martin and Ryan plan's cutting pell grants

I asked Romney abt Ryan budget plan. He answered similar to stmt. Ignored my q abt Trayvon Martin and [AP reporter] Steve Peoples q abt cutting pell."



http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/romney-ignores-question-about-trayvon-martin

RUMOR: First wave of IL exits put Romney up by 4.

Conservative Stats ? @numbernerds Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
Sunday polls had Romney up 15% on Santorum Exit pols have Romney up 4%. #


http://twitter.com/#!/numbernerds

Strong earthquake just hit Mexico

The Associated Press is reporting that a "strong" quake has hit Mexico City.

CNN's Rodrigo Javier also confirmed the earthquake, noting that CNN Mexico's newsroom has been evacuated.

Reuters reports that a 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck near Acapulco, Mexico.



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/20/mexico-earthquake-2012_n_1367682.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003

Rick Santorum calls Puerto Rico ‘a Spanish-speaking country

Rick Santorum delivered yet another gaffe about Puerto Rico on Sunday as voters there head to the polls for the Republican primary.

The former Pennsylvania senator referred to the United States commonwealth as a “Spanish-speaking country” on ABC’s “This Week.”

Although Santorum was quick to fix his mistake, it was yet another example of how the presidential wanna-be has stumbled in his efforts to gain support among the island’s Republican voters.

Santorum made the error while he was trying to explain his previous comments that Puerto Rico's residents would have to speak English as a condition of being admitted as the U.S.'s 51st state.



http://www.nydailynews.com/news/election-2012/oops-rick-santorum-calls-puerto-rico-a-spanish-speaking-country-article-1.1041757#ixzz1pVETg8pF

Even Haley Barbour couldn't vote for Romney

Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour told ABC's Jonathan Karl Sunday that he voted for Newt Gingrich last week in his state's GOP primary. He said he voted for him as a friend.

From ABC:

“I didn’t endorse anybody [before the primary],” Barbour told me. “I didn’t want to try to influence anybody’s vote, so beforehand I didn’t say who I voted for. But Newt and I have been friends a long, long time… Out of friendship, I voted for Newt.”


http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/barbour-voted-for-gingrich

TYT: Santorum Big Drinker At Penn State, Liked To Party

Police called to Missouri caucus site.

Missouri's confusing, multi-stage caucuses will have no declared winner on Saturday since they're only the first step of a long, winding process before the state will choose their final delegates. But the byzantine rules led to a confusing and embittered day for voters. According to the AP, one caucus site was ajourned without finishing its vote because police had to be called in to settle a dispute between Ron Paul supporters and other candidates' backers.

The day's proceedings add yet another chapter to a long book of caucus day disasters for state GOPs around the country this year.

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/chaos-at-missouri-gop-caucuses

Today's Missouri caucuses are a total disaster.

I'm reading through tweets about today's Republican caucuses in Missouri and it looks like a statewide clusterfuck. Here are samples of today's chaos.

stlouis4ronpaul ? @stlouis4ronpaul Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
St.Charles county #MOcaucus was shut down because their chair would not follow parliamentary procedures. Video to come.

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Hahaha!!OMG RT: @RachelHassani: Cries for recount and overthrow of chairman! Yelling across the room from all sides.

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The rules as written have PASSED by half of a vote. Seriously. 1/2 of a vote. 128.5 required to reconsider the rules. #MoCaucus

cyndeZu ? @cyndeZu Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
RT @stlouis4ronpaul: The Maryland Heights township refuses to follow Roberts Rules of Order. All motions are ignored #MOcaucus

Kris Ketz ? @KrisKetz Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
RT @JAKlindt: The winner of the clay county caucus is confusion.


http://twitter.com/#!/search/realtime/%23mocaucus

Democrats recruiting former GOP lawmaker to run in Michigan primary

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is recruiting former Rep. Joe Schwarz (R-Mich.) to run against Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.), Schwarz told The Hill on Tuesday afternoon.

“We talked and have had very pleasant conversations about it,” Schwarz said. “The DCCC is correctly looking for a candidate to run in the 7th district because there certainly would be a stark contrast between Congressman Walberg and a viable, credible Democratic candidate.”

Schwarz is likely Democrats’ best chance of beating Walberg, especially because former Rep. Mark Schauer (D-Mich.) said he won’t run in the newly redrawn Republican-leaning district. Schauer defeated Walberg in 2008, and then lost to him in a 2010 rematch.

“I do think I would be the strongest candidate to take him on,” Schwarz said.


http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/house-races/215801-dems-recruiting-former-gop-rep-to-run-in-michigan

The Road We've Traveled (Obama Documentary)