Supporters carry signs for Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum as he speaks during a Tea Party rally in Columbus, Ohio.
(Jay LaPrete/Getty)
Voters in 10 states weigh in on the Republican presidential line-up today in Super Tuesday primary elections and caucuses around the country. Four hundred and thirty-seven delegates are up for grabs -- but also at stake is the momentum of the campaign. Who is out there voting today? Is the Republican primary voter demographic in Idaho and Alaska the same as in Tennessee and Georgia? And who are they voting for?
Todd Zwillich is The Takeaway's Washington correspondent. Anna Sale is a reporter for It’s a Free Country.
Comments [43]
I'd have to say, "Stuck in the Middle With You".
Judy Collins, "Send In the Clowns"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5os4NFeKFFs
"Don't bother, they're here."
As a Democrat I couldn't be happier than to see the Republicans fielding such a field of bumbling fools to oppose what should have been a vulnerable Democratic president.
The song that best describes this GOP primary season is done by Judy Collins:
"Bring In The Clowns"
Terry S. Taylor's "Dum Da Dum Doi Doi"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgfzWLP2pPE
Or perhaps "Everybody Way Oh!" from the same artist:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnvN_acWq8k
Gypsies, tramps and thieves
We'd hear it from the people of the town, they'd call us
Gypsies, tramps and thieves
But every night all the men would come around
And lay their money down.
Someday my prince will come, by Disney
"Ship of Fools" by World Party; a versatile song that could be used for the Republican candidates or, better yet, all of Congress!
Gotta be "Saviour Machine," by David Bowie
ps. Tongue firmly planted in cheek
"The Never Ending Story" by Limahl...
Or, if Romney had clinched the nomination with more wins last night, "Mr. Robato" by Styx
My suggestion for a song is by the Rolling Stones. RIBY TUESDAY
The song, "Smiling Faces."
The Republican primary song? "Who let the dogs out?"
Electioneering by Radiohead
Whipping Post by The Band
R.E.M - It’s the End of the World
Katy Perry- Hot n’ Cold
Godzilla, Blue Oyster Cult. "history shows again and again how nature points out the folly of man."
Stuck in the Middle with You. No question.
The best song to describe this election is Tool's "Ænema", because its a three ring circus sideshow of freaks.
3 Choices
Helter Skelter - The Beatles.
Won't get Fooled Again - The Who
Monster/America - Steppenwolf
It's the End of the World As We Know It...R.E.M.
"The Song That Never Ends." Yes, from "Lamb Chop". Repeat ad infinitum to truly capture the primary spirt.
How about the Social Distortion version of Ring of Fire...let
them burn themselves up.
The song I think best depicts the GOP primary is Crosby, Stills and Nash, and Young " Love the One You're With."
For newt: man on the moon, REM.
Bob Dylan. It ain't me babe. No no no it ain't me babe. It ain't me ur looking for, babe.
How about Step Right Up from Tom Waits: "the large print giveth, the small print taketh away" Tom Waits. I think whoever is the nominee will end up promising much and rescinding later. As usual.
NOFX - The Idiots Are Taking Over
How about "Breaking the Yearlings" from Shearwater's new album Animal Joy?
"And you're not watching the road
Or watching the flood stage rise
We are yearlings
Not watching the tide run out
Till what the daylight hides
Is known"
And given the sort of election it's been and is shaping to be, here's another Cohen song: "Get ready for the future, brother, it is MURDER."
Song: "Send in the Clowns"
Really. I mean , really.
"Creep" by Radio Head.
With deepest apologies to the original meaning of the song, " Four Dead in Ohio " best sums up the Grand Oil Party and their Super Tuesday primary.
I nominate Alan Parsons Project (I don't care what you do) I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You for this **negative** campaign!
I nominate
"F**k the World Off"
By The Kooks
The song that keeps going thru my head during this primary season is the Banana Splits song....
Two banana, four banana, one banana, three
Swingin' like a bunch on monkeys, hangin' from a tree.
Hey there, ev'rybody, won't you come along and see
How much like Banana Splits ev'ryone can be
"No More Words" by Berlin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vlzurbzz7vE
Lyrics
No More Words
You're talking and it all sounds fair
You promise your love, how much you care
I'm still listening and still unsure
Your actions are lacking, nothing is clear
No more words
You're telling me you love me while you're looking away
No more words, no more words
And no more promises of love
Remember when the words were new
They carried a meaning, a feeling so true
I'm looking for a long romance
Not a picture of passion or one time chance
Don't fool your self
Your empty passion won't satisfy me
I know, so don't pretend that you want me
You don't want me
We make love and it's all the same
Your eyes show nothing, no lover's flame
Don't promise we can work it out
You can leave right now if you're feeling doubt
I would nominate "Nowhere Man," by The Beatles.
U2-"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
The song that represents the Republican Primary Campaign is the '60s song, "You Talk Too Much, You Worry Me to Death..." (!)
James Keelaghan- 'House of Cards and a Pack of Lies' (also a great commentary on the financial crisis)
Jimi Hendrix - Love or Confusion
"Eve of Destruction" is my choice for the song.
Hands down...
Fugazi...
Waiting Room...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTWSSCYUD4E&feature=related
"I am a patient boy... I wait, I wait, I wait... My time is like water down a drain..."
Talking Heads "There's a Circus Coming to Town"
As a life time republican who gets 100% of my information on line, honestly I haven't heard a single campaign ad once this primary season. And because of this I have experienced an ad free primary season andvactually learned the republican party hasn't a single candidate worth the gasoline to drive to the polling station. A very sorry day for the party of Abe Lincoln.
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