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Entries from Austinist tagged with 'supertuesday'

February 13, 2008

At least it has a cool roofUPDATE: The Statesman has just released information from Hector Nieto of the Texas Democratic Party that attendance to the Feb. 21 Barack Obama/Hillary Clinton debate will be by invitation only. Well, while we were all was guessing The LBJ Library, Hogg Auditorium or The Frank Erwin Center, UT has announced that the February 21 Democratic Debate will officially be held at The Recreation Sports Center. Yes, this no name......

Continue Reading "UT Rec Center to Host Obama-Clinton Showdown"

February 11, 2008

Photograph of Michael Strahan, coach Tom Coughin (holding the Vince Lombardi trophy) and quarterback and Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning by Tien Mao Gothamist was amazed after the Giants won the Super Bowl, the city went wild, and it witnessed a ticker-tape parade.Barack Obama drew 20,000+ ahead of Seattle’s Saturday caucus.Londonist had Super Tuesday too.Elusive guerrilla street artist Banksy revisits Los Angeles.After the Patriots lost the Super Bowl and came this close to making......

Continue Reading "Week Around the -ists"

February 6, 2008

Super Tuesday's results mean our state's primary actually has an impact on the Presidential nomination this year. Anyone remember the last time that happened? SxSW founder on unofficial SxSW parties: "Knowing that our continued existence is far from guaranteed makes us willing to fight (when we can) what we see as damaging to SXSW." Name of boy who died at Austin charter school has been released by his family; Tevin Park-Flowers was seven-years-old when he died on Friday. Update on a fall post: Parents who left their babies in the car while they enjoyed margaritas in Hutto have been sentenced to one year in jail....

Continue Reading "Extra Extra: Your Vote Matters"

February 6, 2008

While the nation recovers from Super Tuesday, the University of Texas is gearing up for Super Wednesday, better known as National Signing Day....

Continue Reading "Longhorns Hope National Signing Day is Super Wednesday"

February 5, 2008

From KSAT: More than 1,000 calls poured into the Bexar County Elections Department on Monday from voters wanting to know where they could vote in Tuesday's primary. Problem is -- Texas isn't holding a primary on Tuesday, like more than 20 states are. "The voters think they're actually going to the polls (Tuesday) because it's Super Tuesday," said Bexar County Elections Commissioner Jacque Callanen. "It's all over the national media and the local media that......

Continue Reading "Note: "Giga Tuesday", "Tsunami Tuesday", "Tuesday of Destiny" Not For Us"

February 5, 2008

Tonight's massive Super Tuesday election returns should make for some top notch TV watching, but there's no reason why you should spend the evening yelling at political pundits by yourself. Whether you're a hardcore democrat or republican, plenty of your like-minded brethren are getting together around town to watch the returns and collectively celebrate (or commiserate). Besides the formal meetup spots, you'll probably stand a decent chance of catching some prime time coverage at Brown Bar and the Cloak Room....

Continue Reading "Because Anderson Cooper is Hilarious When You're Soused"

February 5, 2008

Super Tuesday is the new Super Bowl; New York Times continues its mastery of the obvious. Oh, Obama. Bringing the Dead out of the grave. Is there anything you can't do? Move over, Zeus - archaeologists have found evidence of a pre-Jove deity in Greece. ...

Continue Reading "News Bits: Britney-Free On Purpose"

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