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Super Tuesday now over, major media’s in the throes of anointing Trump as the Republican presidential candidate. The numbers, however, present a significantly different picture.

On a state-by-state- basis, Trump had no major wins, with his highest margin occurring in Massachusetts where he got 49% of the vote. His combined competitors, though, got 51% in that state.

In Alabama Trump got 43% of the vote, the other four 57%. Alaska was won by Cruz, Trump getting 34% of the tally, while the rest of the field gained 66%. And the list goes on. Arkansas Trump 33%, the rest 66%, Georgia, Trump 39% the rest 61%. Minnesota was won by Rubio with Trump’s count only 21% and the others, 79%. Cruz won Oklahoma with Trump at 28% and the field wining 72%. Tennessee, Trump 39%, the rest 61%, In Texas Cruz wins again, with Trump at 27% and the others at 73%, Vermont, Trump 33%, others 67% and Virginia, Trump 35% and the rest a significant 65%.

Across all 12 states, he won about 36 percent of the vote, which is where he was in New Hampshire — and 10 points below the Nevada caucuses he won last week.

So, if these results are some kind of huge victory for Trump, either there's some other method of gauging voter’s wishes used by the media or someone will have to explain what I’m missing. Because the only thing that the results clearly indicate is, most voters (64% yesterday) don’t want Trump and there are too many other candidates still in the race. 

Even the delegate count was no great landslide endorsement by any means either. Trump gained 285, while the rest of the field amassed 281. A virtual tie.

As far as the media’s concerned, the bias in the press was clearly expressed by Amie Parnes @thehill.com, who wrote about Bill Clinton’s wife, as follows:

“Many Republicans, at least, think she could destroy Trump. 

“If it’s a Clinton-Trump campaign, she’s going to win and win handily,” said Tony Fratto, who served as a spokesman to former President George W. Bush. “She needs to come out swinging and aggressive. She needs to get out quickly and define him, attacking him early and often and never letting up.” 

And then Ms Hill wrote one of the most revealing paragraphs seen in a very long time: ”With Trump and Clinton both largely unfavorable among voters, Republican strategist Kevin Madden, who served as an adviser on the Romney campaign in 2012, quipped that the campaign could be “a race to the bottom to see who hits the bottom first.” 

So, that’s where the nation is today. Two unpopular weasels vying for the most important job on the planet, affecting the lives of hundreds of millions of people. And a major media supporting both. One reason being that they feel certain that he can’t win, and another because the ideology of the left doesn’t care who represents them, so long as their every need is taken care of by government. And their best bet at this point is a candidate whose only achievement in life is marrying a former POTUS. 

In another display of media bias, an article by Tom Dart in Laredo, Texas @theguardian.com, is headlined: “Trump dominates in Texas border town where proposed wall would be built”

The text says: “A candidate who has described Mexicans as rapists and criminals and whose core immigration plan is to make Mexico pay for a giant wall ought not to prosper on the southern border. Yet Donald Trump was embraced on Tuesday by voters in America’s most Hispanic city. 

“Trump won almost 35% of the Republican primary vote in Webb County, where Laredo is the county seat, comfortably ahead of Marco Rubio (28.4%) and Ted Cruz (28.2%), the Hispanic senator from Texas who finished first in the state overall.” 

So here again, a misleading premise is foisted on the public. Especially those who glance only at headlines. Because, not only isn’t 35% of the count “dominating,” it isn’t even impressive. And, as shown above regarding the other races, the same statistical problem for other candidates repeats itself. Because with Cruz at 28.4% and Rubio at 28.2 , together they’ve attained 56.6%. Far and away surpassing Trump again.  

The summation of the anointment of Trump in the media is remindful of a similar occurrence, taking place 68 years ago, as posted in Wikipedia.   

"Dewey Defeats Truman" was an incorrect banner headline on the front page of the Chicago Daily Tribune on November 3, 1948, the day after incumbent United States President Harry S. Truman won an upset victory over Republican challenger and Governor of New York Thomas E. Dewey in the 1948 presidential election. It was famously held up by Truman at a public appearance following his successful election, smiling triumphantly at the error.” 

Which is a reminder that it’s always wise to wait until all the votes are in before declaring a winner. No matter how much you want to support your favorite. 

Bringing us to today’s update on Bill Clinton’s wife.

When all is said and done, aside from primary election results, the most important vote regarding Bill’s wife rests with FBI Director James Comey. According to Harper Neidig @thehill.com, the director “told Congress on Tuesday that he is closely involved in the agency's investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while she was secretary of State.”

Representative Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) said, "This is a matter of considerable import. Is there anything that you can tell us as to when this matter might be wrapped up one way or the other?”  

"I can't, congressman, as you know we don't talk about our investigations," Comey responded. "What I can assure you is that I am very close personally to that investigation to ensure that we have the resources we need, including people and technology, and that it's done the way the FBI tries to do all of it's work: independently, competently and promptly. That's our goal, and I'm confident that it's being done that way, but I can't give you any more details beyond that." 

Therefore, with the investigation still going on, it’s anyone’s bet as to what the outcome will be. Although rumors abound that should the White House attempt to suppress an indictment of Bill’s wife, Comey and others are prepared to resign from the bureau. And if that happens, it will surely set off a huge, damaging controversy in Congress. 

Bringing up the ongoing question: Joe Biden, Mayor Bloomberg, Jerry Brown, and Starbuck’s chairman and CEO, Howard Schultz, are you guys reading this?     

That’s it for today folks.   

Adios