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As campaign suspensions, political fallout, and bitter recriminations rain down after the New Hampshire vote, what is the state of the race? I’ll handle the circus on the left first. Cirque du Socialisme: After the near even split of Iowa followed by Bernie Sanders’s 22-point trouncing of Hillary in New Hampshire, the red diaper pensioner should be in great shape, right? Not so fast. This being the Democratic Party, Feel the Berners have good reason to complain about rich, powerful interests gaming the system to keep them down.

Republican actual Delegate Count (Not inflated by propaganda or “Super Delegates” or Republican establishment wishes) After Iowa: Santorum: 14 Romney: 12 Gingrich: 0 Paul: 0 After New Hampshire: Santorum: 14 Romney: 19 Gingrich: 0 Paul: 3 After South Carolina: Santorum: 14 Romney: 21 Gingrich: 23 Paul: 3 After Florida: Santorum: 14 Romney: 71 Gingrich: 23 Paul: 3 After Nevada: Santorum: 16 Romney: 81 Gingrich: 27 Paul: 6 My Count differs from the Wall Street Journal because I take only the actual delegates earned in the contests that have occurred so far. My point in this is if you are counting...

(CNN)— An increasingly firm Howard Dean told CNN again Thursday that he needs superdelegates to say who they’re for – and “I need them to say who they’re for starting now.” “We cannot give up two or three months of active campaigning and healing time,” the Democratic National Committee Chairman told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. “We’ve got to know who our nominee is.” After facing criticism for a mostly hands-off leadership style during much of the primary season, Dean has been steadily raising the rhetorical pressure on superdelegates. He said Thursday that roughly 65 percent of them have made their preference...