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MACON, GA - MAY 13: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is the keynote speaker during the Georgia Republican Party Victory Dinner on May 13, 2011 in Macon, Georgia. Gingrich announced Wednesday his candidacy to run for the Republican Presidental nomination in 2012. (Photo by Jessica McGowan/Getty Images)

Super PACs are Super Enablers

But, because of the support of his Super PAC, Gingrich is upsetting the natural course of primary politics by staying in a race that he cannot win, nor influence.

2012/03/06

Rick Santorum, left, and Mitt Romney, right (credit: CBS)

But if you are looking for a guide on what Super Tuesday might mean in the big scheme of things, I think the best guide is to look at the previous races. Not at the results of the past races, per se, but at what the experts were saying about what those results would mean.

2012/03/05

Mitt Romney speaks on Feb. 7, 2012, on the Auraria campus in Denver. (credit: CBS)

Michigan Proves to be No Scare

Michigan was a special case though. Michigan was not only supposed to be far easier for Mitt Romney, but it served as a potential turning point in the overall campaign. It was the first race where the general tenor was that if Romney lost, he would potentially lose the status of frontrunner.

2012/02/28

An image from the fundraiser on Saturday (credit: CBS)

Colorado Democrats Start Thinking Strategy

Democrats are still trying to put together a national strategy for 2012. They are just starting to raise money for the election.

2012/02/12

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney holds a campaign rally at RV America in Loveland, Colorado, Feb. 7, 2012. (credit: EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)

Primary Differences: Dems 2008 vs GOP 2012

The 2008 Democratic primary was indeed contentious and it opened a great divide within the Democratic Party. However, the divide was over personality, not over the heart of the party. It was also over candidates and not where the party was headed philosophically. The 2012 GOP primary is divided and contentious as well, but for the exact opposite reasons.

2012/02/09