It’s the Super Tuesday Super Blog!

Super Tuesday turned out to be pretty super for Hillary Clinton, who won seven states and American Samoa, and Donald Trump, who took seven states of his own. But those headlines don’t cover some of the real import of the day, including Marco Rubio notching his first win, Ted Cruz gaining ground with three state wins and a few other delightful Super Tuesday Super Blog Quick Hits:

• Feeling the Bern: Bernie Sanders may not have won as many states as Clinton (he took his home state, Vermont, as well as Minnesota, Oklahoma, and Colorado) but he did win. In fact, he won four of the five states he said before Super Tuesday that he expected to do well in. He only fell short in Massachusetts, where his 50 percent-49 percent loss to Clinton was also in line with his prediction that he’d “do really well” in the Bay State.

Yes, Clinton is well ahead in delegates. Yes, Clinton beats Sanders in states with larger minority populations. Yes, Clinton has a far easier path to clinching the nomination than does Sanders. But if Super Tuesday showed anything, it showed that the race is not quite over yet, and Sanders’ political revolution is far from dead.

• Rubio wins one: Trump is fond of ribbing the guy he calls “little Marco” for having failed to win a single state. No longer! Rubio won a decisive victory in Minnesota with 37 percent of the vote, forcing Trump (at 21 percent) to take third place (behind Cruz, who earned 29 percent). Who’s “little Marco” now, huh?

Of course, it’s just one state. Of course, it’s the one state that didn’t go for Ronald Reagan back in 1984 (thank you favorite son Walter Mondale!). And the real test will come March 15, in the Florida Republican primary, where Rubio will battle to win his home state against Trump. It was no secret why Trump’s Super Tuesday victory speech was given from Florida, or why Trump promised to spend lots of time in Florida over the next couple weeks. He wants the Sunshine State for himself, and denying Rubio a victory there would likely end the young senator’s campaign.

Speaking of March 15, it seems Ohio Gov. John Kasich (whose only double-digit vote totals on Super Tuesday were in liberal Vermont and Massachusetts) is going to limp along to his own state’s primary, in the belief that a strong performance there will keep him alive in the race. But really, winning your home state has got to be the lowest bar in politics. People still mock Al Gore for failing to win Tennessee in 2000, for example. It’s like coming to the poker game with the minimum buy-in — that gets you to the table, but you’ve got to play from there. And so far, Kasich (who has not won a single state) is not playing well.

• Also, why is Dr. Ben Carson still in the race? The poor guy only broke double digits in two states (Alabama and Alaska) on Super Tuesday. Best theory: He was so offended at Cruz’s insinuation that he was getting out of the race in Iowa that he’s staying in out of spite. Also, it helps to sell books once the inevitable comes.

• Speaking of Cruz, his wins in Alaska and Oklahoma (added to his win in Iowa), keep him alive. (Yes, he won Texas, but remember, that’s literally the least a candidate can do.) You can safely bet he’s trying to convince his fellow candidates he’s the only person who can beat Trump, and you can also safely bet his fellow candidates are treating him like his fellow senators do in Washington: by tuning him out entirely.

• Anger wins! More than half of the Republican voters in most of the Southern Super Tuesday states say they feel betrayed by the Republican Party, according to a CNN exit poll. Well, no wonder they’re trying to burn it to the ground by supporting Trump. Makes perfect sense now.

• Well, which is it? In her victory speech, Clinton declared that “I believe that what we need in America today is more love and kindness.” It’s a nice sentiment, and surely the hate-o-meter is going to need a new needle if things keep going as they are. But it might be a little more convincing if ally David Plouffe hadn’t already singled a Clinton general-election campaign against Trump would follow the theme of “hate and castrate.” Ouch!