Tsunami Tuesday

Tsunami Tuesday
 n.β€” Β«Giuliani’s move is a clear bet that social conservatives’ power in the nominating process will be broken bv [sic] Tsunami Tuesdayβ€”the Feb. 5 super-primary featuring such mass-market states as New York, California and New Jersey.Β» β€”β€œBehind Giuliani’s Pro-Choice Gamble” by David Von Drehle Time May 10, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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