Clinton beat Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in seven of the 11 Democratic contests.
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Like a raging, nasty infection, Trumpmania spread through the United States on Super Tuesday, resulting in a win for Trump and a loss for conservatism.
There has not been a brokered US major-party convention since 1952 when the Democrats nominated Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson on the third ballot. On Saturday, those voters helped deliver a resounding victory for Ms. Clinton in SC. There was talk in the media of Republican candidates detaching themselves from the party’s nominee in the fall.
Trump, on the other hand, asserted that he is “unifier” in the party and is bringing a cross-section of the society to the Republican Party.
“Just five days ago we began to unmask the true nature of the front-runner so far in this race”, Rubio said.
And he bested two opponents who’d devoted an entire two-hour debate Thursday night to dumping their opposition research books on his head.
The person who may have had the worst night of all is Chris Christie, who walked onto a gilded stage in Palm Beach, Fla., to introduce Trump as the only man who can unite the Republican Party, and then proceeded to stand behind Trump during his victory speech and totally upstage the man.
“She wants to make America whole again and I’m trying to figure out what is that all about, “Make America Great Again” is going to be much better than making America whole again”, he added. In sum, for every Clinton strength, Trump will be able to find a weakness. As big-state contests loom in Michigan, Ohio and Florida over the next two weeks, Clinton needs only to break even in delegate allocations to maintain her formidable advantage.
Clinton won a swath of delegate-rich Southern states with large minority populations, easily besting Sanders in Texas, Georgia, Virginia, Alabama, Tennessee and Arkansas.
And it wasn’t just Denmark who voted for Sanders.
Trump and Clinton both addressed rallies of their supporters as the confident victors of the evening.
In the Democratic race, Clinton has faced a tougher-than-expected challenge from Sanders, who has energized supporters with his calls for a “political revolution” and denunciations of America’s wealth gap.
Ted Cruz, a firebrand conservative senator, won his home state of Texas and Oklahoma as he sought to emerge as Trump’s main rival.
“Tonight was another decision point, and the voters have spoken”, Cruz said. “Tomorrow morning we have a choice”.
A divided Republican Party – and a Democratic president – would do less damage to the GOP agenda than would having Trump lose, and drag down other Republicans across the country.
Nationally, it was a big night for both Clinton and Donald Trump, though Ted Cruz and Sanders also picked up some wins.
Clinton got a big victory in Georgia too, again fueled by support from African-Americans.
The Republican establishment tried ignoring his hostile takeover of their presidential campaign, but the boorish front-runner, Donald Trump, didn’t fade away. His hopes are now on the March 15 primary in his home state of Florida, where, unlike Tuesday’s contests, the victor will claim all the delegates. He once used the word “firewall” to describe it – a fact Rubio’s campaign has gleefully trumpeted.
Donald Trump can’t close the deal. Representative Scott Rigell of Virginia has appealed to fellow Republicans in the state to reject Trump, calling him “a bully unworthy of our nomination”. Florida is one of them, and it’s winner-take-all.
Rubio hopscotched among states, picking up Super Tuesday endorsements – from Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchison, former Oklahoma Sen.
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Cruz voted for himself in Houston and made a last-ditch pitch for one vote, speaking to a woman who described herself as Republican and a Trump supporter outside his polling place.
