The candidates face a series of caucuses this weekend, and primaries in MI and MS on Tuesday.
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It takes 1.237 delegates to win the nomination.
Meanwhile, The Center for Public Integrity reports that Republican super PACs ran as many as 8,500 adverts in the run up to Super Tuesday to try to discredit Donald Trump’s election campaign.
“If the establishment thinks there’s a backlash now, wait until the guy with the most delegates gets to the convention and they decide to take it from him”, said Republican operative Hogan Gidley. I still believe that Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio are more conservative than Trump and I still believe that they would do better things for this country, but they both need something big to happen and soon. The inescapable presidential candidate took the stage for a last-minute press conference following his Super Tuesday wins on Tuesday, March 1, speaking about everything from his proposal to build a wall between the United States and Mexico to the Democratic party’s lack of enthusiasm. The story, again, is the failure of the GOP to consolidate around a single candidate and every politician vowing to ‘fight on, ‘ but Trump continues to hold the momentum and an increasing advantage in delegates.
Once the primary season is over, Clinton will start moving toward the center with Sanders no longer forcing her to shift farther left.
This morning’s conventional wisdom: Trump is almost inevitable after winning only seven states – three narrowly – and gaining 234 delegates. Rubio, the Republican establishment’s favorite, was projected the victor in Minnesota. Mr Rubio has 106 delegates, OH governor John Kasich has 25 and Mr Carson has eight.
Jillson says that could damage the Republican party for awhile.
This won’t help Republicans much, since all their other candidates appear to be getting unpopular even faster than Trump.
“Whether I support (Trump) or not, it’s ultimately up to the voters”. Sanders said. Tell that to her supporters back at the Javits Center.
The delegate math illustrates the importance of the March 15 primaries in Florida and Ohio.
Devine worked for Vice President Walter Mondale in 1984, the Democratic nominee that faced a tough progressive insurgency led by Colorado Sen.
He’s referring to states like IL and even MI, with a more moderate primary electorate.
Including Texas, Cruz won three states on Super Tuesday – Oklahoma and Alaska being the other two.
“And after tonight, we have seen that our campaign is the only campaign that has beaten, that can beat and that will beat Donald Trump”, he argued. Cruz had said he would quit if he could not win Texas, but he defeated Trump there, 42 to 28 percent.
“Donald Trump pledged to be neutral between Israel and the Palestinians”.
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While Trump used his seven Super Tuesday wins to argue that he can unify the Republican Party behind his candidacy, opponents contemplated how to deny the NY businessman the delegates needed to clinch the GOP presidential nomination on a first convention ballot in July.
