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Motown Showdown: Surging Trump faces GOP rivals – after debating Romney from afar

The race will continue on because there are still plenty of delegates to be won. However, despite her impressive victories on Super Tuesday, the reality is a Democratic presidential candidate won’t win in states like Texas or Alabama in the fall.

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Mr Cruz had been counting on more appeal in the Southern states and among evangelical Christian voters.

The Globe and Mail ” Source: AP; Delegate totals as of March 2, 10:30 a.m. E.T.

Presidential contender Donald Trump expects further attacks at the Republican debate on Thursday night, hours after being hammered by some of the party’s veteran politicians. According to Romney, if the Republicans end up choosing Trump as their nominee, “the prospects for a safe and prosperous future are greatly diminished”. “So to a certain extent, they need Kasich to stay in to deprive Trump of those 66 delegates”.

Trump has referred to Romney as a “dope” and “one of the dumbest candidates” in Republican politics after Romney suggested there was a “bombshell” in the billionaire developer’s unreleased tax returns. 155 delegates are up for grabs and a candidate needs 1,237 to win.

Campaign rivals Ted Cruz, who won three states Tuesday, and Marco Rubio, who won one, have also argued that Trump would lose a general election to Hillary Clinton and drag down other GOP candidates with him. Trump has 39% of the vote, compared to Marco Rubio (19%), Ted Cruz (14%), and John Kasich (12%) with 7% undecided. While he fell behind Cruz in delegates Tuesday night, he should have a clearer playing field ahead.

Additionally, the determination to stop Trump is strong, and won’t go away any time soon.

Mr Trump will be joined by Mr Cruz, Mr Rubio and OH governor John Kasich at a Fox News Republican debate on Thursday, but retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, who has failed to win any states, said he would not be attending. Kasich and Rubio’s home states hold primaries March 15, a critical point for their campaigns. But the news was not so dire for Texas Sen.

Wisconsin’s presidential primary is April 5.

“I am a unifier”, he said.

Hillary Clinton, on the other hand, had a fantastic day, triumphing over Sanders and picking up hundreds of delegates.

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Increasingly, Republican leaders talk of a contested convention in July as their best remaining option for stopping Mr Trump, whose divisive rhetoric about immigrants and ethnic and religious groups has some fearing a Republican disaster in November.

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