“The Republican Party needs something very different”, Trump said. Forty percent of GOP doubt they would vote for Trump, 40 percent.
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US Representative Lou Barletta of Pennsylvania, a Trump surrogate, said the campaign had taken some steps, including printing cards naming its preferred candidates for delegates so that voters going to the polls would know who backs Trump.
The tweet contained video from Clinton’s victory speech Tuesday night – video that was quickly used in a Clinton ad.
The former secretary of state has an nearly insurmountable lead of 275 pledged delegates heading into Tuesday’s contests, and Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid told reporters he did not think Sanders had a realistic path to winning the nomination. Paired with his giant win in NY a week ago, he’s pretty much guaranteed another week of discussion about how likely it is that he’ll be the nominee. “It is like a spoiled person staying in for whatever reason”, Trump said. More than 4 in 10 Trump voters said they would not vote for Cruz. “Though his support has hovered in the high 40s since mid-March, the front-runner had yet to secure half of Republican voters”, NBC News said. As Nate Silver notes, Trump’s actually doing far better in Tuesday night’s contests than polling suggested.
“John Kasich and I disagree on many policy issues but we both agree on one thing, which is that Hillary Clinton being elected President would be a disaster for this country and that nominating Donald Trump ensures that Hillary wins”. (These figures may change.) Trump is outperforming in all three, by wide margins. An additional 54 delegates are electeddirectly by voters – three in each congressional district. He has big leads in all five. According to RealClearPolitics, Trump’s current national average of support is just 43 percent. But the increase is obvious.
Trump entered Tuesday’s primaries with 845 delegates, almost 300 more than Cruz.
Ohio Governor John Kasich is scheduled attend a private meeting in downtown Indianapolis Tuesday following the announcement that his campaign is suspending efforts in IN to help his opponent, Ted Cruz.
Cruz is scheduled to spend election night hundreds of miles away from the region, rallying supporters in Indiana.
One of Trump’s former contestants on Celebrity Apprentice, iconic comedian Andrew Dice Clay recently joined Larry King Now and recalled an off-camera “tiff” with his former “boss” after the now-GOP frontrunner stated that he was “more famous” than the show’s contestants.
It is unclear if Trump’s campaign revved up its efforts in time to make a difference in Pennsylvania’s delegate race.
More help is on the way for Trump.
Trump’s strong performance Tuesday gave him a big delegate boost, although a complicated voting system in Pennsylvania could limit his delegate gains.
The weekly election tracking poll, run online from April 18-24, marked the first time since late December the billionaire candidate reached this level of support among GOP voters and those who lean that way in his fight against Ted Cruz and John Kasich.
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That count includes delegates won in primaries and caucuses, as well as superdelegates – party insiders who can back the candidate of their choice, regardless of how their state votes. Are you anxious at all that you could possibly be running for president in November and also standing trial for trump University? “The network executives, are they Democrats or are they Republicans?”
