Ted Cruz, which Trump said reeked of “desperation.” Sen.
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“It’s over. As far as I’m concerned it’s over”, he declared. Anyone who thinks he has rattled on too much about the nomination process being “rigged” needs to hold on tight, because he’s really going to let loose now. His foreign policy address Wednesday in Washington will be the first in a series of policy speeches. Its a movement, Trump said on Fox News before polls closed.
Likewise, Clinton was eager to turn her attention to Trump.
Days after Kasich and Cruz announced a joint effort to stop Trump from becoming president, James Brainard told MSNBC he’s not here to tell citizens who to vote for.
The biggest prize on offer, Pennsylvania will award 17 delegates to whichever Republican wins the state – that will nearly certainly be Trump.
After a double-digit loss in delegate-rich NY last week, his path to the nomination has hinged on a mathematical fluke that would require lopsided victories in the remaining contests. Should Kasich voters shift as a bloc to support Cruz, he would win the state, and they would keep Trump from winning a few dozen critical delegates.
Currently Mr. Trump leads with 845 delegates, Sen.
Sanders said he would move staff members to California, where he hopes to score a final big win on June7.
A total of 1,237 delegates are needed to clinch the Republican nomination.
With Kasich on the sidelines in Indiana, Cruz is investing heavily there in radio and TV advertising and he’ll spend considerable time campaigning in the state this week.
Clinton, in contrast, continued an approach she began after her NY victory: Looking past Sanders and focusing on potential Republican rivals.
Weaver emphasized that the campaign is fully staffed in the field in the states that have yet to vote.
“If a mainstream Republican candidate were the presumptive nominee, the GOP would likely be in a strong position for a lot of wins, top to bottom, in November”.
Yet there’s no doubt the GOP is deeply divided by his candidacy. Polls show him trouncing Ted Cruz and John Kasich by double-digit margins in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island.
Major networks called the race soon after polls closed. But as the number of states left on the primary calendar dwindles, Sanders is running out of opportunities to close the gap on Clinton’s lead in the pledged-delegate count-not to mention make inroads with so-called super delegates who largely back Clinton. These 54 delegates will go to the convention as free agents, with the ability to support the candidate of their choice.
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Speaking in Philadelphia – the same city where the Democratic National Convention will take place in July – Clinton cast an eye forward to the general election and praised Sanders and Democrats for unifying and agreeing on issues like climate change, LGBT rights and workers’ rights. He continues to raise millions of dollars and attract big crowds, including Tuesday night in West Virginia, where he urged his supporters to recognize that they are “powerful people if you choose to exercise that power”.
