He dropped his usual moniker for Cruz, and instead included an honorific as he referred to “Senator Cruz”, part of a soberer speech in Trump Tower celebrating his win.
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Cruz, the most stridently pro-Israel candidate among the Republicans, campaigned hard among the Orthodox, including going to matzah bakery last week.
As of now, Clinton leads Sanders among superdelegates who’ve publicly stated their preference, 502 to 38, according to an Associated Press tally.
The Texas senator appeared more certain than ever that the Republican primary was headed toward a contested convention, expressing confidence that no candidate – including himself – would win the 1,237 delegates needed for a first-ballot clinch.
Including superdelegates, the race stands at 1,930 to 1,189, for Clinton.
Cruz added, “He has lost now, I think it’s 31 states”.
The Delaware primary, scheduled for Tuesday, is a closed primary. Her Democratic nomination rival, Bernie Sanders, said earlier that “the disastrous invasion of Iraq, something that I strongly opposed, has unraveled the region completely and led to the rise of al-Qaeda and to (the emergence of) IS”.
Now, as the primary race continues to bruise the frontrunner, with Sanders having ramped up attacks before NY, a Clinton-Warren could be the antidote that brings the party together. To do so, Sanders would need to win 59 percent of those remaining. Weaver pointed to California first, saying, “a big win there would get you lots of delegates”.
The Sanders campaign is holding a town hall at the Scranton Cultural Center Thursday.
But does the NY primary signal the end to an often wild and hectic primary season?
Sanders took 104 delegates for the Democrats. That state, the second biggest prize of the night with 95 delegates, is a Clinton stronghold. “We’re going to go to Rhode Island, we’re going to, five states are up, that’s where we’re focusing right now, to win as many of these states as we can”.
Among likely Democratic primary voters in the Keystone State, Clinton has 52% support to Sanders’ 39%.
Once it became clear that Weaver did not have a real explanation for how Sanders would surpass Clinton in pledged delegates, the conversation shifted to super delegates. In actuality, she’s been winning 55 percent so far. Clinton now holds a 513-38 advantage among those party officials.
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Cruz made his comments during a visit to the Republican National Committee meeting here in Florida, where he and his top campaign advisers spent the day meeting privately with RNC members to lay out their strategies and try to persuade them to support his candidacy at an open convention. Sanders raised significantly more money than Clinton in March and has been able to outspend her on television ads in state after state.
