As Cruz’s fortunes soured Tuesday night, the Sanders campaign appeared to gain new energy with a surprise win over Clinton in Indiana. “It’s kind of a wait-and-see moment with Mr. Trump”, he said.
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“Some of it I don’t want”, he said. “And I want to”, in comments on CNN’s “The Lead”. “I think he will be very helpful”. While Trump declares that such GOP naysayers don’t really matter when compared to all the votes he garnered in primary elections, he still takes time to mock Bush and Graham.
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The campaign is sending free stickers to people who donate to the fund, which will raise money for Clinton’s primary campaign against Democratic rival Bernie Sanders.
The third category is those backing a third-party candidate – like Gary Johnson, former governor of New Mexico now atop the Libertarian party ticket.
Though the last of the 16 Republican presidential aspirants to withdraw from the race, Kasich, a popular two-term Ohio Governor, had a miserable campaign so far.
He made a play for working-class Democrats and independents in a CNN interview, saying he would be “open to doing something” on raising the hourly minimum wage but that to increase it too much could hurt companies’ competitiveness. She’s had to deal publicly with issues such as her husband’s infidelity, a failed push for a health care overhaul, her decision to use a private email server as secretary of state and her handling of the terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya, that claimed the life of a USA ambassador. Through the end of March, he had raised $12 million, mostly from fans who clicked the “donate” button on his website or bought wares such as the ubiquitous red ballcap emblazoned with his slogan, “Make America Great Again”, campaign finance documents show. “It’s up to us to stop Trump and unify our party in time to defeat Hillary Clinton”, Kasich’s campaign manager, Ben Hansen, wrote in an email to supporters. However, Baker made it clear he will not support Clinton either.
The new plan represents a shift for Trump, who has for months portrayed his Republican opponents as “puppets” for relying on super PACs and taking contributions from wealthy donors that he said came with strings attached.
Still, by a 50% to 45% margin, voters say Trump would do a better job handling the economy than Clinton. “And the American people, they’ve got good judgment; they’ve got good instincts, as long as they get good information”.
Sal Russo, a veteran Sacramento-based Republican strategist who got his start as an aide for Ronald Reagan, said Trump was facing the same party unity questions that Reagan faced in 1980. “This is not entertainment; this is not a reality show”.
U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn of Brentwood didn’t mention Trump by name, but said, “I will support the Republican nominee, and I look forward to seeing a Republican in the White House”.
Republicans are now divided over whether to support Mr Trump as the Republican nominee. Given his high unfavorability ratings and the polls showing him losing to Ms. Clinton, why did Republican voters in the Northeast and in break his way so decisively in the end?
Kellyanne Conway, who handled research and media outreach for a presidential political action committee that backed Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, thinks that with Cruz and Kasich out of the race, Trump now has time to work on improving his numbers with female voters.
Mr Kasich had been widely seen as the most moderate and electable Republican candidate but this did not garner him enough support among Republican primary voters. Trump is now the only GOP nominee remaining in the race for the White House. “And that’s not nothing”.
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Mr Kasich only won his home state but had hoped to lobby for his candidacy at July’s Republican convention. Now he’s trying to figure out what to do. “You have to have admiration for your candidate”.
