On Tuesday a top Bernie Sanders aide said the candidate would “reassess” his campaign after the outcome of the day’s five primaries.
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But he also acknowledged the reality that Clinton has a lead of more than 300 pledged delegates, and once super delegates are included, CNN estimates she has 2,168 of the 2,383 she needs to win the Democratic nomination. “She’s got nothing else going”.
JUDY WOODRUFF: We will examine the race, and hear more of Donald Trump‘s foreign policy speech, after the news summary.
Mary Pat Christie, the wife of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, was standing behind Trump during his speech and had possibly the best reaction of all.
Dan Mahaffee, an analyst with the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress, echoed those thoughts. But in other events Sanders has largely steered clear of Clinton, focusing instead on Trump.
Beyond that, you have to wonder if Team Trump is catching up in the secondary game of getting its own people into delegate slots already bound to him by primary or caucus results, making a second-ballot Cruz win a bit less likely in case Trump fails to get to 1,237 before Cleveland.
“Cruz’s hope of denying Trump the 1,237 looks increasingly remote”, Mahaffee said.
“He is expected to do well in New Jersey and California and if he can add in to his side next week, he probably will be unstoppable”.
SEN. TED CRUZ (R-TX), Republican Presidential Candidate: Carly Fiorina! Similarly, Clinton won convincingly in four of the five contests, scoring 56 percent in Pennsylvania and 63 percent in Maryland – the two biggest contests of the night.
Her campaign is now circulating video clips on social media of what Trump said – along with Clinton’s retort.
But Trump says he welcomes the opportunity to oppose Clinton in the general election in November. Kasich said, ‘What do you mean, aren’t they going to vote for me in Indiana?’ I thought they just made that deal. While his manner of speaking has gained him popularity among his base, it will have to be toned down to make him more appealing to others. The Vermont U.S. senator said yesterday that he is about to lay off hundreds of employees.
“He doesn’t need to make a 180 (degrees). If he would just bend around 45 degrees he could actually win this thing”, O’Connell said of Trump.
Donald Trump speaks Tuesday night in NY after sweeping the day s five GOP primaries. Many now see IN, which votes next week, as the last chance for those who want to stop Mr Trump.
Trump gave a taster of the battle to come against Clinton on Tuesday, jabbing her on Bill Clinton’s North America free trade deal – “it was a disaster for this country” – and questioning her strength, stamina and standing among women, declaring that she would be “a disgusting president”. While we are thrilled that she won our district by 26 points, we recognize that Bernie received votes from thousands of committed Democrats.
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The Democratic presidential candidate’s campaign told staffers working on those contests to begin looking for new jobs rather than relocate to states with upcoming primaries as they have in the past, Politico reports.
