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The Daily 202: Why Donald Trump will probably win Arizona but get crushed in Utah tomorrow
Donald Trump’s hardline position on immigration is the main reason he is favored to win the Arizona Republican primary on Tuesday—and lose the Utah caucuses.
The chasm between the neighboring states on the issue is extraordinary.
Read More >>Cruz and Kasich Are Playing Right Into Trump’s Hands
Even as Donald Trump’s strong performance Tuesday night was a serious setback to the anti-Trump movement, the biggest obstacles to stopping Trump are his own Republican rivals. Instead of working together and denying Trump delegates, both Ted Cruz and John Kasich have pursued self-destructive, self-interested strategies that seemed designed more to one-up each other than take on the front-runner in the race.
Read More >>Poll: Utah would vote for a Democrat for president over Trump
If Donald Trump becomes the Republican Party’s nominee, Utahns would vote for a Democrat for president in November for the first time in more than 50 years, according to a new Deseret News/KSL poll.
“I believe Donald Trump could lose Utah. If you lose Utah as a Republican, there is no hope,” said former Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt, a top campaign adviser to the GOP’s 2012 nominee, Mitt Romney.
Read More >>Unbound Republican delegates could decide Trump nomination
The possibility of a contested convention has put the spotlight on the unbound delegates who could determine the Republican presidential nominee.
Several unbound delegates told The Hill they’ve beginning to feel the pressure, now that party leaders are talking about a convention scenario that could prevent Donald Trump from winning the nomination.
Read More >>The money trail: Cruz trounces Kasich, Sanders outraises Clinton in February
John Kasich, Ted Cruz and Donald Trump, the final three Republican candidates running for president, began this month with drastically different campaign fortunes, new fundraising reports show.
In one month, Cruz raised what Kasich has collected over the entire course of his longshot bid. Trump, a billionaire, has raised relatively little money as he “self-funds” his effort.
Read More >>Clinton to Jab at Trump at AIPAC
The presidential race will take a detour from domestic sniping on Monday as Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump and Trump’s two Republican opponents converge on Washington to address a key pro-Israel group.
Clinton plans to use her morning speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee to argue that she has what it takes to be a strong commander-in-chief working for the common good of the United States and Israel while the other people running for president, particularly Trump, aren’t fit for the job.
Read More >>GOP Candidates’ Twisting Paths to Nomination
The term “delegate math” is likely to become more popular in the coming weeks, as the three remaining Republican candidates all try to bring in enough delegates to either win on the first ballot (businessman Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz both have difficult but plausible paths to do this) or show enough momentum and strength to win on the second or subsequent ballot (Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s only chance).
The good news for Kasich is that, at least according ... Read More >>