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Trump and Clinton See Signs of Trouble in Wisconsin
Audrey Khairghadam’s zeal for the Republican presidential front-runner faded away sometime between the moment Donald Trump strolled on stage to the ‘90s techno anthem “Are You Ready for This?” and, an hour later, when he left.
The 35-year-old service industry business owner was so excited to see Trump’s first rally in Wisconsin on Tuesday that she jogged five miles from her house to get to the event eight hours early. But after watching from her second-row seat, she left disappointed.
Read More >>Town Hall Takeaways
CNN hosted the three Republican candidates last night in a town hall event, and it appears to have produced a number of noteworthy moments. Here’s how CNN described some of the key takeaways from the event:
Takeaways from the GOP town hall
The ironclad commitment each Republican presidential candidate gave to support the party’s nominee — no matter who that may be — is no more.
Donald Trump and Ohio Gov. John Kasich explicitly renounced the commitment they’d made last fall, while ... Read More >>
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Endorses Ted Cruz
Gov. Scott Walker endorsed Ted Cruz for president this morning, saying it was an “easy call” to back the Texas senator.
The Wisconsin governor announced his decision to support Cruz in an interview on Milwaukee radio station, Newsradio 620 WTMJ, and said that he would campaign with Cruz at “a number of stops.”
Read More >>Republican Fissures Deepen as Feuding Candidates Rip Up Loyalty Pledge
In a sign of a fractured party splitting even further apart, all three Republican presidential candidates on Tuesday walked away from their pledge to support the winner of the nomination in the general election.
Donald Trump and John Kasich said they would no longer abide by that loyalty pledge without knowing who the nominee is, while Ted Cruz made a personal and substantive case against supporting Trump.
Read More >>Kasich quest angering GOP
A broad cross-section of the GOP is frustrated by what they view as John Kasich’s quixotic quest for the GOP presidential nomination.
What to watch at CNN’s GOP town hall
Why Donald Trump’s delegate math is even better than it looks
Deal-making Donald Trump is getting an awfully good price on his delegates.
Sure, Ted Cruz’s campaign is looking to outmaneuver him at the post-primary delegate selection conventions this spring, and Trump’s campaign says it’s planning to file a complaint with the RNC over the Louisiana delegate count. Still: so far, thanks to the varying rules in each GOP contest, Donald Trump has managed to score more delegates per actual vote than any of his primary season rivals.
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