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Super Saturday: Rubio and allies spent more than double the field per vote
The numbers on Super Saturday are small — five states, with fewer than a million votes cast across all contests on the day — but they’re no less fun for that.
Take Marco Rubio. The Florida senator and his allies spent nearly twice as much in TV advertising per vote as all other candidates combined — Republicans and Democrats.
Read More >>Arnold Schwarzenegger endorses John Kasich
Arnold Schwarzenegger is endorsing Ohio Gov. John Kasich for the Republican presidential nomination — and he’s doing it in what appears to be the first high-profile endorsement to come on Snapchat.
“I want John Kasich to be the next nominee of the Republicans and also to be the next president of the United States,” Schwarzenegger said, holding a phone that he then turned to Kasich. “Here he is.”
Read More >>Assessing the Detroit GOP Debate
The four remaining Republican candidates debated last night in Detroit, and there are several analysis pieces this morning suggesting who did the best, who fared poorly, and who did or didn’t do what they needed to. One candidate who seemed to get mentioned most often as having a good night was Ohio Gov. John Kasich, such as in this article in Politico:
5 takeaways from the GOP debate
… John Kasich won, sorta. The unvarnished Ohio governor, who nearly carried teensy Vermont ... Read More >>
7 takeaways from the Republican debate
Republicans began their debate Thursday night with insults and ended with three candidates pledging to back Donald Trump should he win the nomination.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz took more shots at Trump in Fox News’ debate — and through it all, the billionaire businessman seemed to relish standing center stage, defending himself against foes and moderators while showing his mettle to supporters.
Read More >>What Each Presidential Candidate Needs to Do Now to Win the Nomination
Now that the dust from Super Tuesday has settled, what happens next?
The rest of the GOP field is still looking for a way to slow Donald Trump’s momentum and Bernie Sanders is fighting to keep with up Hillary Clinton. But there are still a handful of delegate rich states for the candidates to fight over.
Read More >>Insiders: Convention is only chance to stop Trump
It’s Cleveland or bust.
The only way Republicans can stop Donald Trump from capturing their party’s presidential nomination will be if they go to the July party convention without a clear standard-bearer.
Read More >>5 takeaways from the GOP debate
It might be too late to beat Donald Trump, but it wasn’t too late to give Trump a beating.
Two days after Super Tuesday put the billionaire frontrunner on a nearly unstoppable path to his party’s nomination, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz – now on a dual mission to deny him the 1,237 delegates needed to win – went after Trump with a vengeance that owed more to the wrestling ring than elective democracy.
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