Fresh off of Bernie Sanders’ surprising primary victory in Michigan, the stakes are higher than ever in the next round of nominating contests for the Democrats. Both Sanders and Clinton seemed well aware of that in Wednesday night’s Florida debate, where they rolled out fresh batches of opposition research against each other and made bold promises to the voters.
Read More >>The Democratic race is a tangle of contradiction, paradox and pungent little ironies.
Take Hillary Clinton. Here’s a prohibitive frontrunner with an allegedly bottomless reservoir of Wall Street cash who is being outspent by a guy who once professed his admiration for Fidel Castro.
Read More >>Yesterday’s contests provided more than enough fodder for analysts and commentators to assess and come up with opinions on what it all means. The biggest story of the night seems to be Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ upset win in Michigan over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton even after trailing her by as much as 20 percentage points. Starting with that, here’s part of the analysis from Bloomberg Politics’ Jennifer Epstein:
Sanders’ Michigan Upset Offers Warning Signs to Clinton
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Hillary Clinton was expected to sail to an easy victory in Michigan on Tuesday. Instead, she suffered a narrow, stunning loss that has the potential to further slow her progress to the Democratic nomination.
Even with the Democratic front-runner leading by 20 points or more in most polls, Bernie Sanders and his team insisted that a win was possible. And, leaning hard on his opposition to trade deals and Clinton’s past support of them, he eked out a win.
Read More >>Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders would handily defeat Donald Trump in a general election match-up, while a clash between Clinton and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz or Florida Sen. Marco Rubio would be a toss-up, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
The poll shows that Trump, who frequently boasts in interviews and campaign appearances that he would beat Clinton in November, would lose a one-on-one contest against her by double digits. I
Hillary Clinton is projected to add slightly to her delegate lead after splitting Mississippi and Michigan with Bernie Sanders on Tuesday night.
But the key to the delegate count is the margin.
Read More >>Bernie Sanders made folks like me eat a stack of humble pie on Tuesday night. He won the Michigan primary over Hillary Clinton, 50 percent to 48 percent, when not a single poll taken over the last month had Clinton leading by less than 5 percentage points. In fact, many had her lead at 20 percentage points or higher. Sanders’s win in Michigan was one of the greatest upsets in modern political history.
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