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Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Win Easily in New York Primary
Donald J. Trump wrested back control of the Republican presidential race on Tuesday with a commanding victory in the New York primary, while Hillary Clinton dealt a severe blow to Senator Bernie Sanders with an unexpectedly strong win that led her to declare that the Democratic nomination was “in sight.”
The Queens-born, Manhattan-made Mr. Trump was poised to take most of the 95 Republican delegates at stake, substantially adding to his current lead over Senator Ted Cruz of Texas and significantly improving his chances of winning the Republican nomination.
Read More >>Trump Leads, but Kasich Support Reaches New High Ahead of N.Y. Primary: Poll
Donald Trump remains the top pick of Republicans and Republican-leaning voters nationally, but Ohio Gov. John Kasich has gained the most ground, according to the latest NBC News|SurveyMonkey Weekly Election Tracking poll.
Trump remains at 46 percent support this week, unchanged from last week. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz dropped 2 points from last week and now has 28 percent support. Kasich has 19 percent support, up 3 points from last week.
Read More >>Kasich’s very, very narrow path to the nomination
Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s path to the GOP nomination is, to put it mildly, among the most difficult conceived in the modern era of presidential politics. Bloomberg Politics this morning has an article describing what, if any, plausible scenario might wind up pitting Kasich against the Democratic nominee this fall:
Kasich’s Nomination Strategy Is the Highest Wire Act of 2016
John Kasich has fewer delegates than Florida Senator Marco Rubio, who dropped out of the Republican presidential race a month ago. He hasn’t won ... Read More >>
Nevada Gov. Sandoval endorses Kasich
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval endorsed John Kasich for president on Saturday, a potential boost for the Ohio governor in his quest to deny Donald Trump the delegates he needs to clinch the Republican nomination.
Kasich’s Nomination Strategy Is the Highest Wire Act of 2016
John Kasich has fewer delegates than Florida Senator Marco Rubio, who dropped out of the Republican presidential race a month ago. He hasn’t won any state besides his own, and has placed third or worse 26 times. Donald Trump and Ted Cruz have labeled him a spoiler and have called on him to quit.
Read More >>Trump and Clinton Bet on New York to End Campaign Turbulence
For the two front-runners in the Republican and Democratic presidential nomination races, there’s no place like home.
Polls show Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump with double-digit leads heading into the New York primary on Tuesday, and both candidates are hoping that strong victories on their home-court will reset their respective races and catapult them toward the finish line.
Read More >>Observations and advice for Republican candidates
Conservative policy and political commentator Ramesh Ponnuru has an interesting article at BloombergView.com this morning, offering several observations and pieces of advice for each of the three remaining candidates. Here’s a sample of his comments:
Some Free Advice for Trump, Cruz and Kasich
The Republican nomination race has three more stages to go, and each of the three candidates left in it is concentrating on a different one.
First, the candidates have to win votes in the remaining contests to maximize the number ... Read More >>