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| Sanders and Clinton tied while Trump holds strong lead in Nevada – campaign live | Sanders and Clinton tied while Trump holds strong lead in Nevada – campaign live |
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| This isn’t American politics but we trust you to handle the cognitive dissonance in the name of maximum information flow to the readership: | |
| Say, "Delete your account, lol." (Getty) pic.twitter.com/uBb041ZUZK | |
| Here’s what’s actually happening in this photo, per AP: ‘Kate, Duchess of Cambridge talks with the Executive Editor of the Huff Post UK, James Martin, centre, and Editor in Chief Huff Post UK, Steven Hull, right, after launching a story on “Early Intervention in Mental Health Care” on the Huffington Post landing page in the “News Room” at Kensington Palace, London, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016.’ | |
| 1.20pm GMT | 1.20pm GMT |
| 13:20 | 13:20 |
| Hello, and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Three days from now, Democrats caucus in Nevada and Republicans hold a primary in South Carolina. Here’s what’s happening: | Hello, and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Three days from now, Democrats caucus in Nevada and Republicans hold a primary in South Carolina. Here’s what’s happening: |
| Nevada neck-and-neck? | Nevada neck-and-neck? |
| In a CNN/ORC poll of likely caucus attendees published Wednesday, 48% said they supported Hillary Clinton and 47% backed Sanders. Be advised that the Nevada caucuses have proven tricky for pollsters in the past. This is the second recent poll to show a Nevada tie, FWIW. | In a CNN/ORC poll of likely caucus attendees published Wednesday, 48% said they supported Hillary Clinton and 47% backed Sanders. Be advised that the Nevada caucuses have proven tricky for pollsters in the past. This is the second recent poll to show a Nevada tie, FWIW. |
| Big TV buy news from NV:Hillary outspending Bernie $1.5M to $1M today thru caucusTrump made $400K buy this week.https://t.co/gzAxm22poV | Big TV buy news from NV:Hillary outspending Bernie $1.5M to $1M today thru caucusTrump made $400K buy this week.https://t.co/gzAxm22poV |
| The same poll showed Trump way ahead in Nevada among likely caucus-goers, with 45% to Marco Rubio’s 19%, and Clinton with a large lead in South Carolina, where Democrats vote on Saturday 27 February. | The same poll showed Trump way ahead in Nevada among likely caucus-goers, with 45% to Marco Rubio’s 19%, and Clinton with a large lead in South Carolina, where Democrats vote on Saturday 27 February. |
| The president got some things off his mind in a news conference yesterday, including the need for the Senate to consider his next supreme court pick ... | The president got some things off his mind in a news conference yesterday, including the need for the Senate to consider his next supreme court pick ... |
| The constitution is pretty clear about what is supposed to happen. When there is a vacancy on the supreme court, the president of the United States is to nominate someone. The Senate is to consider that nomination, and either they disapprove of that nominee, or that nominee is elevated to the supreme court ... There is more than enough time for the Senate to consider in a thoughtful way the record of a nominee that I present and to make a decision. | The constitution is pretty clear about what is supposed to happen. When there is a vacancy on the supreme court, the president of the United States is to nominate someone. The Senate is to consider that nomination, and either they disapprove of that nominee, or that nominee is elevated to the supreme court ... There is more than enough time for the Senate to consider in a thoughtful way the record of a nominee that I present and to make a decision. |
| ... and his perception that Donald J Trump will not be the 45th US president: | ... and his perception that Donald J Trump will not be the 45th US president: |
| I continue to believe Mr Trump will not be president, and the reason is that I have a lot of faith in the American people, and and I think they recognize that being president is a serious job. | I continue to believe Mr Trump will not be president, and the reason is that I have a lot of faith in the American people, and and I think they recognize that being president is a serious job. |
| Point, counterpoint: | Point, counterpoint: |
| This explains why we (wrongly) keep assuming voters will magically come to their senses & reject Donald Trump. pic.twitter.com/NJXbxfhVEZ | This explains why we (wrongly) keep assuming voters will magically come to their senses & reject Donald Trump. pic.twitter.com/NJXbxfhVEZ |
| Then again, normal usually happens. | Then again, normal usually happens. |
| Our team in the field today includes Ben Jacobs with Donald Trump and Sabrina Siddiqui with Marco Rubio. Later Sabrina will attend a town hall featuring three Republican candidates: Carson, Rubio and Ted Cruz. As counter-programming to the town hall, Trump is holding an event of his own, some kind of love-in tonight with MSNBC host Joe Scarborough. | |
| Hey, look, it’s American politics in a nutshell. Jeb Bush’s America ... | Hey, look, it’s American politics in a nutshell. Jeb Bush’s America ... |
| America. pic.twitter.com/TeduJkwQF3 | America. pic.twitter.com/TeduJkwQF3 |
| ... versus Bernie Sanders’ America: | ... versus Bernie Sanders’ America: |
| Honorable mention: | Honorable mention: |
| i dont know why we're doing this butAmerica pic.twitter.com/KMR4MnW5lS | i dont know why we're doing this butAmerica pic.twitter.com/KMR4MnW5lS |
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| at 2.25pm GMT |