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| Republicans to debate in Miami as Bush meets non-Trump candidates – live | Republicans to debate in Miami as Bush meets non-Trump candidates – live |
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| Some good news for Barack Obama: | |
| More Americans say that he’s doing a good job as president than have said so in the past three years, according to the latest Gallup poll of the president’s approval rating. | |
| Obama earned a 50% job approval rating for the week ending March 6, the highest average for the president since May of 2013. That’s four points higher than his average approval rating for all of last year, and three points higher than his administration’s average since January of 2009 when he took office. | |
| The rating is extremely partisan, with 87% of Democrats approving of the job Obama is doing as president compared to a mere 11% of Republicans. | |
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| It’s the final primary stretch, and Donald Trump is starting to sound presidential, writes Christopher R Barron: | |
| Trump is not a typical candidate, and he hardly delivers a typical political stump speech, but there is no question that the political neophyte has been a quick study. Trump is a vastly better candidate than he was just a few months ago. He seemed restrained by Trump standards last night. He looked, dare I say, almost... presidential. | |
| He was short on policy specifics, but his voters aren’t coming for wonky policy details. What he lacks in policy chops he more than compensates for in his ability to connect to voters. He knows his voters, he knows what they want to hear, and he gives it to them, delivering a powerful emotional moment in his rally when a Marine vet, left disfigured by an IED explosion, came on stage to ask him what he would do about healthcare for veterans. | |
| Another sign of Trump’s growing confidence about his prospects for securing the nomination: he barely mentioned his primary opponents. Instead of attacking his GOP rivals, Trump made the case that he would be the best candidate to defeat Hillary Clinton. And he didn’t make a terrible case. | |
| Related: It's the final primary stretch, and Trump is starting to sound presidential | Christopher R Barron | |
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| Scott Bixby | Scott Bixby |
| As Donald Trump’s campaign manager continues to dodge questions about a physical alternation with a female reporter at a press conference on Tuesday, multiple videos have surfaced showing an anti-Trump protestor being punched in the face by a supporter of the billionaire Republican frontrunner. | As Donald Trump’s campaign manager continues to dodge questions about a physical alternation with a female reporter at a press conference on Tuesday, multiple videos have surfaced showing an anti-Trump protestor being punched in the face by a supporter of the billionaire Republican frontrunner. |
| The videos, taken from different angles by multiple people, show an African American man being led out of a Trump rally by Cumberland County sheriff officers as the audience boos. | The videos, taken from different angles by multiple people, show an African American man being led out of a Trump rally by Cumberland County sheriff officers as the audience boos. |
| A bystander, a white man with a pony tail and a cowboy hat, then sucker-punches the man in the face seemingly without provocation. The crowd cheers as the protestor stumbles away and is tackled by multiple Cumberland County sheriff officers, then handcuffed. | A bystander, a white man with a pony tail and a cowboy hat, then sucker-punches the man in the face seemingly without provocation. The crowd cheers as the protestor stumbles away and is tackled by multiple Cumberland County sheriff officers, then handcuffed. |
| The candidate, whose rallies have begun earning a reputation for violent outbursts, has not condemned the actions of his supporters in the past. During an interruption at one of his rallies in Kentucky last week, Trump told the audience to “get him out. Try not to hurt him. If you do I’ll defend you in court.” | The candidate, whose rallies have begun earning a reputation for violent outbursts, has not condemned the actions of his supporters in the past. During an interruption at one of his rallies in Kentucky last week, Trump told the audience to “get him out. Try not to hurt him. If you do I’ll defend you in court.” |
| After a rally in Birmingham, Alabama, in which white attendees assaulted a black protester who disrupted his speech, Trump declared “Maybe he should have been roughed up.” | After a rally in Birmingham, Alabama, in which white attendees assaulted a black protester who disrupted his speech, Trump declared “Maybe he should have been roughed up.” |
| Of a protestor at a rally on Las Vegas, Trump told the crowd from the lectern that “I’d like to punch him in the face.” | Of a protestor at a rally on Las Vegas, Trump told the crowd from the lectern that “I’d like to punch him in the face.” |
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| Scott Bixby | Scott Bixby |
| A writer at Breitbart News has released a statement regarding an incident at a Donald Trump rally on Tuesday night in which she was forcibly “yanked” away from the candidate by Trump’s campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski. | A writer at Breitbart News has released a statement regarding an incident at a Donald Trump rally on Tuesday night in which she was forcibly “yanked” away from the candidate by Trump’s campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski. |
| Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields was reporting from a press conference at the Trump National Golf Club in Jupiter, Florida, on Tuesday night, when she approached the candidate to ask him about his stance on affirmative action, she writes for the conservative outlet in a post titled “Michelle Fields: In Her Own Words.” | Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields was reporting from a press conference at the Trump National Golf Club in Jupiter, Florida, on Tuesday night, when she approached the candidate to ask him about his stance on affirmative action, she writes for the conservative outlet in a post titled “Michelle Fields: In Her Own Words.” |
| “Trump acknowledged the question, but before he could answer I was jolted backwards. Someone had grabbed me tightly by the arm and yanked me down,” Fields writes. “I almost fell to the ground, but was able to maintain my balance. Nonetheless, I was shaken.” | “Trump acknowledged the question, but before he could answer I was jolted backwards. Someone had grabbed me tightly by the arm and yanked me down,” Fields writes. “I almost fell to the ground, but was able to maintain my balance. Nonetheless, I was shaken.” |
| Fields says that she didn’t know who had pulled her down until another reporter “remarked that it was Trump’s campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, who aggressively tried to pull me to the ground.” Lewandowski was seen exiting the space with Trump moments later. | Fields says that she didn’t know who had pulled her down until another reporter “remarked that it was Trump’s campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, who aggressively tried to pull me to the ground.” Lewandowski was seen exiting the space with Trump moments later. |
| “No apology. No explanation for why he did this,” Fields writes. | “No apology. No explanation for why he did this,” Fields writes. |
| Jaime Weinstein, a senior editor at Daily Caller and Fields’ boyfriend, tweeted about incident soon thereafter: | Jaime Weinstein, a senior editor at Daily Caller and Fields’ boyfriend, tweeted about incident soon thereafter: |
| Trump always surrounds himself w thugs. Tonight thug Corey Lewandowski tried to pull my gf @MichelleFields to ground when she asked tough q | Trump always surrounds himself w thugs. Tonight thug Corey Lewandowski tried to pull my gf @MichelleFields to ground when she asked tough q |
| It wouldn’t be the first time that members of Trump’s campaign or security team had a physical altercation with members of the press. Last week, longtime Time photographer Chris Morris was put in a chokehold and slammed backwards into a table by a Secret Service agent at a rally in Virginia after attempting to leave the designated press area. | It wouldn’t be the first time that members of Trump’s campaign or security team had a physical altercation with members of the press. Last week, longtime Time photographer Chris Morris was put in a chokehold and slammed backwards into a table by a Secret Service agent at a rally in Virginia after attempting to leave the designated press area. |
| In a statement to Politico about the incident, Breitbart News CEO Larry Solov declared that if what Fields says it true, she deserves an apology from Trump’s campaign manager. | In a statement to Politico about the incident, Breitbart News CEO Larry Solov declared that if what Fields says it true, she deserves an apology from Trump’s campaign manager. |
| “It’s obviously unacceptable that someone crossed a line and made physical contact with our reporter,” Solov stated. “What Michelle has told us directly is that someone ‘grabbed her arm’ and while she did not see who it was, Ben Terris of the Washington Post told her that it was Corey Lewandowski. If that’s the case, Corey owes Michelle an immediate apology.” | “It’s obviously unacceptable that someone crossed a line and made physical contact with our reporter,” Solov stated. “What Michelle has told us directly is that someone ‘grabbed her arm’ and while she did not see who it was, Ben Terris of the Washington Post told her that it was Corey Lewandowski. If that’s the case, Corey owes Michelle an immediate apology.” |
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| This morning in politics | This morning in politics |
| Good pre-and-post-debate morning ... | Good pre-and-post-debate morning ... |
| We’re in the blissful hours between last night’s Democratic presidential debate in Miami and tonight’s Republican presidential debate in Miami. | We’re in the blissful hours between last night’s Democratic presidential debate in Miami and tonight’s Republican presidential debate in Miami. |
| Last night’s Latino-centric engagement on Univision saw immigration policy dominate the fourth Hillary v Bernie clash, with former secretary of state Clinton accusing Vermont senator Sanders of supporting “Minuteman vigilantes in their ridiculous efforts to hunt down immigrants.” | Last night’s Latino-centric engagement on Univision saw immigration policy dominate the fourth Hillary v Bernie clash, with former secretary of state Clinton accusing Vermont senator Sanders of supporting “Minuteman vigilantes in their ridiculous efforts to hunt down immigrants.” |
| Sanders, in turn, criticized Clinton’s past statements about deporting child immigrants from Honduras. | Sanders, in turn, criticized Clinton’s past statements about deporting child immigrants from Honduras. |
| Both Democratic candidates agreed on one point, however: that the American people will never elect billionaire Republican frontrunner Donald Trump. | Both Democratic candidates agreed on one point, however: that the American people will never elect billionaire Republican frontrunner Donald Trump. |
| Clinton declared at the debate that she found Trump’s rhetoric “deeply offensive” and said his “trafficking in prejudice and paranoia” would not be tolerated, while Sanders went a step further and implied Trump might be a racist, due to his previous involvement in the “birther” movement. | Clinton declared at the debate that she found Trump’s rhetoric “deeply offensive” and said his “trafficking in prejudice and paranoia” would not be tolerated, while Sanders went a step further and implied Trump might be a racist, due to his previous involvement in the “birther” movement. |
| Expect a similar dogpile on the Republican frontrunner in Miami again tonight: Florida senator Marco Rubio may have expressed regret about mocking the size of Trump’s hands in campaign rallies in recent weeks – telling Anderson Cooper that “my kids were embarrassed by it” and “if I had to do it again, I wouldn’t” – but a recent batch of polls show that Florida’s native son is far behind Trump in the waning days before its winner-take-all primary on Tuesday. | Expect a similar dogpile on the Republican frontrunner in Miami again tonight: Florida senator Marco Rubio may have expressed regret about mocking the size of Trump’s hands in campaign rallies in recent weeks – telling Anderson Cooper that “my kids were embarrassed by it” and “if I had to do it again, I wouldn’t” – but a recent batch of polls show that Florida’s native son is far behind Trump in the waning days before its winner-take-all primary on Tuesday. |
| Trump has gone on the record stating that if he wins Florida and Ohio – another delegate-rich winner-take-all state – next week, he’ll have sewn up the nomination. Or, as the New York Post put it: | Trump has gone on the record stating that if he wins Florida and Ohio – another delegate-rich winner-take-all state – next week, he’ll have sewn up the nomination. Or, as the New York Post put it: |
| This may explain why former Florida governor and failed Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush has scheduled three one-on-one meetings in the hours before tonight’s debate with all three of the non-Trump candidates. Bush met with Rubio yesterday, according to the New York Times, and will meet with Ohio governor John Kasich and Texas senator Ted Cruz today. What could they be meeting about? Well, for starters, Bush hasn’t yet endorsed a candidate for the Republican nomination. | This may explain why former Florida governor and failed Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush has scheduled three one-on-one meetings in the hours before tonight’s debate with all three of the non-Trump candidates. Bush met with Rubio yesterday, according to the New York Times, and will meet with Ohio governor John Kasich and Texas senator Ted Cruz today. What could they be meeting about? Well, for starters, Bush hasn’t yet endorsed a candidate for the Republican nomination. |
| We’ll be covering all this and more in our minute-by-minute coverage of today’s political news in the Sunshine State with our stellar team of mild-mannered reporters: Sabrina Siddiqui is in Florida with Rubio and Dan Roberts is in Tampa with Clinton. | We’ll be covering all this and more in our minute-by-minute coverage of today’s political news in the Sunshine State with our stellar team of mild-mannered reporters: Sabrina Siddiqui is in Florida with Rubio and Dan Roberts is in Tampa with Clinton. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 1.45pm GMT | at 1.45pm GMT |