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| Trump nears a Cruz knockout as Clinton battles Sanders – Indiana primary live | |
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| We’re already heard from a top architect of the 2008 John McCain campaign, Steve Schmidt, who says it’s “100%” that Trump will be the nominee. | |
| Now here’s a top architect of the 2012 Mitt Romney campaign: | |
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| Trump’s next move: West Virginia. The Mountain State votes, along with Nebraska, in one week. Thirty-four Republican delegates awarded on a proportional basis will be at stake. Trump is polling very well there. | |
| Trump going to Charleston WV on Thursday | |
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| Hoosier daddy. Not bad, Post: | |
| .@nypost Wednesday cover: "Hoosier Daddy!" pic.twitter.com/Q44n72DZiJ | |
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| Steve Schmidt was a George W Bush adviser and lead strategist on the 2008 John McCain presidential campaign. | |
| He said very early on, when most people were writing Trump off, that Trump could win the Republican nomination. | |
| Now he says he was right: | |
| Steve Schmidt on MSNBC: "It's over. 100%. Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee." | |
| Here’s the view, meanwhile, from the Democratic political professional side: | |
| I know I am not the first to say this. I cannot believe the GOP has chosen Donald Trump as their nominee for President of the United States. | |
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| Lucia Graves | |
| One unavoidable take-away tonight is that voters really, really don’t like Ted Cruz, notes Lucia Graves | |
| Trump has said of Cruz, “everybody hates Ted” when they get to know him. Like many of Trump’s attacks, it’s nasty but there’s truth to it. John Boehner lent further credence to the notion last week when he referred to the senator from Texas as “Lucifer in the flesh” last week. | |
| Now it appears Indiana voters feel the same way as lawmakers: having gotten to know him, they don’t like him too much. | |
| No sooner had the polls closed than it became apparent Trump was going to win again and by a landslide. This after Cruz had been polling relatively well in the state until recently. His dip in the polls, tellingly if you ask Trump, coincides with the time when he started campaigning intensively in the state. | |
| And he did try everything, driving home his conservative bonafides, signing a non-aggression pact with John Kasich, and even declaring a vice presidential pick early to attract attention. | |
| He spent enough money to ensure the voters heard him loud and clear – they just, like so many others before them, didn’t like what they heard one bit. | |
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| Sanders continues his speech in Louisville. It’s his straight stump speech so far, declaring that “now is the time for Wall Street to help the middle class of this country”: | |
| A great nation is not judged by the number of billionaires and nuclear weapons it has. A great nation is judged by how it treats the most vulnerable and weak among us. | |
| No inflection so far referring to the tight race in Indiana or what it might mean, as whatever happens, Sanders is expected to chug through to the final contest in Washington DC on 14 June. A live video feed of the Sanders speech is in a block from 15 minutes ago. | |
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| For the good of what party? | For the good of what party? |
| To reporters, @realDonaldTrump campaign mgr @CLewandowski_ says @tedcruz and @JohnKasich should drop out for the good of the party | To reporters, @realDonaldTrump campaign mgr @CLewandowski_ says @tedcruz and @JohnKasich should drop out for the good of the party |
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| With 17.3% reporting, it was an even 50-50 race on the Democratic side. | With 17.3% reporting, it was an even 50-50 race on the Democratic side. |
| But now Sanders has pulled ahead by a couple of tenths of a percent. | But now Sanders has pulled ahead by a couple of tenths of a percent. |
| Follow along here: | Follow along here: |
| Related: Indiana primary results: track the votes, county by county | Related: Indiana primary results: track the votes, county by county |
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| *low whistle* | *low whistle* |
| Trump leading Hamilton County (wealthy Indy burbs) 47%-31% in early returns. Get out the broom, it's a Trump sweep of all 57 delegates. | Trump leading Hamilton County (wealthy Indy burbs) 47%-31% in early returns. Get out the broom, it's a Trump sweep of all 57 delegates. |
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| Here’s another sample from conservatives populating the land of #NeverTrump: | Here’s another sample from conservatives populating the land of #NeverTrump: |
| To the voters of Indiana. pic.twitter.com/Q4TRCA0VoB | To the voters of Indiana. pic.twitter.com/Q4TRCA0VoB |
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| Our Principles Pac, the conservative anti-Trump force, holds out hope for a contested convention, in a statement issued to reporters: | Our Principles Pac, the conservative anti-Trump force, holds out hope for a contested convention, in a statement issued to reporters: |
| “While tonight’s Indiana primary results increased Donald Trump’s delegate count, Trump remains short of the 1,237 delegates needed to win the GOP nomination,” said OPP chair Katie Packer. | “While tonight’s Indiana primary results increased Donald Trump’s delegate count, Trump remains short of the 1,237 delegates needed to win the GOP nomination,” said OPP chair Katie Packer. |
| A substantial number of delegates remain up for grabs in this highly unpredictable year. In addition, there is more than a month before the California primary – more time for Trump to continue to disqualify himself in the eyes of voters, as he did yet again today spreading absurd tabloid lies about Ted Cruz’s father and the JFK assassination. [...] | A substantial number of delegates remain up for grabs in this highly unpredictable year. In addition, there is more than a month before the California primary – more time for Trump to continue to disqualify himself in the eyes of voters, as he did yet again today spreading absurd tabloid lies about Ted Cruz’s father and the JFK assassination. [...] |
| We will continue to educate voters about Trump until he, or another candidate, wins the support of a majority of delegates to the Convention. | We will continue to educate voters about Trump until he, or another candidate, wins the support of a majority of delegates to the Convention. |
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| Sanders addresses supporters | Sanders addresses supporters |
| Bernie Sanders is addressing supporters in Louisville, Kentucky. The below live video feed should come online shortly. So far it’s straight stump from Sanders. | Bernie Sanders is addressing supporters in Louisville, Kentucky. The below live video feed should come online shortly. So far it’s straight stump from Sanders. |
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| Trump to speak at Trump Tower | Trump to speak at Trump Tower |
| Donald Trump is scheduled to discuss tonight’s victory at Trump Tower in Manhattan starting at 9pm ET. Ed Pilkington will be on the ground ... | Donald Trump is scheduled to discuss tonight’s victory at Trump Tower in Manhattan starting at 9pm ET. Ed Pilkington will be on the ground ... |
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| Donald Trump has beaten Ted Cruz in the Indiana primary, ending the best hope of blocking a presidential nomination the Texas senator has claimed will plunge America into the political “abyss”, write the Guardian’s Ben Jacobs and Dan Roberts: | Donald Trump has beaten Ted Cruz in the Indiana primary, ending the best hope of blocking a presidential nomination the Texas senator has claimed will plunge America into the political “abyss”, write the Guardian’s Ben Jacobs and Dan Roberts: |
| Despite a day of dire warnings from Trump’s conservative rival, the New York businessman was declared victor by the Associated Press within seconds of polls closing in the Hoosier state. | Despite a day of dire warnings from Trump’s conservative rival, the New York businessman was declared victor by the Associated Press within seconds of polls closing in the Hoosier state. |
| With the second highest number of delegates left on offer before the Republican party convention, Indiana offered a chance for Cruz to repeat his success in Iowa and Wisconsin by urging midwest voters to reject Trump. | With the second highest number of delegates left on offer before the Republican party convention, Indiana offered a chance for Cruz to repeat his success in Iowa and Wisconsin by urging midwest voters to reject Trump. |
| “The country is depending on Indiana,” he warned on Tuesday. “If Indiana does not act, this country could well plunge into the abyss … We are not a proud, boastful, self-centered, mean spirited, hateful, bullying nation.” | “The country is depending on Indiana,” he warned on Tuesday. “If Indiana does not act, this country could well plunge into the abyss … We are not a proud, boastful, self-centered, mean spirited, hateful, bullying nation.” |
| But by winning the 30 delegates awarded to Indiana’s statewide winner, Trump now has an easy path to claiming the 1,237 pledged delegates needed to avoid a contested convention in Cleveland and win outright, and is well-positioned even if Cruz pulls off an upset in delegate-rich California next month. | But by winning the 30 delegates awarded to Indiana’s statewide winner, Trump now has an easy path to claiming the 1,237 pledged delegates needed to avoid a contested convention in Cleveland and win outright, and is well-positioned even if Cruz pulls off an upset in delegate-rich California next month. |
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| Related: Trump beats Cruz in Indiana primary, clearing path to nomination | Related: Trump beats Cruz in Indiana primary, clearing path to nomination |