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| Clinton and Trump ready for general election showdown – campaign live | Clinton and Trump ready for general election showdown – campaign live |
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| Clinton campaign launches 'Republicans against Trump' | |
| The Hillary Clinton campaign has launched a “Republicans against Trump” web site – republicansagainsttrump.org. | |
| Both Trump and Clinton last night invited disillusioned voters from across the aisle to join their campaigns. But the Clinton campaign appears to be ahead of Trump at attempting to organize crossover voters. | |
| [Update: Clinton to appear on Fox News]: | |
| .@BretBaier: "We have Secretary @HillaryClinton on #SpecialReport tomorrow at 6 PM." #OReillyFactor | |
| The new web site, flagged by Politico, asks voters for contact information and promises a bumper sticker. It comes with a “pledge”: | |
| Donald Trump is not qualified to be president. He does not represent my beliefs as a Republican and, more importantly, my values as an American. He does not speak for me and I will not vote for him. | |
| At bottom is the note “paid for by Hillary for America”. | |
| Last night in Brooklyn, Clinton said the election was “about millions of Americans coming together so take we are better than this”: | |
| We won’t let this happen in America. And if you agree, whether you’re a Democrat, Republican, or Independent, I hope you will join us... | |
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| Hewitt urges Republicans to dump Trump | |
| Influential conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt has for the first time said that Republicans should avoid nominating Donald Trump as president, “because we’re going to get killed with this nominee”: | |
| “It’s like ignoring stage 4 cancer. You can’t do it. You gotta go attack it. And right now the Republican party is facing, the plane is heading toward the mountain, after the last 72 hours... | |
| “I think the party ought to change the nominee. Because we’re going to get killed with this nominee... they ought to get together and let the convention decide it. If Donald Trump pulls over a makeover in the next four to five weeks, great, they can keep him... But it’s awful and it ended bad last night.” | |
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| Jill Abramson | |
| Hillary Clinton’s long fight to the nomination showed her “raw determination, perseverance and resilience, her singular qualities,” writes Jill Abramson for the Guardian, after stopping by Clinton’s victory rally at the Brooklyn Navy Yard: | |
| Mothers brought their daughters. One father, Matthew Gunn, brought his five-year-old, Madeleine, sporting a Hillary cap and T-shirt that was swimming on her. | |
| Crammed into a giant greenhouse in the Brooklyn Navy Yard (I almost stepped on Madeleine in the crush), they came to see history being made. | |
| Eight years ago to the day, Hillary Clinton, in clearing the way for Barack Obama, talked in a moving concession speech about putting 18 million cracks in the hardest glass ceiling of all. She has crawled over broken glass in 2016 to reach the next rung, becoming the first female nominee of a major US political party. | |
| The slog to beat Bernie Sanders was longer and far more arduous than expected. But all those caucuses, debates and primaries showed Clinton’s raw determination, perseverance and resilience, her singular qualities. They have grown stronger with each step in her political evolution, from first lady to US senator, secretary of state and two-time presidential candidate. They are qualities even her detractors admire and fear. | |
| Read the full piece: | |
| Related: Hillary Clinton puts history front and center on her big night | Jill Abramson | |
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| Clinton on a two-woman ticket: 'maybe' | Clinton on a two-woman ticket: 'maybe' |
| In an interview with ABC News broadcast late Tuesday, Hillary Clinton told David Muir that “at some point” the country would be ready for a two-woman White House ticket – “maybe this time, maybe in the future”. | In an interview with ABC News broadcast late Tuesday, Hillary Clinton told David Muir that “at some point” the country would be ready for a two-woman White House ticket – “maybe this time, maybe in the future”. |
| The speculation was in response to a question about Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren. But Clinton pretty much declined to indulge veepstakes talk: | The speculation was in response to a question about Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren. But Clinton pretty much declined to indulge veepstakes talk: |
| CLINTON: Well, I’m not going to get into vice presidential choices but I have the highest regard for Senator Warren. | CLINTON: Well, I’m not going to get into vice presidential choices but I have the highest regard for Senator Warren. |
| MUIR: Let’s put the name aside though, do you think the country would be ready for two women? | MUIR: Let’s put the name aside though, do you think the country would be ready for two women? |
| CLINTON: I think at some point. Maybe this time, maybe in the future. But we’re going to be looking for the most qualified person to become president should something happen to me, if I’m fortunate enough to be the president. | CLINTON: I think at some point. Maybe this time, maybe in the future. But we’re going to be looking for the most qualified person to become president should something happen to me, if I’m fortunate enough to be the president. |
| MUIR: Is Bernie Sanders? Would he be a good vice president? | MUIR: Is Bernie Sanders? Would he be a good vice president? |
| CLINTON: We’re gonna be looking at everybody who has something to contribute. | CLINTON: We’re gonna be looking at everybody who has something to contribute. |
| MUIR: How short is the short list, Secretary? | MUIR: How short is the short list, Secretary? |
| CLINTON: Well we don’t have a short list yet. We’re just beginning to gather up information and think about this. | CLINTON: Well we don’t have a short list yet. We’re just beginning to gather up information and think about this. |
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| Clinton's California romp | Clinton's California romp |
| An extremely solid performance in congressional districts with high proportions of Latino voters drove Hillary Clinton to an unexpectedly strong performance Tuesday in California – unexpected, that is, if you place much faith in the polls: | An extremely solid performance in congressional districts with high proportions of Latino voters drove Hillary Clinton to an unexpectedly strong performance Tuesday in California – unexpected, that is, if you place much faith in the polls: |
| RCP avg of CA Dem polls on Tuesday: Clinton up by 2.0. Actual result: Clinton up by 13.0. https://t.co/Q3v6loFqiu | RCP avg of CA Dem polls on Tuesday: Clinton up by 2.0. Actual result: Clinton up by 13.0. https://t.co/Q3v6loFqiu |
| Moreover, Clinton's lead in CA CD's where Latinos make up 40%+ of eligible voters is larger than any public poll had her margin w/ Latinos. | Moreover, Clinton's lead in CA CD's where Latinos make up 40%+ of eligible voters is larger than any public poll had her margin w/ Latinos. |
| That healthy margin among Latinos, should it hold for Clinton in the general election, would serve her well in the swing state of Florida, in states in which Democrats are eager to extend recent victories (Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico) and in the potential pick-off state of Arizona. | That healthy margin among Latinos, should it hold for Clinton in the general election, would serve her well in the swing state of Florida, in states in which Democrats are eager to extend recent victories (Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico) and in the potential pick-off state of Arizona. |
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| Clinton manager: 'we just stuck together' | Clinton manager: 'we just stuck together' |
| Tremors of doubt and reports of a shakeup inside the Hillary Clinton campaign after Bernie Sanders’ whopping victory in the New Hampshire primary – and Clinton’s meager Iowa caucuses win – gave way to a sense of confidence after Clinton won five out of five of the “super Tuesday” contests on 15 March, including Florida and Ohio, campaign manager Robby Mook tells the AP: | Tremors of doubt and reports of a shakeup inside the Hillary Clinton campaign after Bernie Sanders’ whopping victory in the New Hampshire primary – and Clinton’s meager Iowa caucuses win – gave way to a sense of confidence after Clinton won five out of five of the “super Tuesday” contests on 15 March, including Florida and Ohio, campaign manager Robby Mook tells the AP: |
| “We just stuck together and hung together,” said Robby Mook, Clinton’s campaign manager and a target of early shakeup rumors. “That was a really galvanizing and important moment for the campaign.” | “We just stuck together and hung together,” said Robby Mook, Clinton’s campaign manager and a target of early shakeup rumors. “That was a really galvanizing and important moment for the campaign.” |
| Missouri senator Claire McCaskill tells AP the early moment of doubt was real, however: | Missouri senator Claire McCaskill tells AP the early moment of doubt was real, however: |
| “There was a moment when we were worried,” recalled Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Clinton backer. “We thought this will be really a test, can she withstand everyone talking in her ear?” | “There was a moment when we were worried,” recalled Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Clinton backer. “We thought this will be really a test, can she withstand everyone talking in her ear?” |
| The AP postmortem has some rich detail: | The AP postmortem has some rich detail: |
| Gone were the old Clinton hands, with their warring fiefdoms. Mook, a young operative known for inspiring fierce loyalty among his staff, prided himself on thriftiness. Aides were ordered to take cramped buses instead of the train between New York and Washington. Donors used to attending catered events sometimes found themselves on their own for meals at finance gatherings. When the staff traveled to Las Vegas for the first Democratic debate, they had to share rooms at Circus Circus, an aging hotel on the strip that ran $29 per night. | Gone were the old Clinton hands, with their warring fiefdoms. Mook, a young operative known for inspiring fierce loyalty among his staff, prided himself on thriftiness. Aides were ordered to take cramped buses instead of the train between New York and Washington. Donors used to attending catered events sometimes found themselves on their own for meals at finance gatherings. When the staff traveled to Las Vegas for the first Democratic debate, they had to share rooms at Circus Circus, an aging hotel on the strip that ran $29 per night. |
| “When that cost gets further reduced to $14.50 because you discover you’ll have a roommate, now that’s the sign of a madman,” Nick Merrill, Clinton’s traveling spokesman, joked about Mook. | “When that cost gets further reduced to $14.50 because you discover you’ll have a roommate, now that’s the sign of a madman,” Nick Merrill, Clinton’s traveling spokesman, joked about Mook. |
| Read the full piece here. | Read the full piece here. |
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| Democratic unity watch | Democratic unity watch |
| The Washington Post reports that Bernie Sanders’ sole Senate ally and a leader of congressional progressives are calling for unity this morning: | The Washington Post reports that Bernie Sanders’ sole Senate ally and a leader of congressional progressives are calling for unity this morning: |
| Two top Sanders backers -- Sen Merkley and Rep Grijalva -- tell me it's time to unite behind Hillary: https://t.co/PYGQAODSC0 | Two top Sanders backers -- Sen Merkley and Rep Grijalva -- tell me it's time to unite behind Hillary: https://t.co/PYGQAODSC0 |
| Once a candidate has won a majority of the pledged delegates and a majority of the popular vote, which Secretary Clinton has now done, we have our nominee,” Merkley told the Post’s Greg Sargent. “This is the moment when we need to start bringing parts of the party together so they can go into the convention with locked arms and go out of the convention unified into the general election.” | Once a candidate has won a majority of the pledged delegates and a majority of the popular vote, which Secretary Clinton has now done, we have our nominee,” Merkley told the Post’s Greg Sargent. “This is the moment when we need to start bringing parts of the party together so they can go into the convention with locked arms and go out of the convention unified into the general election.” |
| “He’s gonna do the right thing,” Grijalva told the Post, referring to Sanders. | “He’s gonna do the right thing,” Grijalva told the Post, referring to Sanders. |
| Tom Steyer, meanwhile, the billionaire hedge fund manager / environmental activist, has issued a statement endorsing Clinton, in significant reassurance that whatever may go wrong for her campaign and groups that would support it in the coming months, they won’t soon run out of money. | Tom Steyer, meanwhile, the billionaire hedge fund manager / environmental activist, has issued a statement endorsing Clinton, in significant reassurance that whatever may go wrong for her campaign and groups that would support it in the coming months, they won’t soon run out of money. |
| “Now is the time to defeat Donald Trump,” Steyer says: | “Now is the time to defeat Donald Trump,” Steyer says: |
| Tom Steyer endorses Hillary pic.twitter.com/0BOvOw12iz | Tom Steyer endorses Hillary pic.twitter.com/0BOvOw12iz |
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| Hello, and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Hillary Clinton won big, Bernie Sanders stayed in, and Donald Trump played it straight in an effort to reassure Republicans – that’s last night in a nutshell, as the final states held their primaries. | Hello, and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Hillary Clinton won big, Bernie Sanders stayed in, and Donald Trump played it straight in an effort to reassure Republicans – that’s last night in a nutshell, as the final states held their primaries. |
| Clinton claimed the mantle of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, solidifying her likely status as the first woman in US history to be nominated by a major party for president. | Clinton claimed the mantle of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, solidifying her likely status as the first woman in US history to be nominated by a major party for president. |
| Sanders said he would “take our fight to ... Philadelphia” for the party’s national convention, but he dropped mention of winning the nomination and he did not attack Clinton. Clinton was projected as winner in California early Wednesday, by a poll-busting 56-43 split with 94.4% reporting. Our comprehensive results page is here. | Sanders said he would “take our fight to ... Philadelphia” for the party’s national convention, but he dropped mention of winning the nomination and he did not attack Clinton. Clinton was projected as winner in California early Wednesday, by a poll-busting 56-43 split with 94.4% reporting. Our comprehensive results page is here. |
| In one of many signs that the Democratic nominating contest is winding down to a somewhat organized conclusion, Barack Obama called both Clinton and Sanders last night, congratulating Clinton and thanking Sanders for “energizing millions”. Sanders and Obama will meet, at the senator’s request, at the White House on Thursday. | In one of many signs that the Democratic nominating contest is winding down to a somewhat organized conclusion, Barack Obama called both Clinton and Sanders last night, congratulating Clinton and thanking Sanders for “energizing millions”. Sanders and Obama will meet, at the senator’s request, at the White House on Thursday. |
| Earlier Tuesday, a seemingly chastened Trump gave a scripted speech in which he sought to reassure party colleagues that his remarks in recent days, branded by many of those colleagues as racist, did not represent the candidate he was about to become. | Earlier Tuesday, a seemingly chastened Trump gave a scripted speech in which he sought to reassure party colleagues that his remarks in recent days, branded by many of those colleagues as racist, did not represent the candidate he was about to become. |
| “I understand the responsibility of carrying the mantle, and I will never ever let you down ... I will make you proud of our party and of the movement,” Trump said. | “I understand the responsibility of carrying the mantle, and I will never ever let you down ... I will make you proud of our party and of the movement,” Trump said. |
| Trump described a policy vision called America First and said he would soon, maybe Monday, deliver a speech describing what’s wrong with “the Clintons”. | Trump described a policy vision called America First and said he would soon, maybe Monday, deliver a speech describing what’s wrong with “the Clintons”. |
| Clinton did not wait to attack Trump. In a smiling victory speech in a joyous Brooklyn auditorium with the word “history” echoing in every corner, Clinton said Trump was “temperamentally unfit to be president” and “goes against everything we stand for”, and she said “make America great again” was code for “let’s take America backwards”. | Clinton did not wait to attack Trump. In a smiling victory speech in a joyous Brooklyn auditorium with the word “history” echoing in every corner, Clinton said Trump was “temperamentally unfit to be president” and “goes against everything we stand for”, and she said “make America great again” was code for “let’s take America backwards”. |
| Clinton’s delegate stash grew to 2,755, well over the 2,383 majority mark. That number includes the free-range superdelegates who Sanders seemed last night to have tacitly admitted were not on the verge of abandoning the presumptive nominee: | Clinton’s delegate stash grew to 2,755, well over the 2,383 majority mark. That number includes the free-range superdelegates who Sanders seemed last night to have tacitly admitted were not on the verge of abandoning the presumptive nominee: |
| Thank you for reading, and please join us in the comments. | Thank you for reading, and please join us in the comments. |
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