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| Cory Booker endorses Joe Biden ahead of crucial primaries – live | Cory Booker endorses Joe Biden ahead of crucial primaries – live |
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| New Jersey senator says Biden will ‘restore honor to the Oval Office’ while former vice-president and Sanders will both be in Michigan | New Jersey senator says Biden will ‘restore honor to the Oval Office’ while former vice-president and Sanders will both be in Michigan |
| Pete Buttigieg has been on the Today show, talking about Joe Biden - and about the significant role that the economy could play in tomorrow’s vote, saying: | |
| He also suggested that a vote for Trump last time around had been a vote to “burn the house down” out of frustration. | |
| Michigan is the biggest prize in tomorrow’s primaries, with 125 delegates up for grabs. Tom Perkins has been in Detroit for us, looking at how last time around Sanders’ upset against Hillary Clinton propelled his campaign forwards just as some had begun to write him off. He comes back four years later in need of a similar result. | |
| Read it here - Bernie Sanders returns to Michigan in need of 2016 repeat | |
| Politico’s chief political correspondent Tim Alberta has also been reporting from Michigan, this time Ann Arbor. He says that one of the reasons that Sanders’ victory in the state was significant was not what it meant for the Democratic race, but what it foreshadowed for November’s election. | |
| Alberta argues that if Sanders can’t win in Michigan tomorrow, he can’t at all. | |
| Read it here - Politico: Michigan Was Once Bernie’s Resurrection. Now It Could Be His Burial | |
| The phrase “The economy, stupid!” has echoed down presidential election campaigns through the years, and it might prove to be a significant factor in Michigan. Trump has made much of the US economic performance under his administration but Axios reports that: | |
| Whether Biden or Sanders come out on top tomorrow could be a significant indicator on whether the Democrats have won back those voters - and to which flavour of policies. | |
| Read it here - Axios: Manufacturing counties still struggling ahead of Michigan primary | |
| Joe Biden has picked up another big endorsement - this time from New Jersey senator Cory Booker, who has tweeted that Biden “won’t only win - he’ll show there’s more that unites us than divides us.” | Joe Biden has picked up another big endorsement - this time from New Jersey senator Cory Booker, who has tweeted that Biden “won’t only win - he’ll show there’s more that unites us than divides us.” |
| Booker ended his own challenge for the nomination back in January, and is another high profile supporter for Biden after Kamala Harris endorsed the 77 year old last night. | Booker ended his own challenge for the nomination back in January, and is another high profile supporter for Biden after Kamala Harris endorsed the 77 year old last night. |
| The FiveThirtyEight endorsement tracker shows just how many of the Democratic party’s major figures have swung behind Biden rather than Sanders. | The FiveThirtyEight endorsement tracker shows just how many of the Democratic party’s major figures have swung behind Biden rather than Sanders. |
| Trump is on the attack over coronavirus again, tweeting that “The Fake News Media and their partner, the Democrat Party, is doing everything within its semi-considerable power to inflame the coronavirus situation.” | Trump is on the attack over coronavirus again, tweeting that “The Fake News Media and their partner, the Democrat Party, is doing everything within its semi-considerable power to inflame the coronavirus situation.” |
| There are a couple of interesting pieces around this morning looking at Trump’s relationship with the coronavirus and the White House team trying to communicate to the US public about it. | There are a couple of interesting pieces around this morning looking at Trump’s relationship with the coronavirus and the White House team trying to communicate to the US public about it. |
| NBC have a piece on the mixed messaging sparking internal frustration: | NBC have a piece on the mixed messaging sparking internal frustration: |
| Read it here - NBC News: Mixed White House messaging on coronavirus sparks internal frustration | Read it here - NBC News: Mixed White House messaging on coronavirus sparks internal frustration |
| The New York Times has an analysis piece that suggests the coronavirus may be immune to the usual Trump tactics. Peter Baker’s view is that: | The New York Times has an analysis piece that suggests the coronavirus may be immune to the usual Trump tactics. Peter Baker’s view is that: |
| Read it here - New York Times: For Trump, Coronavirus Proves to Be an Enemy He Can’t Tweet Away | Read it here - New York Times: For Trump, Coronavirus Proves to Be an Enemy He Can’t Tweet Away |
| Donald Trump has been very keen during his time in office to take credit for stock market highs. It remains to be seen how happy he will be to take any blame for the market crash that is expected when trading opens later today. CNBC are reporting that the Dow could immediately fall as much as 1,300 points. | Donald Trump has been very keen during his time in office to take credit for stock market highs. It remains to be seen how happy he will be to take any blame for the market crash that is expected when trading opens later today. CNBC are reporting that the Dow could immediately fall as much as 1,300 points. |
| The markets won’t be allowed to go into complete free-fall however. There are several “circuit-breakers” built into it which will pause trading on the S&P 500 if it falls below certain thresholds. | The markets won’t be allowed to go into complete free-fall however. There are several “circuit-breakers” built into it which will pause trading on the S&P 500 if it falls below certain thresholds. |
| You can follow what is likely to be a volatile morning on over on our business live blog with my colleague Graeme Wearden. | You can follow what is likely to be a volatile morning on over on our business live blog with my colleague Graeme Wearden. |
| Good morning, on what is likely to prove a busy and eventful day. Not only do we have last minute campaigning for a whole bunch of Democrat primaries tomorrow on the agenda, but the US will be waking up to news of turmoil in international markets as fears about the coronavirus outbreak have set stocks and shares plunging across Asia and Europe. | Good morning, on what is likely to prove a busy and eventful day. Not only do we have last minute campaigning for a whole bunch of Democrat primaries tomorrow on the agenda, but the US will be waking up to news of turmoil in international markets as fears about the coronavirus outbreak have set stocks and shares plunging across Asia and Europe. |
| Donald Trump is already up and tweeting in campaign mode: | Donald Trump is already up and tweeting in campaign mode: |
| He’s also been retweeting the contentious assertion that media coverage of the coronavirus is as dangerous to the US as the outbreak of Covid-19 itself. | He’s also been retweeting the contentious assertion that media coverage of the coronavirus is as dangerous to the US as the outbreak of Covid-19 itself. |
| The president is fund-raising in Florida today, and will be back at the White House this afternoon. Vice president Mike Pence will lead a White House coronavirus task force meeting in the situation room at 4pm ET. | The president is fund-raising in Florida today, and will be back at the White House this afternoon. Vice president Mike Pence will lead a White House coronavirus task force meeting in the situation room at 4pm ET. |
| Bernie Sanders is campaigning in Missouri and Michigan. Michigan is the state offering the most delegates tomorrow - 125 of them. Also voting on Tuesday are Idaho, North Dakota, Mississippi, Missouri and Washington. Joe Biden currently leads with 664 pledged delegates to Sanders’ 573. | Bernie Sanders is campaigning in Missouri and Michigan. Michigan is the state offering the most delegates tomorrow - 125 of them. Also voting on Tuesday are Idaho, North Dakota, Mississippi, Missouri and Washington. Joe Biden currently leads with 664 pledged delegates to Sanders’ 573. |
| Biden is in Michigan too, where he will be appearing alongside former rival for the nomination Senator Kamala Harris at a rally in Detroit. Harris endorsed Biden at the weekend. | Biden is in Michigan too, where he will be appearing alongside former rival for the nomination Senator Kamala Harris at a rally in Detroit. Harris endorsed Biden at the weekend. |
| And Elizabeth Warren? She’ll be reflecting on going viral at the weekend for her spot on Saturday Night Live, as everybody waits to see whether she is going to endorse one of the two remaining realistic challengers to take on Trump in November. | And Elizabeth Warren? She’ll be reflecting on going viral at the weekend for her spot on Saturday Night Live, as everybody waits to see whether she is going to endorse one of the two remaining realistic challengers to take on Trump in November. |