The headlines:
Donald Trump is still on a roll. He picked up two big states today, a good crop of delegates, and dominated network news coverage with a signature news conference.
Ted Cruz is still the only candidate within striking distance. Cruz managed to pick up Idaho, adding to his narrative that he’s the only candidate who really has been able to beat Trump much of anywhere.
Marco Rubio has little to hang on to. Rubio may be polling within striking distance of Trump in Florida, but tonight was a total disaster for Rubio. If numbers in Idaho hold, he will be shut out for delegates in all three of the big states. Hawaii, still holding its caucus, has the fewest delegates available but at least has no threshold, so he may scrape a few there. Still, it’s a worst-case scenario for his campaign, which now has to somehow convince Florida voters that they should keep his campaign alive.
John Kasich failed to make a dent. After staking his campaign on Michigan, the Midwesterner got beat out for second place by Ted Cruz. While he could still possibly win his home state of Ohio, it won’t accomplish much besides denying the delegates to Trump.
The Democratic race is unchanged and completely changed. Hillary Clinton comes out of tonight with more delegates than Bernie Sanders. She also comes out battered and bruised, with Sanders pulling off an upset in Michigan that no one could have predicted. He also showed strength with a number of voting groups she needs to do better with to win nationally. If he can keep hanging in there, it’s a serious problem for her desire to wrap up the nomination and transition to the general election.
credit cnn.com
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