Arizona fight over Trump's delegates: Cruz Wins...

"Texas Sen. Ted Cruz pulled out a strategic victory at Saturday's Arizona Republican Party convention, nailing down a large majority of delegates to the national convention amid cheating accusations from backers of businessman Donald Trump.

The Cruz slate won virtually all of the 28 at-large national delegates and roughly split the 27 delegates selected by congressional district.

Former Gov. Jan Brewer, losing her first election in 35 years, angrily yelled "I got cheated — I got cheated," as the results became known.

But Cruz's Arizona campaign organizer says simple math led to the at-large victory. Cruz offered a nearly identical slate of candidates as John Kasich backers, and the combined votes led to a win.

The victory was mainly strategic for Cruz since all 58 Arizona delegates are required to vote for Trump on the first national ballot because he won the state's primary. There are three automatic delegates, including state party Chairman Robert Graham.

With Trump at nearly 1,000 national delegates out of 1,237 he needs to win the presidential nomination outright after recent sweeps of five eastern states, even Cruz's Arizona backers believe Saturday's effort is likely to be for naught." yahoo

Fresno Mayor endorses Kasich in California

 

"Ashley Swearengin, the mayor of Fresno, California, endorsed Ohio Governor John Kasich and joined the Kasich for America leadership team in California." PCB

Trump touts new Indiana Poll

General Mattis rules out Independent bid for White House

"On April 28, retired General James Mattis said he will not be an independent presidential candidate.  However, William Kristol, who had been trying to persuade him to run, say he will continue searching for a candidate. Kristol is opposed to both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton." BAN

Summary of Trump's Campaign

 

Trump on his being forced to Jump Fence

"Trump arrived at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport at 1333 Old Bayshore Highway in

Burlingame shortly after noon. CHP officers pulled off the side of Highway 101. The candidate hopped a fence and entered through the back of the hotel.
Trump made reference to his arrival when he spoke to party members.
“That was not the easiest entrance I’ve ever made,” the frontrunner said. “It felt like I was crossing the border actually. I was crossing the border, but I got here.”
The move was prompted after protesters attempted to storm the front of the hotel, shortly before noon." CBS
 

Fiorina slams Trump - Tyson connection

"Carly Fiorina said Friday that Donald Trump’s touting of an endorsement from Mike Tyson “says

a lot” about the Republican front-runner’s character.
Mr. Tyson, a former heavyweight boxing champion who was convicted in 1992 for raping an 18-year-old beauty pageant contestant, officially endorsed Mr. Trump for president in October. On Wednesday, the business mogul bragged that “all the tough guys” support him.
Standing alongside Mr. Cruz on Friday, Ms. Fiorina said she didn’t consider “a convicted rapist a tough guy,” WashingtonTimes

CRUZing into Southern Indiana

"EVANSVILLE, IN  -
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz was in Evansville.
He was at the Old National Events Plaza for a campaign rally.
The senator says this election will focus on three things: jobs, freedom, and security. He also said he would repeal Obamacare and abolish the IRS." WAVE3News

Gov. Pence Endorses Cruz in Indiana

"Indiana Gov. Mike Pence endorsed Ted Cruz on Friday ahead of the Hoosier State's critical primary. But he also commended Donald Trump for tapping into "the frustration of millions of working Americans."  NBC

Trump opens California rally with families of people killed by illegal immigrants

"Donald Trump opens Calif. rally with families of people killed by illegal immigrants Trump  during a rally Thursday night by bringing several people on stage whose family members had been killed by illegal immigrants.
"They're unbelievable, they've suffered," Trump said during a California rally before bringing them up on the stage. "These are great people." TheHill

Trump Boosts Resources to End Cruz in Indiana

"Despite Republican front-runner Donald Trump's landslide victory on Tuesday night, the real estate mogul still needs to win Indiana and is already spending more than $900,000 on TV and radio ads, as well as increasing his in-state operation to 40 people, ...
The sudden increase in operatives, money, and attention is a clear indication of the state's importance in the Republican primary fight." Newsmax

Kasich's Strategy to win nomination

"John Kasich's theory of winning the Republican nomination

Step 1: Lose every state except Ohio. Step 2: ??? Step 3: Win at the convention." Vox

Hillary's woman card

"The Clinton camp is seriously fundraising off Trump's "woman card" remark – even giving out these cards:" ABC

Senator Endorses Cruz

"Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) picked up the endorsement of one of his Senate colleagues.
Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), in his endorsement, said Cruz has always been a "fierce defender of the Constitution" and a "tireless advocate for conservative principles." He also noted the Texas senator has spent his entire career fighting for the men and women of the U.S. and "pushing back against the special interests" in Washington, D.C." CN

Scuffles at Trump Rally in California

"A large group of protesters were gathering Thursday night in the street outside the Pacific

Amphitheater where Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump kicked off his campaign in the Golden State Thursday night with a huge rally in Costa Mesa .

The event, set to begin at 7 p.m., finally got underway about a half hour later at the OC Fair and Event Center, located at 88 Fair Dr.

A large crowd of people, mostly Trump supporters, started gathering outside the venue hours ahead of the scheduled start time, video from the scene showed.

There were several scuffles outside the event between Trump supporters and those protesting his campaign." DemocraticUnderground

Hillary in Northwest Indiana

"Hillary Clinton toured a pair of manufacturing plants in Indiana Tuesday, a week ahead of the state’s May 3 primary.

During her tour of Munster Steel in Hammond, Clinton called for "a renaissance in manufacturing" and pledged her commitment to Indiana’s steel industry." NBC

Sanders Pounds Indiana Colleges

"D'Alessendro pointed to the significant crowds Sanders attracted in the state a day after the Tuesday East Coast primaries.

"We haven't seen a hit in the grassroots enthusiasm, but that is unique to this campaign," he said. "Every other campaign in the history of the world would have seen one."

There has been no reportable statewide polling in Indiana yet, so it is difficult to grasp the spread in the Democratic race there.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -

Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., called on Indiana Wednesday to turn out to vote.
"We win in states with higher voter turnout; we lose in states with lower voter turnout," he told a campaign rally at Purdue that morning. "When you go to vote, take your aunties, your uncles, your friends and make this the largest voter turnout in Indiana history. Let Indiana join the ranks of so many other states saying we need a political revolution!"
Sanders has another event scheduled at IU Auditorium in Bloomington, 1211 E. Seventh St. Doors open at 5 p.m." ABC

Cruz pounding northern Indiana

"FORT WAYNE, Ind. (21Alive) -- Fresh off a running mate announcement, Republican presidential

candidate Ted Cruz held a rally in Fort Wayne Thursday morning.
Announced shortly after he confirmed Carly Fiorina as his VP pick, Cruz will be at the Grand Wayne Convention Center at 11 a.m.
Cruz will also be in Elkhart at 2:30 p.m. and in South Bend at 4:30 p.m." ABC21Alive

Matthews {msnbc} Calls Fiorina ‘Loser’ After His Wife Loses Md. Race

"In the first few minutes of his return to MSNBC on Wednesday afternoon after his wife Kathleen finished a distant third in her Maryland congressional race, Hardball host Chris Matthews branded himself quite the hypocrite as he repeatedly harped on the fact that Ted Cruz running mate Carly Fiorina “is a three-time loser” in her political career and thus “pathetic…." TammyBruce

Liberal's theory on Fiorina pick

"There is one way in which Fiorina makes perfect sense as a means of quickly and acutely shifting Fiorina as bait for Trump.
the political terrain before Indiana votes. It essentially involves using

If the Cruz campaign is lucky, the Fiorina selection will provoke Trump into saying or doing something egregiously sexist before May 3. For Trump, the only thing standing between him and the nomination may be his ability to avoid that simple trap. Will he be able to do it?" Slate

 

Beck on Cruz's pick of Fiorina

"Yesterday was a big day for the Cruz campaign with the announcement of Carly Fiorina as Cruz’s vice presidential running mate should he win the nomination. Was it a move of desperation as some have suggested? The short answer is “yes.” And I think you’ll agree.Was it a desperate move? Well, I would say “yes.” Because Ted Cruz and Carly Fiorina are desperate to save the Constitution. And so am I." GlennBeck

RUSH on Cruz - Boehner flap

"Cruz just got the best endorsement he could ever get.  He could not have gotten a better endorsement than he got out of John Boehner speaking to the Stanford Daily, the campus newspaper at Stanford.  Can you imagine, here's John Boehner out there calling Ted Cruz "Lucifer," the biggest SOB he ever had to work with? 
Here's John Boehner, the former Speaker of the House, who had to work with Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid and Barack Obama, and he says that Ted Cruz was the worst he ever had to work with?  Isn't that a little bizarre?" RushLimbaugh
 

Bobby Knight Endorses Trump in Indiana

"Bobby Knight: 'I Don't Give a Damn About the Republicans,' Vote for Trump." NBC

Cruz hits back at Boehner

"FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Ted Cruz fired back at former House speaker John Boehner on Thursday, accusing him of allowing “his inner Trump to come out.”
 He tethered Boehner to Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump over and over again.
"If you're happy with John Boehner as speaker of the House and you want a president like John Boehner, then Donald Trump's your man,” said Cruz, a senator from Texas." WP

Kasich defends pact with Cruz in Oregon

"At his first public event since Monday, and the kickoff of an Oregon campaign that he cut a deal with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) to get going, Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) was in a mellow mood. Three time zones away, in Indiana, Cruz was attacking the very idea that he and Kasich had forged an "alliance" in three upcoming primary states. Kasich saw no reason to deny it.
"Look, it's a matter of resources, where we can most effectively apply them," Kasich told reporters outside a town hall meeting here. "The deal is, is that I'm not spending my time there. He's not spending his time in Oregon and New Mexico. And then we'll all probably be competing in California. I mean, I can't tell you what the future brings, but that's all it is. There's been a lot more made of it than what there is." WP

Sanders supporter threatens congressman over Hillary support

"Police arrested a 27-year-old Seattle man last week for threatening a local Democratic congressman both in person and over the phone, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported.
Jasper K. Bell was charged with intimidating a public servant and telephone harassment after going to Rep. Jim McDermott’s office on April 22 and banging on the office windows. He was also reportedly seen spitting and yelling.
King County Prosecutor Susan Storey said that incident came after Bell called McDermott’s office, “demanded the congressman’s home address and threatened to cut his tongue out.”
In another call, she said, the suspect said that the lawmaker “would not be safe, even after he retires.” The threats were severe enough that McDermott canceled at least one public appearance, increased security, and brought a shovel into his office “to use in self-defense if necessary.”
Bell allegedly told officials that he was angry because a supporter of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) was arrested at McDermott’s office earlier in the day. McDermott has endorsed Sanders’ opponent for the Democratic presidential nomination, Hillary Clinton." RawStory

White Powder Substance at Trump Towers Investigated

"New York City firefighters and police said on Thursday they were investigating a report that a suspicious white powder substance was found inside Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan.
Five civilians and a police officer were isolated by emergency personnel and under evaluation after authorities responded to the location around 8:05 p.m. EDT, New York Fire Department spokesman John Ryan said." RawStory

Boehner's childish remarks about Cruz

"....former House Speaker John Boehner bluntly called GOP candidate Ted Cruz “Lucifer in the flesh.”
When asked for his opinion about the Texas senator, Boehner said, “I have Democrat friends and Republican friends. I get along with almost everyone, but I have never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch in my life.” Kc
 

Cruz picks Fiorina as VP

"Cruz, looking for a shake-up in the 2016 race as Donald Trump moves steadily closer to the

Republican nomination, on Wednesday announced former GOP primary rival Carly Fiorina as his choice for running mate should he win the party nod.
The move was immediately dismissed as an act of “desperation” by the Trump team, but Cruz – while acknowledging it is “unusual” to announce a running mate so early – defended the decision. He claimed “nobody is getting to 1,237 delegates,” the number needed to clinch the nomination, and voters should “know what [they] will get.”  FOX

Trump Foreign Policy Speech

"Trump makes the case that American taxpayers are spending titanic amounts defending other

nations and regions which could and should be contributing more toward their own self-defense. The principle of defending friends is not in question, but our spending strategies have to be reevaluated, so that long term viability is insured. Within NATO, only four of the 28 member countries are meeting their defense commitments while the US is providing 73 percent of the overall NATO budget." FOX

Trump spending spree hits Indiana

"Despite landslide victories on Tuesday, Donald Trump still needs to win Indiana — and he’s starting to act like it.
The frugal Manhattan mogul has begun opening his wallet for the air war, spending more than $900,000 on TV and radio ads. He’s working the inside game, wooing Gov. Mike Pence one-on-one in what multiple Indiana insiders said appears to have been a successful effort to keep the governor on the endorsement sidelines. And Trump’s new campaign strategist Paul Manafort has been telling Republican officials, multiple people told POLITICO, that Trump is in the midst of doubling the ground team there, with plans to balloon his in-state operation to 40 people." Politico


 

Transgender Bathrooms: Trump backtracks on his support for them

"Donald Trump has backtracked and said “local communities and states should make the decision” on whether transgender people should be able to use restrooms consistent with their gender identity." WashingtonBlade

Facebook removes 6 Sanders Groups

"UPDATE - now SIX of the largest Bernie groups have disappeared from Facebook within the last

15min's! I've given the link to this Reddit as a way to stay in touch for people who had never been on or heard of Reddit.
Edit to add - they have now also removed Bernie Sanders for President 2016 (118k members) and Bernie Sanders 2016 - Ideas Welcome. Both are now gone. Along with Bernie Sanders Activists, Bernie Believers....." RandiRhodes

Trump declares race OVER

"As far as I'm concerned, it's over." AlJazeera

Cruz hits Obama over Brexit

"Cruz has attacked President Obama’s intervention in the Brexit debate as a “slap in the face” to the United Kingdom." HP

Cruz vetting Fiorina for VP

"Fiorina, a popular Cruz surrogate and a former presidential candidate, quickly emerged this week as someone the Cruz campaign confirmed it was vetting." yahoo

EliminaTED

"As of today, April 26, 2016, Ted Cruz is mathematically eliminated from winning the Republican nomination outright." GP

Sanders Wins Rhode Island Primary

Democratic

100% Reporting

    

B. Sanders	54.6%	68,761
H. Clinton	43.6%	54,887
Uncommitted	1.4%	1,773
M. Stewart	0.2%	270
R. De La Fuente	0.1%	155 Politico

Trump Wins Rhode Island Primary

Republican

100% Reporting

    

D. Trump	63.6%	40,020
J. Kasich	24.5%	15,400
T. Cruz	10.6%	6,679
Uncommitted	0.7%	462
M. Rubio	0.6%	404 Politico

Trump Wins Connecticut Primary

Republican

99.4% Reporting

 

 

D. Trump	57.7%	122,519
J. Kasich	28.5%	60,447
T. Cruz	11.7%	24,779
Uncommitted	1.3%	2,719
B. Carson	0.8%	1,726 Politico

Hillary Wins Connecticut Primary

Democratic

99.4% Reporting

 

 

H. Clinton	51.7%	169,763
B. Sanders	46.5%	152,895
Uncommitted	1.5%	4,854
R. De La Fuente	0.3%	953 Politico

Hillary Wins Delaware Primary

Democratic

100% Reporting

 

 

H. Clinton	59.8%	55,950
B. Sanders	39.2%	36,659
R. De La Fuente	1.1%	1,024 Politico

Trump Wins Delaware Primary

Republican

100% Reporting

Delegates Allocated: 16/16

 

D. Trump	60.8%	42,472
J. Kasich	20.4%	14,225
T. Cruz	15.9%	11,110
B. Carson	1.3%	885
M. Rubio	0.9%	622
J. Bush	0.8%	578 Politico

Trump Wins Maryland Primary

Republican

99.1% Reporting

Delegates Allocated: 35/38

 

D. Trump	54.4%	237,124
J. Kasich	23.0%	100,323
T. Cruz	18.9%	82,283
B. Carson	1.3%	5,638
M. Rubio	0.7%	2,955
J. Bush	0.6%	2,441
R. Paul	0.3%	1,452
C. Christie	0.3%	1,184
C. Fiorina	0.2%	946
M. Huckabee	0.2%	787
R. Santorum	0.1%	446 Politico

Hillary Wins Maryland Primary

Democratic

99.1% Reporting

Delegates Allocated: 100/118

 

H. Clinton	63.0%	533,350
B. Sanders	33.3%	281,539
Uncommitted	3.3%	28,150
R. De La Fuente	0.4%	3,389 Politico

Hillary Wins Pennsylvania Primary

Democratic

99.3% Reporting

    

H. Clinton	55.6%	916,293	112
B. Sanders	43.5%	717,853	59
R. De La Fuente	0.9%	14,271Politico

 

Trump Wins Pennsylvania Primary

Republican

99.3% Reporting

Delegates Allocated: 17/71

 

D. Trump	56.8%	889,100
T. Cruz	21.6%	338,478
J. Kasich	19.3%	302,762
B. Carson	0.9%	14,571
M. Rubio	0.7%	11,690
J. Bush	0.6%	9,238 Politico

Trump Chase

"Trump Supporters – Young, Old, Middle Aged, Men, Women, Children – Chase down the Trump caravan in Warwick, Rhode Island."GP

Cruz - "You might as well put a Hillary sticker on your car"

".... the Texas senator said during an interview on WPHT-AM’s “The Chris Stigall Show” in Philadelphia. “Every vote for Donald Trump is a vote for Hillary Clinton. You might as well put a Hillary sticker on your car.” Newsiosity

Trump closes gap with Hillary

"In a head-to-head matchup of each party’s frontrunner, Mrs. Clinton leads Mr. Trump by only 3 percentage points nationally (46 to 43; 11 percent undecided)." GWU-BattleGroundSurvey