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Bernie Sanders…It’s Time!
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump continued their winning ways in Tuesday’s primary voting contests, leaving their challengers flapping in the wind and grappling with exactly what to do next.
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Voters headed to the polls in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island, overwhelmingly choosing Clinton and Trump over the remaining challengers. In fact, Trump won all 5 states, while Mrs. Clinton won 4. Only the State of Rhode Island went to Sanders.
The GOP collusion between Sen. Ted Cruz and Gov. John Kasich against Donald Trump seems to have fizzled before ever really getting off the ground.  Cruz and Kasich openly teamed up against Trump, hoping to halt his sprint toward the nomination.  Although the Republican National Convention still looks as if it will be a contested one, it likely won’t be due to the efforts of Cruz and Kasich.  At least in Tuesday’s contests, Trump stepped on his remaining challengers like ants at a church picnic. If their plan was to stop Trump, they certainly didn’t last night.
As for the Democrats, Hillary Clinton is so far ahead of Bernie Sanders, a priest should have been called in to administer last rites. Â Needing to win 80% of each of the remaining primaries in order to win (a virtual impossibility), Bernie Sanders is gasping for his final breaths. Â It’s all but over — and he knows it.
Considering Tuesday’s election results, 2,383 delegates are needed for the Democratic nomination. Mrs. Clinton has amassed 2,137 delegates, while Sanders trails terribly with only 1,306. The path to the nomination for Bernie Sanders included an expected big win in California, which doesn’t even go to the polls until June. However, considering she’s only about 200 delegates shy of the nomination, Mrs. Clinton could have it all sewn up by then, effectively killing Bernie’s political hopes.
For Republicans, their nomination battle will head all the way to the convention floor. However, for Sen. Bernie Sanders, it’s time for him to call it a contest.
Great post-primary summary DJ…as usual. And I am in total agreement with you on Sanders. He's done. Many of his supporters may not want to hear it but it's the truth anyhow. I expect that most of them will come around by November and cast their vote for Hillary (much like Hillary's supporters did in 2008 for Obama) recognizing full-well what's at stake. Okay so….a few more thoughts………… 1. Apparently, Cruz continues to secure 2nd-round delegates (banking on there being a contested convention that will deny Trump the nomination) even as Cruz continues to lose primary after primary to the Donald. "The parallel universe where Cruz is beating Trump" Trump is falling short in hunt for loyal delegates, and it’s about to get worse. Excerpt: Donald Trump has earned more than 9 million votes in the Republican primary and amassed a lead that puts him on the brink of clinching… Read more »