Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton both had big nights in the five state primaries of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Rhode Island, and Connecticutt.
Trump won by such big margins -- taking at or close to 60% of the vote in each state -- that it really makes the Cruz-Kasich plan announced yesterday seem pitiful and makes them seem small. Add in the fact that Trump was leading in the Indiana polls, even before tonight, and it seems all over to me -- if he wins Indiana. If he does, he could get to the 1237 delegates to win on the first ballot. He now has such momentum and growing acceptance from a broader base of Republican voters, which will grow as he seems more and more the presumptive winner. People will want to get on the bandwagon. But, if he loses Indiana to Cruz, then he's got a problem getting to 1237.
I've been wrong on just about every prediction I've made on Trump since the beginning of his campaign last summer. So . . . we'll just wait and see what happens.
On the Democratic side, Sanders had a good win in Rhode Island, but Clinton had such leads in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware that the networks called them for her soon after the polls closed. Connecticutt was much closer and wasn't called for her until about 11 pm. But, all in all, a decisive, good night for her.
Sanders looks more and more like a message candidate now, with almost impossible chances of winning the nomination. Clinton reached out to him and his supporters tonight, emphasizing how much more unites them than divides them and praising what he had brought to the campaign and the party.
So it's looking now like it's going to be a Clinton-Trump general election race. Unless they stop Trump in Indiana.
Ralph
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