Super Tuesday Live-Blog: A Super-Sized Day of Reckoning for Candidates in 11 States
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., waves as he leaves a news conference after voting in the Vermont primary at the Robert Miller Community and Recreation Center in Burlington, Vermont, Tuesday, March 1, 2016, on Super Tuesday. (Jacquelyn Martin / AP Photo)
Sen. Ted Cruz may have a lock on Texas, but is Donald Trump in for big wins in the other 10 states this Super Tuesday? How are things shaping up on the Democrats’ side of the aisle?
At 2:30 p.m. PST, according to aggregate poll data posted by Politico, Donald Trump was holding leads of more than 10 points over Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio in Oklahoma, Alabama and Massachusetts. Texas voters were giving their Sen. Cruz a home-court advantage of 13 points. Hillary Clinton was ahead by 8 points in Massachusetts, 48 points in Alabama and 21 points in Texas. Sanders was leading by 5 points in Oklahoma.
Meanwhile, from The New York Times, Marco Rubio’s top campaign strategist made the bold prognosis (prior to the start of the Super Tuesday voting, anyway) that Tuesday won’t be the end for his candidate—or for the other GOP hopefuls who aren’t Donald Trump:
Senator Marco Rubio’s campaign manager, Terry Sullivan, briefed donors and potential allies with a good news/bad news message about the future on Tuesday morning, hours before Democrats began casting ballots in nominating contests in 11 states.
The bad news, according to Mr. Sullivan, is that the race will most likely drag into the Republican National Convention in July. But the good news, he added, is that the Rubio campaign is going to the convention, according to a person in attendance, who spoke on the condition that they not be identified in order to be candid about a private meeting.
In detail, Mr. Sulivan explained a march to the convention in Cleveland in which he anticipates that Senator Ted Cruz and Gov. John Kasich remain in the race for the long haul.
Watch this space throughout what’s sure to be a fateful day of many primaries for updates, commentary and results.
—Posted by Kasia Anderson
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Source: http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/super_tuesday_live-blog_super-sized_day_of_reckoning_in_11_states_20160301/
