Saturday, March 5, 2016

Cruz wins Kansas GOP caucuses, battles Trump in Ky., Maine

From Drudge At 8pm CST
KENTUCKY
TRUMP 42% CRUZ 30% RUBIO 13%
MAINE
CRUZ 43% TRUMP 37% KASICH 11%

Political Cartoons by Bob Gorrell
AP  "WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Ted Cruz claimed an easy victory in Kansas and battled with Donald Trump for Kentucky and Maine in Saturday's four-state round of Republican voting, fresh evidence that there's no quick end in sight to the fractious GOP race for president. Kansas Democrats gave Bernie Sanders a win, as voters in three states chose between the Vermont senator and Hillary Clinton." . . .
"The Texas senator defeated Trump by more than a 2-to-1 margin in Kansas, and early returns showed he and Trump were in tight races in Maine and Kentucky caucuses. Cruz, a tea party favorite, attributed his strong showing to conservatives coalescing behind his candidacy, calling it a "manifestation of a real shift in momentum.' " . . .

Politico:  Sanders beats Clinton in Kansas.
. .  . "Three states — and 109 delegates — are in play on Saturday, and the results could prove that Sanders is still in the game. Going into the weekend, Sanders was badly lagging Clinton in the delegate count, having secured 432 to her 1,066. It takes 2,383 to win the Democratic nomination." . . .

Political Cartoons by Steve Breen

Sen. Sanders said the GOP debates sound like '6th-grade food fight'

Cruz and Trump Make BIG Gains On Super Saturday…Rubio, Not So Much  " '‘What it represents is Republicans saying it would be a disgrace for Trump to be our nominee and we’re going to stand behind the strongest candidate in the race.’"

Todd Starnes: Cruz rises to top as Rubio and Trump wallow in mud at GOP debate   "Thursday night's debate featured uncivil behavior from the Republicans -- sophomoric and crass -- bordering on obscene.
Sen. Marco Rubio behaved like a petulant child. Donald Trump flipped and flopped so many times that he flopped back to the positions he originally flipped on. 
"The only person on that stage who looked and sounded presidential and has a shot at getting elected -- was Sen. Ted Cruz.
"He stayed out of the locker room name-calling and focused on the issues.
"Senator Cruz understands the problems facing our great nation are no laughing matter." . . .
What about Kasich? He does have the most experience, if counterbalanced a bit by his being irritating to me.

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