Marco Rubio, Florida's favorite son candidate after previous favorite Jeb? Bush dropped out has "suspended his campaign," election-speak for "Turn out the lights the party's over." Donald Trump CRUSHED Rubio in the Asshole of America tonight 46%-27%.
Rubio will be remembered fondly here for using truly hilarious humor in his attacks on Trump-all of which failed! Actually drove Rubio's share of the Republican vote DOWN. There is no attack, save perhaps Mitt Romney's indictment that has touched Trump. I was shocked that Rubio's humor failed and as little as has worked in the Republican Party I think it is going to be harder than I expected for Hillary Clinton to get anything to stick. Different electorate absolutely but to have Rubio's humorous attacks HURT RUBIO is ominous indeed. I know the Clintons were shocked that Ted Cruz' attacks on eminent domain fell flat, but at least they didn't hurt Cruz. The Democrats are studying this hard, testing different approaches with focus groups. They may decide, and have the money and intent, to throw the whole kitchen sink at Trump. It may start soon for Trump won one of the two states the cognoscenti said he had to win to grab an unshakable lead in the delegate count.
John Kasich held serve in Ohio, and beat Trump pretty well, he has been declared the winner and has a 10% lead with 85% of votes tallied. The problem for the hallucinatory scenarios anti-Trump Republicans were counting on, is that Trump had to lose both Ohio and Florida and he didn't.
In addition to Florida Trump won North Carolina (proportional delegate award) close over Cruz and Illinois (winner take all) fairly close over Cruz and Missouri paper-thin over Cruz.
In God's Party Hillary Clinton crushed Bernie Sanders in Florida (proportional), easily won North Carolina, won fairly easily in Ohio (also proportional), reversing Sanders' shock win in Michigan, and won Illinois and Missouri by paper-thin margins.
In both parties the Illinois and Missouri votes are within 0.5% and will be recounted. If none of the results is overturned it has been a clean sweep for Hillary Clinton and four out of five for the Trumpster Fire.
In the delegate count Trump is at this writing exactly one more delegate than half-way home to the nomination. Cruz has less than 32% at this writing. Hillary Clinton has 52.5% of the delegates needed for nomination.
Cruz isn't getting out but the South was supposed to be strong for him and it largely wasn't, Texas is baked in, Oil Patch Oklahoma is under his belt, and he batted 0-5 tonight. Coming up immediately are Arizona and Utah. Look, Rafael: Hairy Boner and the Mormon Tabernacle TAIN'T gonna cut it. Comin' up pertty soon are some BIG states, Pennsyltucky and eventually New York Values and finally California. Teddy had best check his passport to see if he is even ALLOWED into New York. Trump may win NY with 60%.
There are, what, about as many Republicans in California as there are hockey fans? God knows how those 15,000 are split between Trump and Cruz or if they even know there is a primary but my guess is that the short adamantine one is not going to set Tinseltown aglitter compared to Hair-cum-Fakebake.
Pennsylvania: you got the big bookends. Republicans are...a minority in Philthydelphia, but are strong in the burbs but tend to be more liberal there. These are the descendants of QUAKERS for William Pennssake, not bible-thumping Baptists. I could see Bucks County going for Kasich. The Pittsburgh suburbs, I don't know man. This is the state that elected Rick Santorum and between Philly and Picksburgh you have your Amish, your Lancasterites, that's pretty conservative. Those are Cruzoids. But then Allentown, Scranton, Reading, Johnstown, angry white males! Trumpets! I don't think Pa. will go for Cruz over Trump. Cruz' best days are behind him already and he has to win like 65% of the remaining delegates. HAHAHAHAH. I don't think he can even plausibly deny Trump a majority eventually.
I don't know where John Kasich goes from here but it's not away. He's in fourth place, even behind
the dearly departed Rubio and with his first big win still has less than 11% of the delegates needed for nomination.
The fat lady hasn't sung in either party just yet but she's warming up backstage and particularly on the Democratic stage the curtains are parting for her entrance.
FORWARD! to November.
Rubio will be remembered fondly here for using truly hilarious humor in his attacks on Trump-all of which failed! Actually drove Rubio's share of the Republican vote DOWN. There is no attack, save perhaps Mitt Romney's indictment that has touched Trump. I was shocked that Rubio's humor failed and as little as has worked in the Republican Party I think it is going to be harder than I expected for Hillary Clinton to get anything to stick. Different electorate absolutely but to have Rubio's humorous attacks HURT RUBIO is ominous indeed. I know the Clintons were shocked that Ted Cruz' attacks on eminent domain fell flat, but at least they didn't hurt Cruz. The Democrats are studying this hard, testing different approaches with focus groups. They may decide, and have the money and intent, to throw the whole kitchen sink at Trump. It may start soon for Trump won one of the two states the cognoscenti said he had to win to grab an unshakable lead in the delegate count.
John Kasich held serve in Ohio, and beat Trump pretty well, he has been declared the winner and has a 10% lead with 85% of votes tallied. The problem for the hallucinatory scenarios anti-Trump Republicans were counting on, is that Trump had to lose both Ohio and Florida and he didn't.
In addition to Florida Trump won North Carolina (proportional delegate award) close over Cruz and Illinois (winner take all) fairly close over Cruz and Missouri paper-thin over Cruz.
In God's Party Hillary Clinton crushed Bernie Sanders in Florida (proportional), easily won North Carolina, won fairly easily in Ohio (also proportional), reversing Sanders' shock win in Michigan, and won Illinois and Missouri by paper-thin margins.
In both parties the Illinois and Missouri votes are within 0.5% and will be recounted. If none of the results is overturned it has been a clean sweep for Hillary Clinton and four out of five for the Trumpster Fire.
In the delegate count Trump is at this writing exactly one more delegate than half-way home to the nomination. Cruz has less than 32% at this writing. Hillary Clinton has 52.5% of the delegates needed for nomination.
Cruz isn't getting out but the South was supposed to be strong for him and it largely wasn't, Texas is baked in, Oil Patch Oklahoma is under his belt, and he batted 0-5 tonight. Coming up immediately are Arizona and Utah. Look, Rafael: Hairy Boner and the Mormon Tabernacle TAIN'T gonna cut it. Comin' up pertty soon are some BIG states, Pennsyltucky and eventually New York Values and finally California. Teddy had best check his passport to see if he is even ALLOWED into New York. Trump may win NY with 60%.
There are, what, about as many Republicans in California as there are hockey fans? God knows how those 15,000 are split between Trump and Cruz or if they even know there is a primary but my guess is that the short adamantine one is not going to set Tinseltown aglitter compared to Hair-cum-Fakebake.
Pennsylvania: you got the big bookends. Republicans are...a minority in Philthydelphia, but are strong in the burbs but tend to be more liberal there. These are the descendants of QUAKERS for William Pennssake, not bible-thumping Baptists. I could see Bucks County going for Kasich. The Pittsburgh suburbs, I don't know man. This is the state that elected Rick Santorum and between Philly and Picksburgh you have your Amish, your Lancasterites, that's pretty conservative. Those are Cruzoids. But then Allentown, Scranton, Reading, Johnstown, angry white males! Trumpets! I don't think Pa. will go for Cruz over Trump. Cruz' best days are behind him already and he has to win like 65% of the remaining delegates. HAHAHAHAH. I don't think he can even plausibly deny Trump a majority eventually.
I don't know where John Kasich goes from here but it's not away. He's in fourth place, even behind
the dearly departed Rubio and with his first big win still has less than 11% of the delegates needed for nomination.
The fat lady hasn't sung in either party just yet but she's warming up backstage and particularly on the Democratic stage the curtains are parting for her entrance.
FORWARD! to November.
