The remaining GOP candidates took to CNN Tuesday night, where Anderson Cooper found that none of them were willing to commit to supporting a final candidate. Despite signing a pledge in September to do just that, Trump said he was not committed to doing so. “We’ll see who it is,” he said. In the primary race, Marco Rubio asked to have his name removed from the California ballot to avoid a repeat of the Arizona primary, where he ultimately received thousands of votes even after suspending his campaign. The move could potentially hurt Trump, as former Rubio supporters noted they would have chosen Ted Cruz or John Kasich. Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders is giving Hillary Clinton a tough time in Wisconsin.
Republican primaries
Donald Trump:Trump is still defending his campaign manager Corey Lewandowski after he was charged with misdemeanor assault for grabbing former Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields after a campaign event. Fields, Trump claimed, lied about the incident. Trump, however, saved some of his fire for Hillary Clinton this week, oath appointing a Supreme Court justice to review her emails. During a town hall on CNN on Tuesday, Trump said he would not pledge to support the 2016 Republican nominee because he was treated unfairly by the Republican National Committee throughout the campaign. During the same event, Trump said he had changed his mind on abortion and was now pro-life.
Ted Cruz:A pro-Cruz group called Trusted Leadership PAC is planning in attack this week against John Kasich with $500,000 to buy digital, broadcast and radio ads in Wisconsin. Meanwhile, former presidential candidate Carly Fiorina is joining Cruz and his wife, Heidi, on the campaign trail this week, including a “Women for Cruz” event in Madison, Wisconsin.
Jan Kasich:Kasich earned an endorsement from a key Wisconsin newspaper on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Ohio governor dismisses Trump’s foreign policy proposals as “the funniest“never heard of it.
Democratic primaries
Hillary Clinton has a right to be nervous about Wisconsin. The RealClearPolitics average has a mere 2.5-point lead over Sanders. In an effort to leisurely his momentum, Clinton tried to convince voters Tuesday that Sanders’s proposals are “pears on the willow“Sanders has apparently upset the Clinton camp so much that her husband is I don’t even bother campaign in the Badger State. Instead, they are looking ahead to New York, where she leads by a comfortable margin. In other signs that Clinton is ready to move beyond the Democratic primary process, her team released a fresh ad in New York attacking Trump’s candidacy and urging voters, “We know better.”
As noted, Bernie Sanders may be ready to pull off a surprise in Wisconsin next week. He is focusing his efforts on Madison, the state’s second most populous city, where he happens to be extremely popularSanders also spoke about the Republican Party’s frontrunner – he criticized Trump this week for unfairly directing Americans’ anger at minorities over the delicate economy.
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Basic schedule
There are no primaries scheduled this week.
