Archives for March 2016

“Republicans’ last-gasp effort to stop Donald Trump from seizing their party’s presidential nomination kicked into high gear Friday, as his three remaining challengers avoided attacking one another, and their outside allies shifted money to states where each can take the most votes away from the front-runner,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“In the starkest illustration of the strategy, Sen. Marco Rubio’s campaign urged Ohio supporters to back Gov. John Kasich, to keep the front-runner from capturing the winner-take-all state. The Rubio team’s attempt to coordinate marks a recognition that Trump victories Tuesday in Ohio and Florida would give the New Yorker an unshakable grip on the GOP presidential nomination.

Fortune: “Until then, voters can glean a great deal of information from two sets of documents the Trump campaign has already provided: A balance sheet released in June, when Trump declared his candidacy for President, and a 92-page Personal Financial Disclosure (PFD) form submitted to the Federal Election Commission a month later.”

“Neither document is as telling as a tax return would be. But when closely read together, you can learn a great deal about Trump’s financial affairs. Here’s the most concerning thing I learned: Trump appears to have overstated his income, by a lot, which could be the reason he has so far tried to avoid releasing his returns.”

New York Times: “Donald Trump abruptly canceled a large rally here on Friday night as scuffles and shouting matches erupted on the arena floor between large groups of his supporters and protesters angered by his campaign.”

“Cable news networks broadcast live scenes of chaos inside the arena that showed people on both sides screaming at, punching and shoving each other. At one point a protester clambered onstage and stood behind the speaker’s podium ripping up a campaign sign until security pulled him away.”

Politico: “The moment revealed that hundreds of people had slipped into the event portraying themselves as Trump supporters. They instead unveiled protest banners, and some hoisted campaign signs for Bernie Sanders.”

“President Obama is finalizing his decision on a Supreme Court nominee to replace the late Antonin Scalia and appears to have narrowed his choice to three candidates, according to people with knowledge of the vetting process,” the Washington Post reports.

“The three under consideration are Merrick Garland, chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; Sri Srinivasan, a judge on the same court; and Paul Watford, a judge on the California-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.”

“When they learn more about Donald Trump’s record, they discover he’s been doing everything they’re angry about. He is Washington. Donald Trump is the system.”

— Sen. Ted Cruz, quoted by Politico.