by Jim Heath | May 4, 2016 | Commentary, Conventions, Delegates, Headlines, Republicans
He ran the table in Indiana, as he predicted he would, and his two remaining opponents Ted Cruz and John Kasich quickly folded their cards. And with that we can now project Donald Trump the 2016 Republican Party presidential nominee. For the GOP primary voters who...
by Jim Heath | Apr 27, 2016 | Conventions, Delegates, Headlines, Republicans
It’s a move. Not quite a bold move, but a move nonetheless. Here’s reality: Ted Cruz currently has 568 pledged delegates. Donald Trump has 991. You need 1,237 to clinch the GOP nomination. Trump is much closer. So in an effort to catch up with Trump...
by Jim Heath | Apr 26, 2016 | Conventions, Delegates, Democrats, Electoral Map, Headlines, Republicans
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton dominated the April 26th primaries. Five states voted in both the Democratic and Republican presidential primaries: Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. Trump won all five states. Clinton carried four but...
by Jim Heath | Apr 23, 2016 | Conventions, Delegates, Democrats, Headlines
Hillary Clinton needs as her running mate a white, male, Midwestern, progressive who is fearless of the press and a proven winner in a battleground state. She need look no further than Sherrod Brown. Ohio’s senior U.S. senator. As in that Ohio. Battleground...
by Jim Heath | Apr 17, 2016 | Conventions, Delegates, Headlines, Republicans
The chairman of the Republican National Committee’s powerful rules committee is blasting his own national chairman, Reince Priebus, for daring to suggest the upcoming convention stick with the rules it has already in place. At issue is whether the upcoming GOP...
by Jim Heath | Apr 14, 2016 | Conventions, Delegates, Headlines, Republicans
If Donald Trump arrives in Cleveland with the most delegates, but doesn’t win the Republican nomination, sixty-three percent of his supporters nationwide say he should dump the GOP and run third party. That’s according to a new CBS News poll which also...
