Selected Trump articles on FR, with links, from 7:30 PM to 11:59 PM EST, 3/15/16:
North Carolina delegate currently 27-24 for Trump NYT
Free Republic Caucus 2016 03/16
Trump holding Missouri by half a point, 85% reporting(10 Dels WTA) decision desk
Donald Trump: Kasich Destroyed Ohio Industrial Jobs by Supporting NAFTA, TPP
Defending the nation from attempt to dissolve our borders: Drudge, Breitbart, me, Kaus and 5 hosts Ann Coulter tweet
Marc Faber supports Donald Trump, warns of central banks creating socialism, owning corporations Economic Collapse News
National Review Doubles Down: Important to Say White Working Class Communities Deserve to Die Breitbart
Republicans May Prefer the Devil They Know Right Wing News
ICE Director Responds to Senator Ben Sasse (video)
Republicans Are Addicted to Increasing Federal Spending DailySignal
Losing Ohio Improves Trumps Chances to Win the Nomination Sam Wang
Rep. Renee Ellmers says she voted for Trump (R-NC)
Insider: Trump to skip GOP debate for pro-Israel conference The Hill
Trump breaks the ice with Congress Wash.Examiner
Marco Rubio Suspends Campaign After Losing Florida Primary CBS MIami
Donald Trump Stomps Marco Rubio On Florida Home Turf HuffPo
Hillary says it: 'Trump could be president' Paul Bedard
CNN Exit Polling Calls MO and IL for Sanders 51-49: OH 53-46 for Shillary (root for Bernie thread!) CNN
Cruz urged to apologize for attacks against Mitch McConnell [price for GOPe support] CNN
Reid: 'Snobbery of the Founding Fathers' to Blame For Presidential Nominating Process NewsBusters
A bold, fair way to choose a Republican nominee (from a National Review columnist) (what theyre plotting)
Donald Trump 40.8%373,389—
Ted Cruz 40.6%371,278-2,111
John Kasich 9.8%89,964-283,425
Marco Rubio 6.2%56,553-316,836
All Others 2.6%23,351-350,038
Precincts Reporting94.4%
Total Votes914,535
Despite the OH loss to Kasich, and the two close races with Cruz in Missouri and NC, this was a huge night for Trump.
I show him winning 207 delegates on the night. Cruz will pick up about 80, and Kasich about 74.
At this stage, Trump has over a 200 delegate lead. With all the winner take all states coming up, I expect he is going to get to the magic number before the convention...but it may take him until June 7th now.
IMHO, Cruz has no path to an out right win now. The best he could do would be to win enough to deny the total math to Trump, and at this stage I feel that is a very outside chance in any case.
The absolute best Cruz should do now for the GOP and for the country would be to throw in with Trump as his VP.
At this stage, that would be my suggestion.
Sometime in April, make the deal for a Trump/Cruz ticket.
That would result in an absolute slam dunk against the GOPe, a slam dunk in numbers of delegates going into the convention, allow Trump to be in charge of the party rules, and unite the party for the general election against Hillary.
CNN delegate counts (1237 needed)
Trump 640
Cruz 408
Kasich 138
Rubio 170
Jackson numbers on DD vs CNN do not match, not even close. DD has it at less than 1000 and CNN has it about 1500 lead for Cruz.
98.8% reporting, 2100 lead for Trump
Jackson numbers are funny and still 6% outstanding
Hillary went from 15% odds to 99%
The last Trump/Cruz poll in California was over two months ago, it showed Cruz and Trump in a Tie, it was a Fields Poll.
Fields is notorious for for being wrong on Republican polls.
NYT - Missouri
100% of precincts reporting.
Trump 381,720 or 40.8%
Cruz 380,084 or 40.7%
A difference of 1,636 votes.
http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/missouri
Trump 15 delegates, 382,093 votes, 40.8%
Cruz 0 delegates, 380,367 votes, 40.6%
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CNN website has NOT declared a winner in Missouri, but they are showing:
Trump 20 delegates, 382,093 votes, 40.8%
Cruz 5 delegates, 380,367 votes, 40.6%
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CNN delegate count:
Trump 640
Cruz 405
Kasich 138
thegreenpapers.com
Trump 691
Cruz 413
Kasich 146