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  • Kasich: I'm going to beat Trump in Ohio

    02/27/2016 8:29:09 AM PST · by jimbo123 · 52 replies
    The Hill ^ | 2/27/16 | Elliot Smilowitz
    Republican presidential candidate John Kasich says he is going to beat Donald Trump in his home state. The Ohio governor on Saturday morning laid out to CNN his path to the GOP nomination. "I'm going to beat Donald Trump in Ohio," he said. "Once that happens, everything changes. Everything changes in this race." Kasich said a win in the Buckeye State would give him momentum at just the right time to surge in the presidential race. "We have many many more races to go," he said. "And the calendar begins to work for me" after Ohio.
  • Protesters shut down Bernie Sanders rally

    08/08/2015 4:48:49 PM PDT · by Timber Rattler · 55 replies
    The Hill ^ | August 8, 2015 | Elliot Smilowitz and Megan R. Wilson
    Protesters who claimed affiliation with the Black Lives Matter movement stormed the stage during a rally for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in Seattle on Saturday, taking over the microphone and forcing Sanders to leave without ever speaking. Moments after Sanders took the stage at Westlake Park, two women and one man climbed the stage and confronted the Democratic presidential candidate, demanding a chance to speak. After several moments of confusion and confrontation, an event organizer took the microphone and said the protesters would be allowed to speak before Sanders. Some in the crowd booed.