memeorandum: Unelectable: Trump's Unfavorable Rating Spikes to 67 Percent Nationally (Guy Benson/Townhall.com)

3:00 AM ET, March 9, 2016

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Elizabeth Wilner / The Cook Political Report:

Yes, There is an Anti-Trump Surge — The grid below by CMAG's Mitchell West lays out a GOP-sponsored “anti-Trump” air campaign that is growing by the week, from 9% of all Republican TV spots (individual airings of commercials) by all advertisers in the presidential race during the first week in February …

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Guy Benson / Townhall.com:

Unelectable: Trump's Unfavorable Rating Spikes to 67 Percent Nationally — We've written about Donald Trump's uniquely terrible general election fundamentals before, as a complement to his worst-in-the-field numbers versus Hillary Clinton. That hypothetical head-to-head data doesn't mean …

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Patrick O'Connor / Wall Street Journal:

Donald Trump Holds Three-Point Lead Over Ted Cruz in GOP Race, WSJ/NBC News Poll Finds — Primary voters say they would prefer any of businessman's rivals in a one-on-one contest — Donald Trump holds a narrow, three-point lead in the race for the Republican presidential nomination …

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Peter Moore / YouGov US Opinion Center News:

Most Americans agree Trump is a ‘fraud’ and a ‘phony’ — Just over half of Americans agree with Mitt Romney that Trump is a ‘fraud’ and a ‘phony’, but Republicans disagree … As the Trump campaign maintained its strong momentum Republican heavyhitters Mitt Romney and John McCain blasted the frontrunner in unusually blunt language.

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Donovan Slack / USA Today:
Poll: Romney helps more than hurts Trump with Republicans

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Donald Trump / Yahoo Politics:
Trump romps in Michigan and Mississippi, tightening his grip on the nomination

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ABC News:
Republican Primary Exit Poll Analysis

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Live updates: Michigan, Mississippi, Idaho, Hawaii Republican contests

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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Rubio On CNN Story: “They Just Made It Up”

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ABC News:
Trump Hits a Wall Within the GOP; His Critics Back a Convention Fight (POLL)

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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Trump and Cruz Locked in Tight Race Nationally in New Poll

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Associated Press:
Sanders Is Surprise Victor in Michigan; Trump Keeps Winning

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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:

Sanders may pull off huge upset in Michigan [UPDATED: Sanders wins] — Heading into today's Michigan primary, the Real Clear Politics poll average showed Hillary Clinton leading Bernie Sanders by 21 points. Yet with more than 60 percent of the vote (or the precincts, I'm not certain which), reported, Sanders is leading Clinton.

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ABC News:
Democratic Primary Exit Poll Analysis

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Jon / Common Dreams:
Washington Post Ran 16 Negative Stories on Bernie Sanders in 16 Hours

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Associated Press:
Voices From Voters as They Cast Primary Ballots in 4 States

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Bill Ruthhart / Chicago Tribune:
Clinton holds commanding lead over Sanders in Illinois

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Tegna / WZZM-TV:

Amid high turnout, Michigan primary precinct runs out of Democratic ballots in mix-up … GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. - Polling places are busy on this primary election day in Michigan, with some locations reportedly running out of ballots. — Multiple callers at Plainfield Township precinct No. 3 …

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Bryce Covert / ThinkProgressPage Array:
Senator Holds Up Aid For Flint Because Residents ‘Have All The Government Resources They Need’

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Kira Lerner / ThinkProgressPage Array:
Flint Polling Places Ran Out Of Ballots, Turned Voters Away

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Windy City Media Group:

Second Wachowski filmmaker sibling comes out as trans — The second sibling of the filmmaking duo known as The Wachowskis has come out as transgender. — Lilly Wachowski, 48, sibling of Lana, 50, came out in a statement to Windy City Times, after being threatened with outing by other media.

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CNN:

Idaho pastor shooting: Suspect arrested at White House fence — (CNN)Kyle Andrew Odom, the suspect in the shooting of an Idaho pastor, was taken into custody Tuesday at the White House, a source at the U.S. Secret Service told CNN. — Odom was taken into custody by the Secret Service …

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Victor Morton / Washington Times:

Suspect in shooting of Ted Cruz rally pastor arrested at White House — The man suspected of shooting a prominent Idaho evangelical pastor was arrested Tuesday outside the White House hours after claiming his victim was a Martian. — Kyle Odom, 30, was arrested in Washington, D.C. …

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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:

Sanders sues to allow 17-year-olds to vote in Ohio — 's campaign has filed a lawsuit against Ohio's secretary of state to allow 17-year olds to vote in the Democratic primary on March 15, according to a CNN report. — Sanders's campaign manager told reporters in Michigan on Tuesday …

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CNN:
Sanders files suit against Ohio secretary of state in push to allow 17-year-olds to vote

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Raoul Wootliff / The Times of Israel:

Stabbing victim pulls knife out of own neck, kills terrorist — Israeli man hospitalized in moderate condition after Petah Tikva attack — An Israeli man who was stabbed multiple times Tuesday afternoon in a terror attack in Petah Tikva managed to remove the knife fromn his neck and use …

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Keith Olbermann / Washington Post:

I can't stand to live in a Trump building anymore — Keith Olbermann is a news and sports commentator and reporter. — Okay, Donnie, you win. — I'm moving out. — Not moving out of the country — not yet anyway. I'm merely moving out of one of New York's many buildings slathered …

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Michael Kruse / Politico:

Trump on Nancy Reagan: ‘She was never very beautiful’ — Earlier this week, after the death of Nancy Reagan, Donald Trump on Twitter called her “the wife of a truly great President” and “an amazing woman.” — “She will be missed!” he wrote. — In 2004, though, Trump wasn't as enthusiastic …

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Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton to attend Nancy Reagan's funeral Friday

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Les Zaitz / Oregonian:

FBI agents under investigation for possible misconduct in LaVoy Finicum shooting — BEND - An FBI agent is suspected of lying about firing twice at Robert “LaVoy” Finicum and may have gotten help from four other FBI agents in covering up afterward, authorities revealed Tuesday.

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Les Zaitz / Oregonian:
Bullet hole on LaVoy Finicum's truck traced to elite FBI team

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Valerie Edwards For / Daily Mail:

Hero woman shoots her stalker in the throat after desperate chase through mall that began when he started following her in food court — Ganobick got into her car and pulled out a knife and she pulled out a gun and shot him in the neck and buttocks — A Kentucky woman heroically turned …

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Aaron Elstein / Crain's New York Business:

How did Trump qualify for a middle-class tax break? — The GOP front-runner received a tax break available only to couples deemed by the state to have made $500,000 or less — One of the enduring mysteries of Donald Trump is just how much wealth he has. Forbes pegs his net worth at $4.5 billion …

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