memeorandum: How Trump Could Be Blocked at a Contested Republican Convention (New York Times)

11:55 AM ET, March 9, 2016

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Eric Bradner / CNN:

CNN/ORC Poll: Trump, Clinton leading in Florida, Ohio — Washington (CNN)Donald Trump is leading two of his Republican presidential rivals in their home states, topping Sen. Marco Rubio in Florida and Gov. John Kasich in Ohio, new CNN/ORC polls show. — Hillary Clinton, meanwhile …

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Jessica Hopper / ABC News:

Carly Fiorina Endorses Ted Cruz

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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:

Marco on the brink — SARASOTA, Fla. — With mounting losses and his chances that voters deliver him the Republican nomination near-nonexistent, Marco Rubio is flirting with the same political “death spiral” that swallowed Jeb Bush only three weeks ago. — He's fending off rumors of quitting …

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Washington Post:

Poll: Clinton leads Trump, aided by Obama coalition … Powered by the same coalition that twice elected Barack Obama, Democrat Hillary Clinton holds a clear lead over Republican Donald Trump in a hypothetical matchup for the November election, according to the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll.

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Tampa Bay Times:

Marco Rubio not ready to be president — Vote for me to stop Donald Trump. That is Sen. Marco Rubio's message to Florida voters this week as the Republican establishment desperately tries to prevent the billionaire from winning the Republican nomination for president and completing a hostile takeover of the party.

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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:

Only Trump Can Trump Trump — Donald Trump is a walking political science course. His meteoric rise is lesson No. 1 on leadership: Most voters do not listen through their ears. They listen through their stomachs. If a leader can connect with them on a gut level, their response is: “Don't bother me with the details.

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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Rubio shut out in delegates from Tuesday voting

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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Carly Fiorina Endorses Ted Cruz For President

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Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump Wins 3 States, but Still Has Work to Do

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Elizabeth Wilner / The Cook Political Report:
Yes, There is an Anti-Trump Surge

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Matthew Burns / WRAL-TV: WRAL News poll: Trump, Clinton poised to win NC

Daniel Lippman / Politico:
George W. Bush has no plans to endorse

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

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

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Katie Glueck / Politico: GOP establishment creeps toward Cruz

Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:

What The Stunning Bernie Sanders Win In Michigan Means — Bernie Sanders made folks like me eat a stack of humble pie on Tuesday night. He won the Michigan primary over Hillary Clinton, 50 percent to 48 percent, when not a single poll taken over the last month had Clinton leading by less than 5 percentage points.

Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:

Sanders stuns Clinton in Michigan — DETROIT — Bernie Sanders scored one of the biggest victories of his underdog campaign Tuesday by beating Hillary Clinton in Michigan, a delegate-rich state where she led by double digits in the closing days before voting.

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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Sanders wins surprise, narrow victory in Michigan

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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Sanders sues to allow 17-year-olds to vote in Ohio

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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Clinton will add to delegate lead after Michigan, Mississippi contests

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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Sanders Sues Ohio Over Law Keeping 17-Year-Olds From Voting In Primary

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CNN:
Exit polls: Mississippians, Michiganders angry or dissatisfied

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New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Wins Michigan Primary; Donald Trump Takes 3 States

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Yamiche Alcindor / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Sues Over Ohio Rule Barring 17-Year-Olds From Primary

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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:

The Conservative Era Is Over — Antonin Scalia's death has already changed the way the Supreme Court—and conservative litigants—do business. — Nobody quite knows what to make of it yet, but nobody disputes it, either: The Supreme Court of March looks nothing like the court we knew in February.

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Eric Wang / USA Today:
Liberals should thank Scalia for right to blast GOP on Supreme Court: Column

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Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal:
Poll Finds Majority of Voters Disapprove of Republicans' Supreme Court Delay

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Nina Totenberg / NPR:
President Obama Meets With Supreme Court Candidates

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Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:

EXCLUSIVE: Jon Voight Endorses Donald Trump for President — LOS ANGELES — Hollywood legend Jon Voight has endorsed Republican Donald J. Trump for President of the United States. — In an interview with Breitbart News Tuesday evening, the Oscar-, Emmy-, and Golden Globe-winning actor said …

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Hadas Gold / Politico:

Trump campaign manager gets rough with Breitbart reporter — Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski forcibly yanked Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields out of the way after his press conference in Florida on Tuesday night. — Fields was attempting to ask Trump a question as he exited the press conference.

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Jonathan Ellis / Mashable:

All the lies Donald Trump told in his election night infomercial — Donald Trump had plenty to celebrate on Tuesday night after winning the Republican primaries in Mississippi and Michigan. — But that didn't really matter. He was still pissed at Mitt Romney for making fun of his companies.

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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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Jason Tanz / Wired:

Never Mind Trump. The Internet Wants to Watch What's Behind Him — Donald Trump may have bullied his way into the center of the American political arena, but during his Super Tuesday victory speech last week, the real action took place in the margins. That's where you could find Chris …

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New York Times:

How Trump Could Be Blocked at a Contested Republican Convention — Mr. Trump could lose support as delegates become free to vote as they please. — Most states “bind” their delegates to candidates based on primary results. But most delegates are released if no candidate wins a majority …

Levi Pulkkinen / seattlepi.com:

Explosion levels buildings in North Seattle — 9 firefighters hurt in early morning explosion at Seattle's Greenwood neighborhood — An explosion leveled much of a commercial block and injured nine firefighters in Seattle's Greenwood neighborhood early Wednesday morning.

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Bloomberg Business:

Republican National Committee Sues for Clinton Aides' E-Mails — The Republican National Committee filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking State Department records and e-mails of associates of Hillary Clinton from early 2013 to late 2015. The suit was filed in federal court in Washington.