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CBS News:
Poll: Trump and Kasich neck-and-neck in Ohio; Trump leads in Florida — Donald Trump keeps his lead in winner-take-all Florida, at 44 percent over Ted Cruz's 24 percent and Marco Rubio's 21 percent. In Ohio, Governor John Kasich is tied with Trump 33 percent to 33 percent …
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Marist Poll:
3/13: Trump Ahead in FL, IL... Kasich Up in OH... Clinton Ahead in FL, IL, and OH — In the Republican presidential primary contests in Florida and Illinois, businessman Donald Trump exhibits continued strength in his bid for the GOP nomination. Trump is also a strong second in Ohio behind the state's popular governor, John Kasich.
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump cancels Florida rally to hold event in Ohio — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump — has postponed his Monday night rally scheduled in Florida and will instead hold an event in Ohio. — Trump was planning to hold an event Monday night at Trump National Doral.
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Political Wire
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Polls: Trump Ahead in Florida, Illinois; Kasich Leads in Ohio
Polls: Trump Ahead in Florida, Illinois; Kasich Leads in Ohio
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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
My Candidate, Right or Wrong: Ted Cruz on Possible Trump Nomination
My Candidate, Right or Wrong: Ted Cruz on Possible Trump Nomination
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RedState
Caleb Howe / RedState:
TRUMP LOSES: Your Complete Saturday Voting Results and Delegate Count Guide
TRUMP LOSES: Your Complete Saturday Voting Results and Delegate Count Guide
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Allen B. West and The Resurgent
CNN:
Trump ends wild day on campaign trail by calling for protesters' arrests — Watch CNN's Democratic Town Hall, co-hosted by TV One, Sunday at 8 p.m. ET. — (CNN)Donald Trump on Saturday called for protesters who disrupt his rallies to be arrested, one day after altercations and protests forced …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump Accuses Protester of ISIS Ties Based on Dubious Video
Donald Trump Accuses Protester of ISIS Ties Based on Dubious Video
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Jim Dalrymple II / BuzzFeed:
Trump Uses Doctored Video To Connect Protester To ISIS
Trump Uses Doctored Video To Connect Protester To ISIS
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Daily Mail:
‘One child knelt and prayed, the other was shot dead’: Eyewitness tells how Al Qaeda terrorists singled out their victims as they gun down 16 at Ivory Coast beach resort popular with Westerners — Gunmen were allegedly targeting a U.S. delegation led by Assistant Secretary of Commerce Marcus Jadotte
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Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
How Trump Happened — It's not just anger over jobs and immigration. White voters hope Trump will restore the racial hierarchy upended by Barack Obama. — “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win,” goes the line attributed to Mahatma Gandhi.
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Daily Mail:
German voters' crushing verdict on open-door migration: Angela Merkel is punished in crucial state elections as far-Right party wins big vote with call to stop flow of refugees — By , SARA MALM FOR MAILONLINE and ALLAN HALL IN BERLIN FOR THE DAILY MAIL — German voters turned to the far right …
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Vox Popoli
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Party Still Decides — POLITICAL parties are mentioned nowhere in the Constitution, and the party nominating process offers few of the protections associated with the ideal of “one man one vote.” Voters in early states have far more influence than voters in later ones.
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Power Line
Thomas Frank / Salon:
Bill Clinton's odious presidency: Thomas Frank on the real history of the '90s — NAFTA. The crime bill. Prisons. Aides wondered if Bill knew who he was. His legacy is sadly clear — Democratic presidential nominee Bill Clinton gives the thumbs up sign as he speaks to a gathering at the University of Toledo in 1992.
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Liberal Values
New York Post:
How the $15 wage is already killing Seattle jobs — Attention, Gov. Cuomo: It's time to rethink your “fight for $15.” — Spiking the minimum wage statewide may appeal to a Democrat eyeing a future run for national office. But it's a bad idea for New York. — Don't believe us?
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
How Carson arrived at Trump — Ben Carson sipped hot chocolate across the breakfast table from Donald Trump — at the businessman's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., on Thursday morning, still unsure as to whether he'd endorse anyone in the Republican primary.
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Beth Reinhard / Wall Street Journal:
Florida Republicans Waver Over Trump — FORT LAUDERDALE—"I don't think I could," said Florida Lt. Gov. and U.S. Senate candidate Carlos Lopez-Cantera, when asked if he could support Donald Trump as the Republican presidential nominee. — It was a candid moment at a Broward County Republican …
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Naked Politics
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Former GOP senator: Brokered convention will bring ‘revolution’ — Former Sen. Al D'Amato (R-N.Y.) said on Sunday that Republicans should not try to intervene at the party's convention in order to stop Donald Trump — from securing the nomination, warning that doing so would cause a “revolution” in the party.
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Wants To Pay Legal Fees Of Man Who Sucker Punched Protester — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Sunday that he has instructed his team to look into paying the legal fees of the man who sucker punched a black protester. — Trump said he doesn't condone violence.
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump looking into paying legal fees of supporter seen throwing sucker punch
Trump looking into paying legal fees of supporter seen throwing sucker punch
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