memeorandum: Clinton up by double digits in NY, Calif. (Jessie Hellmann/The Hill)

3:00 PM ET, April 17, 2016

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Donald Trump Is Outperforming Ted Cruz, Bernie Sanders AND Hillary Clinton — Donald Trump is not only outperforming Ted Cruz in the election to date, he also outperforms Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders as well. — The election results to date (as of Sunday April 17th) show that Trump outshines all the candidates.

Kevin McCullough / Townhall.com:

Why Trump Loses — When Donald Trump looks back at the wasted time and money he put forward in producing the biggest flame-out in Presidential nominating history, he's going to easily be able to point to exactly where he lost it. — I've long thought of elections as similar to prize fights or NFL football match-ups.

Katie Glueck / Politico:

Trump massacred in delegate fights once more — It was another delegate bloodbath for Donald Trump. — In Georgia. In Wyoming. In South Carolina. In Kansas. In Florida. Ted Cruz put on a clinic, mobilizing his GOP activist base to capture at least 50 delegates on Saturday …

Discussion: CNN, RedState, Newsmax, Oklahoma Grassroots, The Charlotte Observer, Debbie Dooley and Fox News

Patrick Howley / Breitbart:

EXCLUSIVE — Trump Campaign: Cruz Staged ‘Attack’ In Georgia To Steal Delegates...'Not Grassroots Activism' — The Donald Trump campaign is accusing the Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) campaign of staging a coordinated “attack” in Georgia that led to pro-Trump delegate candidates being challenged …

Liz Kreutz / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Says ‘I Really Could Care Less’ About Donald Trump Calling Her ‘Crooked Hillary’

Discussion: New York Magazine, Business Insider, AOL, New York Times, BizPac Review, Fox News Insider and Associated Press

Jim Galloway / Political Insider blog:
Donald Trump gets outmaneuvered by Ted Cruz forces in Georgia

Discussion: RedState, Raw Story and ABC News

Patrick Howley / Breitbart:
Trump Supporters Walk Out of Georgia Delegate Fight After Party Picks Cruz Supporter...'Uproar in the Hall'

Discussion: Political Insider blog, No More Mister Nice Blog, BizPac Review and The Resurgent

Ginger Gibson / Reuters:
Ted Cruz wins Wyoming Republican presidential nominating contest

Discussion: AOL

Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:

RNC chief: No changes to delegate requirement likely — Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus said Sunday the GOP likely won't change a rule that requires candidates to have 1,237 delegates to clinch the GOP presidential nomination. — “Having a plurality of the delegates means the field has the majority.

Discussion: Politico and The Gateway Pundit

Mark Murray / NBC News:

Poll: 62% Say Republican with Most Votes Should Be Nominee — More than six in 10 Republican voters believe that, if no GOP presidential candidate wins a majority of delegates before the convention, the one with the most votes should be the party's nominee, according to a new national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.

Discussion: Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Guardian and The Daily Caller

CBS News:

Poll: Donald Trump keeps large lead in New York; ahead in California — Donald Trump heads into his home-state primary of New York with a large edge over Ted Cruz and John Kasich, 54 percent to 21 percent and 19 percent respectively. The lead, if it holds Tuesday night …

Discussion: RedState and Hot Air

Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:

Priebus to Trump: “Delegates And Voters Choose The Nominee”; People Don't “Give A Darn” About Colorado — Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, says Donald Trump complaining about the way Colorado's delegates were chosen is “distracting.”

Jonathan Easley / The Hill: Republican Party delegates feel sudden power as balance shifts

Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Trump to RNC: Reform nomination system or ‘have a rough July at that convention’

Discussion: RedState and Politico

Bethania Palma Markus / Raw Story:
Trump threatens a ‘rough time’ at the Republican National Convention if he isn't given the nomination

Discussion: KCCI-TV and Syracuse Post-Standard

Laura Bult / New York Daily News:

Hundreds of New York state voters to file suit calling the closed primary ‘a threat to our democratic system’ after claiming their party affiliation mysteriously changed — More than 200 outraged New York voters have joined a lawsuit claiming the party affiliation on their voter registration changed without their consent.

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:

Clinton up by double digits in NY, Calif. — Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton — is holding on to her lead in New York, leading rival Sen. Bernie Sanders — (I-Vt.) by 10 points in a new poll released just days ahead of the state's critical primary Tuesday.

Paul Sperry / New York Post:

How US covered up Saudi role in 9/11 — In its report on the still-censored “28 pages” implicating the Saudi government in 9/11, “60 Minutes” last weekend said the Saudi role in the attacks has been “soft-pedaled” to protect America's delicate alliance with the oil-rich kingdom.

Discussion: alan.com

CNN:
Saudis warn of economic reprisals if Congress passes 9/11 bill

Discussion: The Right Scoop, AOL, Hot Air, dcclothesline.com, American Thinker, Vox Popoli, Mediaite, Forbes, Booman Tribune, Independent Journal …, New York Times and Business Insider

Denver Post:

Obama should visit Ground Zero — but without apologies — Last week, Secretary of State John Kerry did something that no predecessor had ventured to do. He attended a memorial service in Hiroshima and toured the Hiroshima Peace Memorial museum, which commemorates the devastation wrought by the bomb Little Boy in 1945.

Alison Smale / New York Times:

German Comic Who Lampooned Erdogan to Extend Break From TV Show — BERLIN — The satirist whose crude lampoon of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey touched off a furor over free speech in Germany announced Saturday that he and his team would take a break from their satirical TV show until May 12.