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

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.

Ginger Gibson / Reuters:

Ted Cruz wins Wyoming Republican presidential nominating contest — CASPER, Wyo. (Reuters) - Republican U.S. presidential hopeful Ted Cruz won all 14 delegates at stake on Saturday in Wyoming, besting rival Donald Trump, who made little effort to win the rural state, and further narrowing the gap in the race for the party's nomination.

Discussion: AOL

Jonathan Easley / The Hill:

Republican Party delegates feel sudden power as balance shifts — The balance of power in the Republican Party has suddenly shifted to delegates, many of whom are entering the national spotlight for the first time. — Delegates say their lives have been turned upside down by the possibility …

Discussion: Political Wire

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

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

Discussion: RedState

Patrick Howley / Breitbart:

Trump Supporters Walk Out of Georgia Delegate Fight After Party Picks Cruz Supporter...'Uproar in the Hall' — Donald Trump supporters walked out of a delegate election in Georgia Saturday to protest a vote that robbed Trump of all of his slated delegates from a district that he won in the primary.

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Jim Galloway / Political Insider blog:

Donald Trump gets outmaneuvered by Ted Cruz forces in Georgia — On March 1, Donald Trump finished first in Georgia's Republican presidential primary with 39 percent of the vote. — On Saturday, at gatherings of Republican activists meeting by congressional district …

Discussion: RedState and ABC News

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: RedState, Newsmax and The Charlotte Observer

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.

Terry Macalister / Observer:

Clouds gather over solar power after golden years of success — iven that the government is determined to avoid playing a financial role in the planned new nuclear plant at Hinkley Point, it is perhaps surprising that it is involved in the UK's largest solar array.

Angelique Chrisafis / Guardian:

Thousands of troops on Paris streets but are they France's new Maginot line? — Many welcome them, but others fear it is a ‘political anti-anxiety measure’ — n the cobbled alleyways of Montmartre, as a busker warbled La Vie en Rose and street artists painted watercolours of the view over Paris …

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.

Discussion: Associated Press

Hannah Parry For / Daily Mail:

Not just a pretty face then? Justin Trudeau stuns room full of reporters and scientists with perfect answer to complex quantum computing question — Canadian Prime Minister was delivering his budget speech when he was put on spot with a joke question about quantum computing

Discussion: American Spectator

CNN:

Saudis warn of economic reprisals if Congress passes 9/11 bill — (CNN)Saudi Arabia is warning it will sell off billions in American assets if the U.S. Congress passes a bipartisan bill that would allow victims of 9/11 and other terrorist attacks to sue foreign governments.

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