Hilllary Clinton (HRC) is still 100%, definitely, absolutely going to be the nominee for the Democratic party. It might be worthwhile to start thinking about who her Vice President will be. A couple things that she may be thinking about:
- Who is she comfortable having take over for her if she passes away while in office?
- Will the attract support she doesn't already command?
- Who can she select that will make a natural Presidential candidate in 8 years?
- Who can attack the Republicans while she stays out of the mud?
- Who can she find that balances her weaknesses and strengths? Alternatively: Who can she find that will reinforce her strengths?
The answer to question 3 seems to be Warren and Booker (to me, anyway), both of whom would do well in addressing her weaknesses as well. Alternatively she may turn to someone with a military background or a strong tie to that community (like Jim Webb). I don't see her going with an older white male. The former mayor of San Antonio, Castro, gets mentioned in this debate publicly, but I don't know enough about him to comment.
Meanwhile let's catch up with the Republican Primary:
Trump - 384
Cruz - 300
Rubio - Michael Jordan crying face emoji (151)
Kasich - 37
Although it looks close between Cruz and Trump, it is REALLY hard to close a gap of any kind as almost every state awards delegates proportionally to percentage of vote, and Trump polls between 25-35% of support basically everywhere. Expect Cruz, Rubio and Kasich to all pick up more delegates than Trump this week, as each of their home states vote and a couple are winnter-take-all for delegates. Expect this to not impact Trump maintaining his lead, but potentially not getting the 1,237 delegates he needs.
update: Gawker.com implicitly agrees with my premise. http://gawker.com/ted-cruz-please-help-us-we-have-no-idea-how-to-stop-d-1763284642
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