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Let's look at the state of both races after Super Tuesday:
1. Trump only got 35 percent of the overall vote overall on Tuesday — a familiar number, eh? In almost every poll in every state, The Donald registers at about 35 percent.
2. Self-described "late deciders" went against Trump — which might mean the recent attacks are working.
3. And also look for more attacks as political experts have now judged that the Club For Growth anti-Trump TV campaign, which clearly worked in Iowa, again worked this week in both Oklahoma and Arkansas.
4. Reports are now circulating that Meg Whitman, Paul Singer, and the Ricketts' machine are supposedly meeting and conferencing calling to coordinate and fund an anti-Trump campaign — quickly.
5. Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) was the surprise winner of Super Tuesday as expectations had been so low for him going into voting.
6. Even Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.) said today he'd pick Cruz over Trump.
7. Gov. Charlie Baker, the new, young, impressive governor of Massachussetts — where Trump won big on Super Tuesday — yesterday said he would not vote for Trump. This is a growing GOP establishment trend, and one that portends a serious rupture of the Republican Party.
8. Coming up are states where Cruz can and might beat Trump: Kansas, Kentucky, Maine and Louisiana and a few caucuses, too. Update by me: Huge win in Kansas, unexpected win in Maine, and unexpectedly close to Trump in Louisiana, with results suggesting he might even have won if not for early votes. Cruz’s loss in Kentucky was also narrow.
9. Plus 20 "closed" GOP primary states where only Republicans can vote — not a good playing field for The Donald, who does better among working-class Dems and independents.
10. Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.) just isn't getting it done. Thus Cruz will soon — again — be the main competition to Trump.
11. Trump's threat to Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) will not go down well; threatening a Speaker by saying that if he doesn't get along, "he will pay," is not a smart or diplomatic move from the man who touts himself as the best negotiator. Trump is a democrat, you expect any less?
12. I now believe that it's better than 50-50 that Hillary Clinton gets indicted.believe when I see it.
13. As Ed Klein notes, Clinton will keep running for president even if indicted. That will not work. Indicted by a Democratic administration, Clinton cannot claim that it's the "vast right-wing conspiracy." That line has no relevance if President Obama's Justice Department indicts her.It is what Democrats do, she could run from prison
14. The party, the donors and bundlers, the super-delegates and incumbents will not want to run alongside an indicted person.
15. They will drop Clinton like a hot potato — or, as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) says of Trump, "like a hot rock."
16. No, she'd be done and soon gone.
17. And then a new candidate: Vice President Joe Biden? Former Secretary of State John Kerry? Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.)? California Gov. Jerry Brown? Former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg (I)? Who knows?
18. Conclusion: Despite the media proclaiming that the nominations are all sewed up, in fact both races are still to be determined."
