MORNING MESSAGE
Sanders
gained in the delegate count by swamping her in the Idaho and Utah caucuses,
generating recorded turnouts that overwhelmed caucus sites. The press will
discount his victories as expected and his delegate gains as insufficient, but
what’s clear is that Sanders continues to generate growing excitement and
support on the trail. The press says his only hope is to win by large margins in
the remaining states. Well, in Idaho and Utah, he did just that.
BURNING ISSUES: IS OUR MILITARY BIG ENOUGH?
Miriam
Pemberton of Institute for Policy Studies challenges Republican claims of an
underfunded military in the latest video installment of Burning Issues.
Click
here for the entire Burning Issues video series with expert analysis on the
substantive issues facing the 2016 electorate.
BERNIE WINS 2 OF 3
Sanders
nets slightly more delegates with wins in Idaho and Utah. AP: “Bernie
Sanders has won two out of three states holding presidential contests on Tuesday
… but he isn’t cutting much into Hillary Clinton’s big delegate lead … due to a
loss in Arizona — the biggest delegate prize of the night. For the evening,
Sanders stands to win at least 55 delegates to Clinton’s 51…”
Clinton
presses Trump on terrorism. Politico: “In a series of television interviews
and campaign appearances … Clinton took thinly veiled shots at the real estate
mogul. And the typically combative Trump … appeared less eager to engage in a
war of words with Clinton … ‘How high does the wall have to be to keep the
Internet out?’ Clinton said.”
TRUMP ADDS TO DELEGATE LEAD
Trump,
Cruz each collect delegates. NPR: “…Trump claimed all 58 Arizona delegates
thanks to his victory in the winner-take-all primary. It was by far the biggest
prize of the night and a further complication for Republicans hoping to stop …
[But] in Utah, [Cruz finished] above the 50 percent threshold which would give
him all 40 of the state’s delegates … That also means John Kasich would net zero
delegates from Tuesday’s contests.”
Trump
and Cruz debate NATO. WSJ: “The New York businessman on Monday in an
interview with the Washington Post editorial board questioned the need for
American involvement in NATO … ‘Donald Trump is wrong that America should
retreat from Europe, retreat from NATO, hand Putin a major victory and while
he’s at it, hand ISIS a major victory,’ Mr. Cruz told reporters.”
BREAKFAST SIDES
Wall
Street fights financial transaction tax. The Hill: “The Investment Company
Institute (ICI), which represents mutual funds, wrote to House Budget Committee
ranking member Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) last week, urging him not to include a
transaction tax in any Democratic budget plan. Van Hollen floated the idea last
year to help pay for middle-class tax relief … Sanders would use the tax on
trading to make public colleges tuition-free … Hillary Clinton, has proposed a
tax on high-frequency trading, where transactions are made on the same
securities repeatedly and rapidly. Taxing high-frequency trades would be a more
narrow approach…”
Congress
set to do nothing for the rest of the year. Politico: “…GOP leaders all but
conceded they won’t be able to pass a budget … It’s gotten so small-ball that
one congressman, a chairman of a highly influential committee, introduced
legislation last week to recognize the national significance of magic … odds
[are] that lawmakers will be forced to pass a patchwork spending bill in
September — just to keep the government open.”
Obama
urges Cuba to change. NYT quotes: “…I believe my visit here demonstrates
that you do not need to fear a threat from the United States … I’m also
confident that you need not fear the different voices of the Cuban people and
their capacity to speak and assemble and vote for their leaders.”
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