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Amtrak Primary voting in Rhode Island, Delaware, Maryland, Connecticut and Pennsylvania with important 118 Republican and 380 Democratic delegates at stake.
Voters in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island are casting ballots in Democratic and Republican primaries. It is one of the biggest days on the presidential nominating calendar in more than a month. And while polls show Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump poised for some big wins, the only polls that matter … close at 8 p.m. Eastern.
In the meantime, here’s what’s happening:
[h=2]The what primaries??[/h]Someone decided to name these the "Acela" primaries after the train that runs between the states voting, but it appears the name may be a little parochial —<span style="color: Red;">*</span>newscasters outside the Northeast apparently had no idea how to pronounce it:
Calling it the Acela Primary is a great way to highlight the great chasm between political/media class and the rest of America
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) April 26, 2016
[h=2]Would Liz feel the Bern?[/h]Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is feeling Elizabeth Warren.
Pressed on<span style="color: Red;">*</span>MSNBC Tuesday about whether he would pick a woman as a running mate, he floated her name as a potential VP pick.
“I think it’s a little bit early for speculating on that,” Sanders said, before he proceeded to speculate.
“Elizabeth Warren, I think, has been a real champion in standing up for working families taking on Wall Street,” he said. Then he added: “There are other fantastic women who have been active in all kinds of fights who I think would make great vice presidential candidates.”
He didn’t name any others, though.
Warren, a darling of progressives much like the Bern, so far has remained neutral in the Democratic primary race, although she has said she’s “cheering Bernie on.”
People cast their ballots in a polling station during the Pennsylvania primary on April 26, 2016, in Philadelphia.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, AFP/Getty Images)
[h=2]The Don of pop culture?[/h]Variety’s lead story Tuesday looks at the presidential race taking over pop culture and candidates embracing celebrity, and guess who’s on the cover?
[h=2]Has he actually quit random retweeting?[/h]Melania Trump said a few weeks ago that she wished her husband would stop retweeting, saying she thinks that’s where he gets into trouble. “If he would only listen,” she said.
Well, we can now confirm after a very unscientific review of The Donald’s Twitter feed that it has been exactly seven days since he unleashed a barrage of retweets, some from supporters whose views and vitriol might get him in hot water (as when he retweeted an unflattering picture of Ted Cruz’s wife next to a glamorous photo of Melania).
He has instead retweeted only a select few well-known users: The Drudge Report, Newt Gingrich and YouTubers Diamond and Silk. And his feed is now littered with positive campaign videos and memes thanking supporters in various states.
Oh, and, of course, his own vitriol. In the past 48 hours, he has lobbed criticism at his opponents in the GOP field, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who had announced they were teaming up in an effort to stop him from winning the nomination.
Lyin' Ted Cruz and 1 for 38 Kasich are unable to beat me on their own so they have to team up (collusion) in a two on one. Shows weakness!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 25, 2016
Shows how weak and desperate Lyin' Ted is when he has to team up with a guy who openly can't stand him and is only 1 win and 38 losses.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 25, 2016
Kasich just announced that he wants the people of Indiana to vote for him. Typical politician - can't make a deal work.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 25, 2016
The Cruz-Kasich pact is under great strain. This joke of a deal is falling apart, not being honored and almost dead. Very dumb!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 26, 2016
And just for good measure Tuesday, he also whacked The New York Times:
How bad is the New York Times—the most inaccurate coverage constantly. Always trying to belittle. Paper has lost its way!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 26, 2016
[h=2]Republicans: We promise, it’s not rigged[/h]The Republican National Committee, which has faced accusations from Trump and his supporters that the party’s nomination process is rigged, felt the need to release videos Tuesday explaining the delegate-allocation process in each of the five states voting.
“These videos are part of our effort to continue to educate voters on how the primary process works,” spokeswoman Lindsay Walters wrote in an email announcing the release.
It’s unclear, though, whether the explanations of mind-numbing minutiae such as “Plurality vote winner in each respective district receives CD delegates” will clear things up.
But here’s the videos anyway:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Connecticut,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Delaware,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Maryland,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Rhode Island.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>And our favorite, Pennsylvania, which tries to explain why most delegates in the state (54 of 71 total) aren't bound by what voters decide Tuesday and can instead pick whomever they want:
[h=2]'Barack,' meanwhile …[/h]… is stumping for the Democratic National Committee. In an email, at least. In a missive sent by “Barack Obama” Tuesday and addressed to “Friend,"<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the president said he has spent the primary season observing the candidates and determined “this has been a difficult period for the Republicans.”
“They're trying to figure out what they're standing for — whether they will be the party of building walls and surveilling neighborhoods, whether they will be the party that enshrines discrimination in our laws.”
He goes on to tick off Democratic priorities — addressing climate change, raising the minimum wage, ensuring equal pay for women, and preventing discrimination.
But he did not say which Democrat he is endorsing, despite the email’s subject line, “My vote for president.”
“We have two fine Democratic candidates who, no matter their differences, share this same set of core beliefs that defines our party,” he wrote.
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