1. Sanders: voter lines in Arizona were a ‘disgrace’
Despite big wins in Idaho and Utah, Bernie Sanders gained negligible delegate ground Tuesday on Hillary Clinton, who won big old Arizona. Sanders decried interminable delays at some polling stations.
Detailed results of Tuesday voting
Summary
What happened in Arizona is a disgrace. I hope that every state in this country learns from that and learns how to put together a proper election where people can come in and vote in a timely manner and go back to work.
– Senator Bernie Sanders
Summary
Donald Trump slightly expanded his delegates lead over Ted Cruz with an authoritative win in Arizona. Cruz had an equally strong win in Utah, but it was worth less.
Check in on the race for delegates
2. Jeb Bush backs Ted Cruz
Bush said Cruz was a real conservative and the best candidate to beat the Democrats in the general election. Cruz responded by following Bush on Twitter.
Cruz: Unlikely endorsement pick
3. Wife fight
First Trump blamed Cruz for an ad featuring a nude photo of Melania Trump. The ad came from a third party, not the Cruz camp. But Trump threatened Cruz: ‘I will spill the beans on your wife!”
Trump and Cruz have gone full caveman
Cruz replied … with a movie quote
Ted Cruz literally lifted a line from The American President pic.twitter.com/BdG7Qcr4Ye
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) March 23, 2016
4. Ryan calls for civility
Without naming names, House speaker Paul Ryan said the US political discourse had grown coarse. “It didn’t use to be this way,” he said. Factcheck: sigh.
Ryan: ‘I was wrong’ to divide Americans
5. Obama hits Cruz
Cruz’s call to “patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods” after the Brussels attacks “makes absolutely no sense,” Barack Obama said. “It’s not about patrolling neighborhoods,” John Kasich agreed.
6. Clinton calls GOP candidates ‘loose cannons’
In a speech at Stanford University, the Democratic frontrunner called the national security proposals of her potential general election rivals “dangerous”.
Summary
It would also be a serious mistake to begin carpet bombing populated areas into oblivion. Proposing that doesn’t make you sound tough. It makes you sound like you’re in over your head.
– Hillary Clinton
...and another thing:
Cruz on Graham: "I’ve never had an event hosted by someone who three weeks earlier publicly called for my murder." https://t.co/G8VcPEoLBI
— Tom McCarthy (@TeeMcSee) March 23, 2016
