1. Colorado for Cruz
Donald Trump’s campaign continued to lose delegates at the Republican convention in Denver, where Ted Cruz’s campaign has outplayed the businessman in party deals.
Republicans fight in the trenches
2. Sanders plans for Rome
Bernie Sanders announced he will speak at the Vatican about inequality next week. “I am a big, big fan of the pope,” he said. “People think Bernie Sanders is a radical, read what the pope is writing!”
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3. Trump's new man
With his threadbare campaign in disarray, Trump put Paul Manafort, a former adviser to a Kremlin-backed leader overthrown in revolution, in charge of his delegate plan.
Conservative groups flee to Senate
'Winning isn't enough'
Donald Trump's convention manager Paul Manafort says "Winning isn't enough" https://t.co/naDiNNZamF https://t.co/5TiZdpkQq9
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) April 8, 2016
4. Unapologetically 90s
Bill Clinton almost apologized for his response to Black Lives Matter protesters who criticized his record, and Hillary Clinton’s 1996 use of the phrase “super predators” to describe gang members.
Protesters question Clinton on crime
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I almost want to apologize for it, but I want to use it as an example of the danger threatening our country … We gotta stop [talking past each other] in this country. We gotta listen to each other again.
– Bill Clinton, on the verge of repentance
5. Rubio re-emerges
The Florida senator and former presidential candidate declined to endorse Ted Cruz for president, and didn’t explain why he asked to hold on to the 171 delegates he won while running.
None whatsoever
"I haven't given any thought" to potential contested convention, Rubio says, though he sent state GOP chairs letters to keep delegates
— Patricia Mazzei (@PatriciaMazzei) April 8, 2016
6. Obama bets against Trump
“Trump’s not succeeding me,” Barack Obama told a supporter. But he added that he and Cruz were “doing a service and that is laying bare, unvarnished some of the nonsense” of Congress.
… and another thing.
I asked Hillary Clinton if she has ever crashed a party at the Vatican. This was her response (video by @hannahfc): pic.twitter.com/H71OMmftSF
— Dan Merica (@danmericaCNN) April 8, 2016
