1. Carson reassures: Trump may be one-term
Even if Donald Trump turns out not to be such a great president, which I don’t think is the case – I think he’s going to surround himself with really good people – but even if he didn’t, we’re only looking at four years.
– Trump backer Ben Carson
2. Can Trump clinch it tonight?
Not … really. It depends on what happens through June. But the quickest yardstick for how Donald Trump is doing tonight is Ohio. If he loses it, the battle goes on. If he wins it – look out.
Koch donors divided over failure to stop Donald Trump
3. Obama ‘dismayed’ at ‘vulgar’ race
“I know that I’m not the only one in this room who may be more than a little dismayed about what’s happening on the campaign trail lately,” the president said at a unity luncheon at the Capitol.
McConnell calls on Trump to condemn violence
Summary
We have heard vulgar and divisive rhetoric aimed at women and minorities – at Americans who don’t look like ‘us’, or pray like ‘us’, or vote like we do ... In response to those attempts, we’ve seen actual violence, and we’ve heard silence from too many of our leaders.
– Barack Obama
Hispanic voters in Florida bemoan ‘hateful’ campaign as they head to polls
Obama: 'It has to stop'
4. Tactical voting in Ohio
Ohio voters may participate in either party’s primary. In one county (Cuyahoga), 15.6% of early-voting Democrats requested Republican ballots, local news said. A similar pattern was reported in Mahoning county.
Kasich hopes ‘high road’ leads to Republican victory
In another Ohio county (Greene), a caller told C-Span that 172 Democrats voted for Trump in an attempt to fracture the Republicans.
Summary
All this tomfoolery is thought to be unpleasant for the Hillary Clinton campaign, by the way, which fears losing Ohio to Bernie Sanders despite robust (lol Michigan) polling leads.
5. Rubio: Trump is an ‘embarrassment’
Senator Marco Rubio, who appears on the verge of losing his home state of Florida tonight – and perhaps exiting the stage – unloaded on Trump in an interview with the Guardian.
Rubio warns Trump backers will have some explaining to do
Summary
I think he’s already an embarrassment. People around the world are watching this debate and this campaign and wondering what’s happening here, because the things he says are nonsensical.
– Marco Rubio, on Donald Trump
6. Commander Sanders
Bernie Sanders would be the most trustworthy candidate to lead the nation’s military, according to 38% of respondents in a Reuters/Ipsos poll. Clinton was second, ahead of all Republicans, with 31%.
... and another thing:
Attendees at a Trump rally in Illinois drove over and parked on top of graves at a cemetery https://t.co/xwsBF0bYZ9 pic.twitter.com/ce6gbyrzbC
— Hunter Schwarz (@hunterschwarz) March 15, 2016
