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On Top Of The News Email:news@arubatoday.com website: www.arubatoday.com Tel:+297 582-7800 Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Super Showdown

Audience members listen as Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. speaks during a campaign event at the InterContinental Hotel, Monday,
Feb. 29, 2016, in Atlanta.

(AP Photo/David Goldman)

Republicans Split as Trump, Clinton seek Tuesday wins

JULIE PACE sumed his populist appeal his home state to keep him choosing instead to focus the party.
JILL COLVIN with voters would fizzle. in the race, while Florida on Trump. Sanders, mean- Republicans face an even
Associated Press Instead, he’s only grown Sen. Marco Rubio wants to while, remains resolute in more daunting challenge
VALDOSTA, Georgia (AP) stronger and appears to stay close in the delegate his message, offering his in uniting a party roiled by
— On the eve of Tuesday’s be in commanding position count until the primary hits standard economic-fo- the emergence of a po-
crucial multi-state prima- heading into Super Tues- his home state on March cused campaign speech litical outsider as the front-
ries, a sharp new divide day, the biggest single-day 15. Meanwhile, Democrat- and looking past last week- runner for the party’s presi-
erupted between Republi- delegate haul of the year. ic front-runner Hillary Clin- end’s defeat. dential nomination.
cans who pledge to fall in Republicans will vote in 11 ton is solidifying her lead. With Sanders lagging in Nebraska’s Ben Sasse, a
line behind Donald Trump if states on March 1, or Su- Like Trump, Clinton could delegates and likely to rising star among conser-
he wins their party’s nomi- per Tuesday, with 595 dele- begin putting her party’s face more losses on Super vatives, became the first
nation and others who insist gates to the party’s nation- nomination out of reach Tuesday, Clinton’s team is current senator to publicly
they can never back the al nominating convention for rival Bernie Sanders with starting to become more raise the prospect of back-
bombastic billionaire. at stake. It takes 1,237 del- a strong showing on Super concerned with the need ing a third party option if
The fissure could have ma- egates to win the nomina- Tuesday. Democrats will to eventually unify the par- Trump clinches the nomi-
jor implications beyond tion at the July convention. be voting in 11 states and ty. They are trying to avoid nation. In a letter posted
the primaries, exposing the If Trump sweeps most of the American Samoa, with 865 further alienating the pas- on Facebook late Sunday,
looming challenges in unit- states up for grabs Tues- delegates at stake. sionate Sanders backers, Sasse urged Republicans to
ing the party, no matter day, he could amass a After a decisive victory in whose support she will need consider whether a party
who wins the nomination. delegate lead that would Saturday’s South Carolina to win a general election, led by Trump would still rep-
Trump has won three of four be difficult for any rival to primary, Clinton has shed and remind Democratic resent their interests.
early nominating contests, overcome. Texas Sen. Ted nearly all references to her voters that she could face
roiling a party that had as- Cruz is banking on a win in Democratic opponent, Trump — a hated figure in Continued on page 3