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U.S. NEWSMonday 11 April 2016
Presidential candidates shift focus to delegate grab
Continued from front Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, center, talks with Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, er Allen Cathedral in Ja-
D-N.Y., right, and Council Member Laurie Cumbo as she sits at the counter of Junior’s restaurant maica, Queens on Sunday
“A more traditional ap- in the Brooklyn borough of New York. morning. “I’m now running
proach is needed and for president to continue
Donald Trump recogniz- (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) the work we’ve done all
es that,” Paul Manafort, those years.”
Trump’s new delegate to warn, “You’re going to Sanders, behind Clinton by
chief, said Sunday on have a big problem, folks, hundreds of delegates, is
NBC’s “Meet the Press.” because there are people pointing to statewide wins
Even so, Trump later in the who don’t like what’s go- in seven of the last eight
day complained that the ing on.” state contests. But his lat-
system is “corrupt” and Clinton, who lost Wyoming est victory in Wyoming
“crooked” and said it’s Saturday night to Vermont did nothing to help him in
unfair that the person who Sen. Bernie Sanders, is try- the delegate chase: Both
wins the most votes may ing to maintain her com- Sanders and Clinton got
not be the nominee. manding lead among seven delegates.
“What they’re trying to do delegates no matter how On CBS, Sanders not-
is subvert the movement many states Sanders wins ed that the contest has
with crooked shenani- — or how much “momen- moved from the conserva-
gans,” Trump told a crowd tum” he claims. Key to her tive South — “Not a strong-
of thousands gathered in drive is a victory in New hold for me” — into states
a packed airport hangar York, which she repre- like New York, Pennsylva-
in Rochester, New York. sented in the U.S. Senate. nia and California where
“We’re supposed to be a Sanders, who was born in he expects to do well.
democracy,” he added. Brooklyn, can claim New Clinton has 1,287 dele-
If denied the Republican York as his home state. gates based on primaries
nomination, he went on After stops in New York City and caucuses, compared
churches, Clinton headed to Sanders’ 1,037. When
to Baltimore for her first including superdelegates,
campaign rally in Mary- or party officials who can
land, where she picked up back any candidate, Clin-
the endorsement of popu- ton has 1,756, or 74 percent
lar local congressman Eli- of the number needed
jah Cummings. to clinch the nomination.
Maryland, where Clinton Sanders has 1,068.
is favored, holds its prima- On the Republican side,
ry on April 26 along with Trump continued to try to
Pennsylvania, Rhode Is- catch up to Cruz’s ground
land, Delaware and Con- operation, which is months
necticut. Clinton’s cam- ahead and trying to eat
paign is looking for big wins into Trump’s home state
across the Northeast, in an support in conservative
effort to gain what they’ve pockets of New York.
termed an “all but insur- Manafort said the Cruz
mountable” lead in the campaign was using a
delegate race. “scorched earth” ap-
“I was honored to serve proach in which “they
as your senator for eight don’t care about the par-
years. I worked hard with ty. If they don’t get what
so many leaders,” Clinton they want, they blow it up.”
told parishioners at Great- He spoke a day after Cruz
completed his sweep of
Colorado’s 34 delegates
by locking up the remain-
ing 13 at the party’s state
convention in Colorado
Springs. He already had
collected 21 delegates
and visited the state Satur-
day to try to pad his num-
bers there. For Ohio Gov.
John Kasich, it’s about win-
ning enough delegates to
keep all candidates from
locking up a majority of
delegates, thereby forcing
a contested convention.
And that means sowing
doubts about the effect
that a Trump or Cruz nomi-
nation would have on the
party. q
