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| Ryan eases off Trump: 'I want to be part of GOP unifying process' – campaign live | Ryan eases off Trump: 'I want to be part of GOP unifying process' – campaign live |
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| Carson predicts Trump-Ryan kumbaya | |
| Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon and former Republican candidate, and now an operative with broad portfolio within the Trump campaign, has spoken with House speaker Paul Ryan in advance of a summit tomorrow between the House leadership and the presumptive nominee. | |
| Carson thinks the two sides are on the verge of working this whole thing out: | |
| “We talked about the big issues, and I think they are going to have a very, very substantive and good meeting,” Carson told the Washington Post. “I suspect that after they meet they’ll feel much closer.” | |
| Ryan said Monday and today that he simply needs to get to know Trump before party unity can be achieved. It was unclear whether Ryan thought a single meeting Thursday would be enough. | |
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| Truth. Hats off for the retiring senator from Maryland: | Truth. Hats off for the retiring senator from Maryland: |
| .@SenatorBarb says she's worked with Clinton on "the macro issues and the macaroni and cheese issues" | .@SenatorBarb says she's worked with Clinton on "the macro issues and the macaroni and cheese issues" |
| incredible Mikulski line. classic. https://t.co/Pg53HMmAru | incredible Mikulski line. classic. https://t.co/Pg53HMmAru |
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| If Hillary Clinton does lose this election, it won’t be owing to a failure of industriousness on the part of her media clips team, which has just released a package of Donald Trump’s 15 most damning – or distinguishing, depending on your perspective – headlines from the last week: | If Hillary Clinton does lose this election, it won’t be owing to a failure of industriousness on the part of her media clips team, which has just released a package of Donald Trump’s 15 most damning – or distinguishing, depending on your perspective – headlines from the last week: |
| It's been a banner week for @realDonaldTrump... https://t.co/u9Qmw3Z8Ri | It's been a banner week for @realDonaldTrump... https://t.co/u9Qmw3Z8Ri |
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| Trump-Clinton in virtual tie – poll | Trump-Clinton in virtual tie – poll |
| Reuters says it has gauged “a big increase in support” for Donald Trump in a potential Trump-Clinton matchup. A new Reuters/Ipsos poll has the race pretty much a tie: | Reuters says it has gauged “a big increase in support” for Donald Trump in a potential Trump-Clinton matchup. A new Reuters/Ipsos poll has the race pretty much a tie: |
| In the most recent survey, 41 percent of likely voters supported Clinton, the Democratic front-runner, and 40 percent backed Trump, with 19 percent not decided on either yet, according to the online poll of 1,289 people conducted from Friday to Tuesday. The poll had a credibility interval of about 3 percentage points. | In the most recent survey, 41 percent of likely voters supported Clinton, the Democratic front-runner, and 40 percent backed Trump, with 19 percent not decided on either yet, according to the online poll of 1,289 people conducted from Friday to Tuesday. The poll had a credibility interval of about 3 percentage points. |
| Is the general election neck-and-neck? This poll alone is not indicative. Presidents are chosen via the electoral college, not a national referendum. The general election is six months away and opinions change. Candidates typically experience a polling bump after clinching the nomination, as Trump has recently. We’re a few months away from what FiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver calls “rich data”: | Is the general election neck-and-neck? This poll alone is not indicative. Presidents are chosen via the electoral college, not a national referendum. The general election is six months away and opinions change. Candidates typically experience a polling bump after clinching the nomination, as Trump has recently. We’re a few months away from what FiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver calls “rich data”: |
| 7. Looking at Electoral College is great once you have rich data — multiple recent polls of each state. We won't have that for a few months. | 7. Looking at Electoral College is great once you have rich data — multiple recent polls of each state. We won't have that for a few months. |
| Update: | Update: |
| .@timothywright3 Most polls show Trump getting a 1-3 bounce from clinching the nomination. Ipsos shows larger. Wait for more data. | .@timothywright3 Most polls show Trump getting a 1-3 bounce from clinching the nomination. Ipsos shows larger. Wait for more data. |
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| Biden: I would have been Potus with the motus | Biden: I would have been Potus with the motus |
| Vice president Joe Biden told ABC News this morning that he was planning to run for president until his eldest son, Beau, died of cancer a year ago. What’s more, Biden, said, he would have been the best: “It’s an awful thing to say—I think I would have been the best president” of the candidates running, he said, continuing: | Vice president Joe Biden told ABC News this morning that he was planning to run for president until his eldest son, Beau, died of cancer a year ago. What’s more, Biden, said, he would have been the best: “It’s an awful thing to say—I think I would have been the best president” of the candidates running, he said, continuing: |
| No one should ever seek the presidency unless they’re able to devote their whole heart and soul and passion into just doing that. And, Beau was my soul. I just wasn’t ready to be able to do that. But, so, my one regret is my Beau’s not here. I don’t have any other regrets. | No one should ever seek the presidency unless they’re able to devote their whole heart and soul and passion into just doing that. And, Beau was my soul. I just wasn’t ready to be able to do that. But, so, my one regret is my Beau’s not here. I don’t have any other regrets. |
| On Tuesday Biden predicted that Hillary Clinton would win the Democratic presidential nomination and go on to win the presidency. | On Tuesday Biden predicted that Hillary Clinton would win the Democratic presidential nomination and go on to win the presidency. |
| We could have had it all America pic.twitter.com/bXcvgX6ahk | We could have had it all America pic.twitter.com/bXcvgX6ahk |
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| Reuters teases a new poll with “Trump nearly even with Clinton.” The data pool on the general election contest is still scarce but appears to coalesce around a 6-point lead or so for Clinton, according to FiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver. Clinton has yet to win the Democratic nomination and was beaten by 15 points by Bernie Sanders in West Virginia last night. | Reuters teases a new poll with “Trump nearly even with Clinton.” The data pool on the general election contest is still scarce but appears to coalesce around a 6-point lead or so for Clinton, according to FiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver. Clinton has yet to win the Democratic nomination and was beaten by 15 points by Bernie Sanders in West Virginia last night. |
| EXCLUSIVE: Trump pulls nearly even with Clinton in potential presidential matchup - Reuters/IPSOS poll | EXCLUSIVE: Trump pulls nearly even with Clinton in potential presidential matchup - Reuters/IPSOS poll |
| More on the Reuters release soon. | More on the Reuters release soon. |
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| Ryan: 'this is a big-tent party' | Ryan: 'this is a big-tent party' |
| Here’s some of what House speaker Ryan said, leaving the door wide open on a makeup narrative to emerge after the House leadership meeting tomorrow with Donald Trump. | Here’s some of what House speaker Ryan said, leaving the door wide open on a makeup narrative to emerge after the House leadership meeting tomorrow with Donald Trump. |
| Ryan said that it was important not to pretend to unity after such a bruising primary but to actually achieve unity in order to beat Hillary Clinton in November. | Ryan said that it was important not to pretend to unity after such a bruising primary but to actually achieve unity in order to beat Hillary Clinton in November. |
| “To pretend we’re unified with out actually unifying, then we go into the election at half strength,” which would be a disaster, Ryan says. “We need a real unification.” | “To pretend we’re unified with out actually unifying, then we go into the election at half strength,” which would be a disaster, Ryan says. “We need a real unification.” |
| “I want to be a part of that unifying process so that we’re at full strength this fall. We cannot afford to lose this election to Hillary Clinton.” | “I want to be a part of that unifying process so that we’re at full strength this fall. We cannot afford to lose this election to Hillary Clinton.” |
| Of Trump, Ryan repeats a line he said in an interview on Monday, that “I don’t really know him. I met him once in person... we just need to get to know each other.” | Of Trump, Ryan repeats a line he said in an interview on Monday, that “I don’t really know him. I met him once in person... we just need to get to know each other.” |
| Ryan concludes, “We as a leadership team are enjoying the fact” that we get to meet with him... “This is a big-tent party.” | Ryan concludes, “We as a leadership team are enjoying the fact” that we get to meet with him... “This is a big-tent party.” |
| Whatever reservations Ryan had about Trump appear to be quickly dissipating. | Whatever reservations Ryan had about Trump appear to be quickly dissipating. |
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| Ryan: 'I want to be part of unifying process' | Ryan: 'I want to be part of unifying process' |
| Ryan takes a question at the leadership conference. He appears to be coming around on Trump, or laying the groundwork to come around on Trump. He says the GOP is a “big-tent party” and says “I want to be a part of that unifying process.” | Ryan takes a question at the leadership conference. He appears to be coming around on Trump, or laying the groundwork to come around on Trump. He says the GOP is a “big-tent party” and says “I want to be a part of that unifying process.” |
| More shortly. | More shortly. |
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| Donald Trump sees an InBev marketing stunt announced yesterday to temporarily rename Budweiser beer “America” as logical given how awesome the country is about to be: | Donald Trump sees an InBev marketing stunt announced yesterday to temporarily rename Budweiser beer “America” as logical given how awesome the country is about to be: |
| Peak Trump this morning on Fox and Friends: pic.twitter.com/s6c7SiAXbH | Peak Trump this morning on Fox and Friends: pic.twitter.com/s6c7SiAXbH |
| Read more about America beer here: | Read more about America beer here: |
| Related: Budweiser rebrands as 'America' in lead-up to US election | Related: Budweiser rebrands as 'America' in lead-up to US election |
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| The House Republican leadership is holding its weekly news conference. Watch live here: | The House Republican leadership is holding its weekly news conference. Watch live here: |
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| Senator Tom Cotton, the Republican military veteran from Arkansas who has made a name for his sharp criticism of the Iran nuclear deal and as the youngest member of the upper chamber, declined to rule out accepting a nod as Donald Trump’s running mate, after months in which he has praised Trump’s assault on Nato and said Trump “could be the commander in chief.” | Senator Tom Cotton, the Republican military veteran from Arkansas who has made a name for his sharp criticism of the Iran nuclear deal and as the youngest member of the upper chamber, declined to rule out accepting a nod as Donald Trump’s running mate, after months in which he has praised Trump’s assault on Nato and said Trump “could be the commander in chief.” |
| Cotton was asked by US News and World Report whether he would accept an offer to be Trump’s running mate. The following exchange ensued: | Cotton was asked by US News and World Report whether he would accept an offer to be Trump’s running mate. The following exchange ensued: |
| A: (Laughs) I haven’t seen it floated out there. Like I said I’ve been focusing my political work on making sure that we hold the Senate and focus the rest of the time on my son. | A: (Laughs) I haven’t seen it floated out there. Like I said I’ve been focusing my political work on making sure that we hold the Senate and focus the rest of the time on my son. |
| Q: So that’s not ruling it out? | Q: So that’s not ruling it out? |
| A: I wouldn’t rule it in either. | A: I wouldn’t rule it in either. |
| So you’ll be voting for Donald Trump in November? | So you’ll be voting for Donald Trump in November? |
| I’ve said all along, I’ll support the nominee, because we can’t afford another term of the Obama-Clinton foreign policy or for that matter, economic policy at home. And now Donald Trump’s the presumptive nominee. So we obviously need to do some work to unify around our common and shared principles and Donald’s got the responsibility and opportunity to do that in the coming weeks. | I’ve said all along, I’ll support the nominee, because we can’t afford another term of the Obama-Clinton foreign policy or for that matter, economic policy at home. And now Donald Trump’s the presumptive nominee. So we obviously need to do some work to unify around our common and shared principles and Donald’s got the responsibility and opportunity to do that in the coming weeks. |
| Trump said Tuesday that he had whittled his list of potential running mates to “a very good list of five or six people.” | Trump said Tuesday that he had whittled his list of potential running mates to “a very good list of five or six people.” |
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| Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Bernie Sanders scored an authoritative, 15-point victory over rival Hillary Clinton in West Virginia’s Democratic primary Tuesday night, adding a skip to his step as he turned to campaign in the forthcoming states of Oregon and Kentucky. | Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Bernie Sanders scored an authoritative, 15-point victory over rival Hillary Clinton in West Virginia’s Democratic primary Tuesday night, adding a skip to his step as he turned to campaign in the forthcoming states of Oregon and Kentucky. |
| Sanders did not gain much on Clinton in the delegates race, however, in which he trails by more than 280 pledged delegates with a dwindling number of contests to go (see delegate tracker below). “We are in this campaign to win the Democratic presidential nomination,” he said. | Sanders did not gain much on Clinton in the delegates race, however, in which he trails by more than 280 pledged delegates with a dwindling number of contests to go (see delegate tracker below). “We are in this campaign to win the Democratic presidential nomination,” he said. |
| Related: Bernie Sanders takes West Virginia as Donald Trump rolls on | Related: Bernie Sanders takes West Virginia as Donald Trump rolls on |
| Donald Trump, meanwhile, pulled to within 100 delegates of claiming a 1,237 majority Tuesday night after winning enthusiastic support from the primary voters of West Virginia and Nebraska. Visit our full results page here. | Donald Trump, meanwhile, pulled to within 100 delegates of claiming a 1,237 majority Tuesday night after winning enthusiastic support from the primary voters of West Virginia and Nebraska. Visit our full results page here. |
| Speaking of Trump, lawmakers on Capitol Hill have begun to review the next defense budget, which for some Republicans reveals the extreme tension between Trump and the traditional Republican defense establishment: | Speaking of Trump, lawmakers on Capitol Hill have begun to review the next defense budget, which for some Republicans reveals the extreme tension between Trump and the traditional Republican defense establishment: |
| Trump’s foreign policy is an inane jumble of jingoistic sloganeering, and the NDAA is a serious document,” said John Noonan, a national security aide to former presidential aspirants Mitt Romney and Jeb Bush. | Trump’s foreign policy is an inane jumble of jingoistic sloganeering, and the NDAA is a serious document,” said John Noonan, a national security aide to former presidential aspirants Mitt Romney and Jeb Bush. |
| Related: 'An inane jumble': Trump foreign policy splits GOP on issue party once agreed on | Related: 'An inane jumble': Trump foreign policy splits GOP on issue party once agreed on |
| Republican national committee chairman Reince Priebus on Tuesday night called Clinton’s defeat “embarrassing”, eliciting an outpouring of sympathetic replies on Twitter: | Republican national committee chairman Reince Priebus on Tuesday night called Clinton’s defeat “embarrassing”, eliciting an outpouring of sympathetic replies on Twitter: |
| Hi, @Reince. I made a little chart for you to put things into perspective. I think you may find it useful. pic.twitter.com/Lc724uI6pG | Hi, @Reince. I made a little chart for you to put things into perspective. I think you may find it useful. pic.twitter.com/Lc724uI6pG |
| Thank you as always for reading and please join us in the comments. | Thank you as always for reading and please join us in the comments. |