New York Update

Both races remain very much in play.

by Rod D. Martin
April 20, 2016

My quick take on last night's New York primary, and the aftermath.

On the Republican side, Trump won big on home turf, but he won bigger behind the scenes, where he shook up his campaign staff and brought in some people who might be able to save what for over a month now has been a disaster.

The problem for Trump is that it's really, really late in the game. Refusing to deploy proper field operations months ago -- and shutting down some that existed -- was boneheaded. The meme du jour is that Trump has been "winning by losing," showing the "corruption" of the system in places like Colorado.

That's complete spin. New York cannot change the very real danger that Trump can't make it to 1,237: he would not be facing that problem if he'd had his act together for the last six weeks. So however adept he is at making lemonade out of lemons, the lemons are still lemons.

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