drsmooth wrote:

JUburton wrote: 538 still has him just barely on track. Needs 282 by the end of next Tuesday to maintain.

it's a game of inches, and drumpf has to do more than not stumble - and in my opinion, that's his real problem.

Consider that he didn't win a majority in a #$!&@ like MS. that failure alone could cost him the nomination-clinching delegate count. The narrative from most of the happy-yapper media, and even 538, is how he's "winning" everywhere - which is true, in a mostly meaningless sense. To win the nomination, he's not winning enough - even with the stupid skew the Rs have built in to their crummy "process".

JFLNYC wrote:Is it true all the books Trump has written start with Chapter 11?

Protesters outside the offices of the Zaman newspaper in Istanbul were met with tear gas and rubber bullets Saturday, after a court ruled Friday that the daily, with a circulation of 650,000, be run by administrators. State media reported the decision came at the request of a prosecutor investigating Fethullah Gülen, who is affiliated to Zaman and one of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s main opponents, on terrorism charges. U.S.-based Gülen denies the charges.

pacino wrote:he and his family have historically been extremely racist in speech and practice against the black community in NYC/Atlantic City/etc. kinda doubt people forget

pacino wrote:Turkish authorities took over the leading dissenting newspaper:

Protesters outside the offices of the Zaman newspaper in Istanbul were met with tear gas and rubber bullets Saturday, after a court ruled Friday that the daily, with a circulation of 650,000, be run by administrators. State media reported the decision came at the request of a prosecutor investigating Fethullah Gülen, who is affiliated to Zaman and one of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s main opponents, on terrorism charges. U.S.-based Gülen denies the charges.

just another day in Erdogan's authoritarian paradise. an authoritarian showman back by the religious right in office, what could go wrong?

Gimpy wrote:Good for America's close ally, Turkey.

JUburton wrote:I'm not sure. The general narrative driven primarily by 538, is that Trump is the slight favorite. It was a pretty good day for him yesterday and if he has a very good day in a week and beats Kasich and Rubio in their home states, their only incentive to stay in is to stay the course with the Romney plan. If they drop and it's Trump/Cruz, then he gains a somewhat decent path to the nomination.