03-21-2016, 12:29 PM
CNN is hosting a forum called THE FINAL FIVE tonight.
I don't know the format, but the three remaining Republican candidates and the two Democratic candidates will all address potential voters and try to win them over.
Clinton is expected to focus on the general election and her disagreements with Trump more than on Sanders. Bernie's chances of winning enough delegates after last Tuesday's sweep by Clinton are not great and she needs to try to woo his supporters so they don't decide not to vote at all if Bernie isn't the Democratic nominee.
Cruz will likely focus on differentiating himself from Trump, pointing out Trump's previous support for Democratic policies, and appealing to religious voters. He's beaten Trump in a few evangelical states and wants to repeat that by attracting Mormon voters in Arizona and Utah.
Kasich is being encouraged by some in the GOP (like Lindsey Graham, who is holding his nose and supporting Cruz at this point) to drop out for the good of the party. Kasich ain't having it. He says he's in it to win it and appears to be focusing on gaining voters through reason, touting his accomplishments as Ohio governor, and his "let's work together" philosophy . Kasich's only hope to get the nomination is if no Republican candidate wins the required 1,237 delegates in the primaries and the nominee is chosen at a contested/open convention. There is no mathematical possibility of Kasich winning the required number of delegates outside of a convention at this point.
Sanders will probably continue to rally against big money influence on politicians and how that influence is affecting policies that favor the very rich at the expense of stagnating middle and lower income voters.
Trump's probably gonna tone it down and try to appear his most presidential, but he'll likely get hit for not specifically denouncing violence at his rallies and for instead blaming protesters. He's meeting with some establishment Republicans today and then the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a group that is so far not down with Trump. Trump says he's going to lay out his plan to broker a peace agreement between Israel and Palestine for them. I'll believe it when I see it. He's been saying for weeks he's going to outline his Foreign Policy plan and advisers, but his last response on the subject was that he was watching the news and listening to himself because he has a 'a very good brain'. His spokespersons have been on the tube telling people that he's got the support and consultation of Senator Jeff Sessions who serves on the Armed Services and Intelligence committees though.
The forum is scheduled for three hours, starting at 8pm ET. http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/21/politics/c...index.html
I don't know the format, but the three remaining Republican candidates and the two Democratic candidates will all address potential voters and try to win them over.
Clinton is expected to focus on the general election and her disagreements with Trump more than on Sanders. Bernie's chances of winning enough delegates after last Tuesday's sweep by Clinton are not great and she needs to try to woo his supporters so they don't decide not to vote at all if Bernie isn't the Democratic nominee.
Cruz will likely focus on differentiating himself from Trump, pointing out Trump's previous support for Democratic policies, and appealing to religious voters. He's beaten Trump in a few evangelical states and wants to repeat that by attracting Mormon voters in Arizona and Utah.
Kasich is being encouraged by some in the GOP (like Lindsey Graham, who is holding his nose and supporting Cruz at this point) to drop out for the good of the party. Kasich ain't having it. He says he's in it to win it and appears to be focusing on gaining voters through reason, touting his accomplishments as Ohio governor, and his "let's work together" philosophy . Kasich's only hope to get the nomination is if no Republican candidate wins the required 1,237 delegates in the primaries and the nominee is chosen at a contested/open convention. There is no mathematical possibility of Kasich winning the required number of delegates outside of a convention at this point.
Sanders will probably continue to rally against big money influence on politicians and how that influence is affecting policies that favor the very rich at the expense of stagnating middle and lower income voters.
Trump's probably gonna tone it down and try to appear his most presidential, but he'll likely get hit for not specifically denouncing violence at his rallies and for instead blaming protesters. He's meeting with some establishment Republicans today and then the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a group that is so far not down with Trump. Trump says he's going to lay out his plan to broker a peace agreement between Israel and Palestine for them. I'll believe it when I see it. He's been saying for weeks he's going to outline his Foreign Policy plan and advisers, but his last response on the subject was that he was watching the news and listening to himself because he has a 'a very good brain'. His spokespersons have been on the tube telling people that he's got the support and consultation of Senator Jeff Sessions who serves on the Armed Services and Intelligence committees though.
The forum is scheduled for three hours, starting at 8pm ET. http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/21/politics/c...index.html