Super Saturday
March 6, 2016
Super Saturday was quite a turn of events as Ted Cruz won decisive victories in Kansas and Maine on what’s being called “a golden win,” came within three and four points of scoring upsets over Donald Trump in both Louisiana and Kentucky proving his worthiness to continue campaigning.
As for Bernie Sanders, he claimed easy victory caucuses in the overwhelmingly white states of Kansas and Nebraska, while former secretary of state Hillary Clinton claimed only Louisiana, where just as many delegates were at stake, thanks to overwhelming support among African Americans.
The biggest story line out of Super Saturday, though, is calamity for Marco Rubio. It was his worst showing since the New Hampshire primary, and arguably more damaging. The floor appears to be falling out from underneath the Florida senator. Not only is his win-loss record now 1-18, but he took a 17 percent in Kansas despite canceling events elsewhere to campaign in the state and receiving endorsements from Gov. Sam Brownback, Sen. Pat Roberts and Bob Dole. He got 16 percent in Kentucky, 11 percent in Louisiana (with ex-Gov. Bobby Jindal’s support) and just 8 percent in Maine, where he finished fourth behind John Kasich. Ben Carson officially announced his drop out from the GOP this Friday, March 4th, for simply pulling low numbers and percentages.
Trump, for his part, said he wants a one-on-one race with Cruz and called on Rubio to drop out which technically speaking would, of course, allow him to win all the delegates from Florida… “Rubio had a very, very bad night and personally I’d call for him to drop out of the race,” Trump said at another election night press conference in West Palm Beach. “I think it’s probably time. … As a party we should come together and stop this foolishness.”
Whether you’re for Democrat or Republican, you won’t want to miss the next upcoming debates or caucuses.
Here are the victory speeches through YouTube:
Bernie Sanders:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayNNq_LGWEM
Hillary Clinton:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ujztkEc-Ks
Donald Trump:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLL1OfjkUd0
Ted Cruz:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUKS-bQMggk