Clinton announced on Monday that her campaign had raised $29.5 million for the month compared with the $44 million raised by the Sanders campaign. Sanders’s March fundraising haul surpasses the campaign’s own record-setting $43.3 million raised in February.
MORNING MESSAGE
Will Voter Suppression Skew Wisconsin Primary Results?
Republican voter suppression turned Arizona’s primary into a fiasco that forced people to wait in five-hour-long lines to vote. Many were turned away. Wisconsin Republicans are also disenfranchising citizens with laws designed to discourage voting by groups that might vote for Democrats. As many as 300,000 voters could be turned away from voting. How will this affect Tuesday’s primary?
SANDERS HOPES FOR WISCONSIN MOMENTUM
Sanders appears to have Wisconsin edge. Politico:“Wisconsin has all the hallmarks of a Bernie Sanders-friendly state: large numbers of college-age voters, a progressive electorate and one of the whiter populations in the country … it will feature another element that’s proved just as vital to the Vermont senator’s success – an open primary format where voters don’t need to be Democrats to participate.”
Bernie outraises Hillary in March. W. Post:“Clinton announced on Monday that her campaign had raised $29.5 million for the month compared with the $44 million raised by the Sanders campaign … She begins April with $29 million in cash on hand for the primary. The Sanders campaign did not disclose the amount of money it had remaining.”
NY debate set for April 14, war of words follows. NYT:“‘Fortunately, we were able to move a major New York City rally scheduled for April 14 to the night before,’ Michael Briggs, a spokesman for the Sanders campaign … ‘We hope the debate will be worth the inconvenience for thousands of New Yorkers who … will have to change their schedules to accommodate Secretary Clinton’s jam-packed, high-dollar, coast-to-coast schedule of fund-raisers…’ … ;We had thought the Sanders campaign would have accepted our offer for a Brooklyn debate on April 14 in a New York minute, but it ended up taking a few extra days for them to agree,’ Brian Fallon, a spokesman for the Clinton campaign, said … The debate will be moderated by Wolf Blitzer, airing from 9 to 11 p.m. Eastern. [CNN] will team with NY1…”
Sanders knocks Clinton on minimum wage, as she participates in NY’s bill signing. Politico:“Surrounded by New York’s political and labor establishment, Clinton hailed the [$15] minimum wage hike as a milestone for the state and for the country. But unlike Bernie Sanders, Clinton does not back a $15 federal minimum wage … ‘I don’t know why she picked that event,’ added Sanders’ senior strategist Tad Devine … While she supports a $15 minimum wage in New York and in Los Angeles, Clinton has said that rate could be too high for employers in certain states with a lower cost of living…”
TRUMP LOOKS WEAK IN WISCONSIN
Cruz win in Wisconsin could complicate Trump’s path. NYT:“But even if Mr. Trump lost the statewide vote count, and the 18 delegates that go with it, he could still mitigate the damage by winning in Wisconsin’s Seventh and Eighth Congressional Districts … every delegate is crucial if Mr. Trump is to avoid a floor fight at the Republican National Convention…”
Trump held secret meeting with lobbyists. NYT:“Donald J. Trump’s private meeting in Washington on Thursday featured nearly a dozen industry leaders, including a veteran lobbyist and the chief executive of a major airline trade organization … Yet Mr. Trump routinely makes ‘special interests’ and lobbyists a focus of derision in his stump speeches…”
Charles Koch wants Paul Ryan. HuffPost:“Charles Koch is confident House Speaker Paul Ryan could emerge from the Republican National Convention as the party’s nominee if Donald Trump comes up at least 100 delegates shy … One source close to Ryan said he would only be interested in it if the party could unite behind him, a scenario he can’t envision.”
BREAKFAST SIDES
Treasury announces tough inversion rules. Bloomberg:“… analysts said the new rules may put a planned $160 billion merger between Pfizer Inc. and Allergan Plc in jeopardy … the rules would limit companies’ ability to participate in inversion transactions if they’ve already done them within the past 36 months. Allergan has been involved in several mergers in that time frame.”
Rep. Donna Edwards and Rep. Chris Van Hollen in tight Maryland Senate primary race. Politico:“…as the April 26 primary approaches, Edwards has pulled even or possibly slightly ahead of Van Hollen … Edwards is trumpeting the historic nature of her candidacy — she would be the first African-American woman in the Senate since the 1990s … Van Hollen’s challenge is to eat into Edwards’ advantage with African-American voters and run up the score in the suburbs of Washington … He’s trying to frame the race as a contest of competency and the ability to move an agenda…”
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