Subject: THE DAILY POINT: Wednesday, May 4, 2016
From: Correct The Record <[email-masked]>
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Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 17:59:29 +0000

** THE DAILY POINT
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** Wednesday, May 4th, 2016
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** WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:
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** THE GOP IS OFFICIALLY THE PARTY OF TRUMP (http://correctrecord.org/the-former-party-of-lincoln-has-completed-its-trumpsformation/)
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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/lupica-donald-trump-ko-republican-party-article-1.2624079

Although the GOP had little hope of stopping Trump before yesterday, last night's results sealed the deal.

READ: THE FORMER PARTY OF LINCOLN HAS COMPLETED ITS TRUMPSFORMATION (http://correctrecord.org/the-former-party-of-lincoln-has-completed-its-trumpsformation/)

** HEADLINES
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The Hill: Clinton still on track for nomination despite Indiana setback (http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/278630-clinton-still-on-track-for-nomination-despite-indiana)

"But because Democrats award delegates proportionately, Sanders will only gain about a half-dozen delegates if that margin holds. The AP estimated so far that Sanders would be awarded 43 delegates and Clinton would get 37 of the state's 83 delegates.

"Clinton will end the night with about 1,688 delegates and 520 superdelegates, bringing her total to 2,208, according to the AP.  A candidate needs 2,383 delegates to win the nomination, leaving Clinton 175 short.

"That means Clinton only needs to win about 19 percent of the 933 pledged delegates up for grabs between now and June 14, when the District of Columbia will close out the Democratic primary season.

"Clinton is likely to clinch the nomination a week earlier, on June 7, when California and five other states will cast ballots."

Daily Beast: When #NeverTrump Becomes #ImWithHer (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/05/03/when-nevertrump-becomes-imwithher.html)

"When these conservatives heard Ted Cruz had thrown in the towel and ceded the nomination to Donald Trump - #NeverTrump became #NeverEverTrump - and for some that meant #ImWithHer."

Associated Press: As Trump wins, Clinton exploring how to win over Republicans (https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-wins-clinton-exploring-win-over-republicans-071855950--election.html)

"With Donald Trump all but clinching the Republican nomination for president, Hillary Clinton is beginning to explore ways to woo Republicans turned off by the brash billionaire.

"The Democratic front-runner's campaign believes Trump's historically high unfavorable ratings and penchant for controversy may be enough to persuade a slice of GOP voters to get behind her bid, in much the same way so-called Reagan Democrats sided with the Republican president in the 1980s."

CNN: Hillary Clinton turns her attention to Donald Trump (http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/04/politics/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-2016/index.html)

"Clinton is moving to transform her primary organization into a general election powerhouse, taking advantage of the operation she has built during the long Democratic primary. It's this organization, aides say, that could be a critical weapon against Trump, who she's been preparing for weeks to face."

New York Times: The Upshot: Yes, It's Early, but Donald Trump Would Have Uphill Battle Against Hillary Clinton (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/04/upshot/trump-would-have-uphill-battle-against-clinton.html)

"Yes, it's still a long way until Election Day. And Mr. Trump has already upended the conventional wisdom many times. But this is when early horse-race polls start to give a rough sense of the November election, and Mr. Trump trails Mrs. Clinton by around 10 percentage points in early general election surveys, both nationally and in key battleground states.

"He even trails in some polls of several states where Mitt Romney won in 2012, like North Carolina, Arizona, Missouri and Utah."

POLITICO: Clinton plots swing-state ambush for Trump (http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/hillary-clinton-swing-states-trump-222772#ixzz47faNuNaW)

"In recent days, the Clinton campaign has finalized a series of senior hires around the country, expanded the size of her central swing-state planning team in New York, and hundreds of thousands of dollars have been transferred to strategically important state parties from the Democratic National Committee. She's also scheduled a series of public speeches and private meetings in states that will be crucial to her general election campaign."

CNN: Clinton backs Manchin plan to tax opioids (http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/03/politics/hillary-clinton-west-virginia-opioids/index.html)

"Hillary Clinton on Tuesday backed Joe Manchin's plan to tax opiods, telling the West Virginia senator that his call to levy a 1-cent tax on prescription opioid pain pills was a 'great idea.'

"Manchin, whose state is dealing with the highest rate of drug overdose deaths in the country, proposed earlier this year a tax of '1 cent on each milligram of active opioid ingredient in a prescription pain pill to be paid by the manufacturer or importer.'"

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