Subject: The Daily Trail: Nervous Dems worry: Is the new Sanders strategy to Bern it all down?
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Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 19:38:10 -0400

The Daily Trail from PowerPost
As the feud escalates, Nevada chaos seems to offer a possible convention preview.

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Nervous Dems worry: Is the new Sanders strategy to Bern it all down? <http://link.washingtonpost.com/click/6744684.30422/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbnBvc3QuY29tL25ld3MvcG9zdC1wb2xpdGljcy9wYWxvbWEvdGhlLWRhaWx5LXRyYWlsLzIwMTYvMDUvMTcvdGhlLWRhaWx5LXRyYWlsLW5lcnZvdXMtZGVtcy13b3JyeS1pcy10aGUtbmV3LXNhbmRlcnMtc3RyYXRlZ3ktdG8tYmVybi1pdC1hbGwtZG93bi81NzNiNjA3ZDk4MWI5MmEyMmQ4NmNiMDcvP3dwbW09MSZ3cGlzcmM9bmxfdHJhaWw/5728a16715dd9659088b55adEa1943564>

Note: As we type, Bernie Sanders is leading in early returns from Kentucky. More primary night coverage below—you can also follow both Kentucky and Oregon results here <http://link.washingtonpost.com/click/6744684.30422/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbnBvc3QuY29tLzIwMTYtZWxlY3Rpb24tcmVzdWx0cy91cy1wcmltYXJpZXMvP3dwbW09MSZ3cGlzcmM9bmxfdHJhaWw/5728a16715dd9659088b55adD024169a2> in real time, and get full coverage here <http://link.washingtonpost.com/click/6744684.30422/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbnBvc3QuY29tL3BvbGl0aWNzL3dpdGgtdHdvLW1vcmUtcHJpbWFyaWVzLWF0LXN0YWtlLXRlbnNpb25zLWVydXB0ZWQtYmV0d2Vlbi1zYW5kZXJzLWFuZC1kZW1vY3JhdGljLWxlYWRlcnMvMjAxNi8wNS8xNy9lNWZmZjAzMi0xYzM0LTExZTYtOWM4MS00YmUxYzE0ZmI4Yzhfc3RvcnkuaHRtbD93cG1tPTEmd3Bpc3JjPW5sX3RyYWls/5728a16715dd9659088b55adF01c8123a>.

One way or another, Democrats are feeling the Bern. (AP Photo/Kristina Barker)

DEMS, BACK IN DISARRAY: We could point to the Sanders-Democratic Party spat over Nevada and just say: that escalated quickly. But to be honest, that would be to grossly understate just how quickly and how much that brawl escalated over the space of just a few hours. 

Today — the day after the Nevada Democratic party filed a formal complaint <http://link.washingtonpost.com/click/6744684.30422/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbnBvc3QuY29tL25ld3MvdGhlLWZpeC93cC8yMDE2LzA1LzE3L25ldmFkYS1kZW1vY3JhdGljLXBhcnR5LWFjY3VzZXMtYmVybmllLXNhbmRlcnMtY2FtcGFpZ24tb2YtaW5jaXRpbmctdmlvbGVuY2UvP3dwbW09MSZ3cGlzcmM9bmxfdHJhaWw/5728a16715dd9659088b55adD1c06e7d2> against Bernie Sanders's campaign that accused his supporters stirring up "actual violence" — Sen. Harry Reid said he was "confident" Bernie Sanders would be saying something about the chaos at the state party's convention this past weekend, and the threats and abuse that followed. He was right. Then again, Reid was probably hoping for a statement that read a bit differently than the one he got <http://link.washingtonpost.com/click/6744684.30422/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbnBvc3QuY29tL25ld3MvdGhlLWZpeC93cC8yMDE2LzA1LzE3L2Jlcm5pZS1zYW5kZXJzLWlzLW1hZC1hcy1oZWxsLWFuZC1oZXMtbm90LWdvaW5nLXRvLXRha2UtaXQtYW55bW9yZS1hdC1sZWFzdC1pbi1uZXZhZGEvP3dwbW09MSZ3cGlzcmM9bmxfdHJhaWw/5728a16715dd9659088b55adCd7c90452>. Here's part of that statement, which the campaign attributed to the Vermont senator himself:

It did not get more apologetic from there.

Of course, the state party isn't just complaining about this past weekend; it has been talking about what came next. Like this text sent to the chair of Nevada's Democratic Party:

Or this one (or many, many others <http://link.washingtonpost.com/click/6744684.30422/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucmFsc3RvbnJlcG9ydHMuY29tL2Jsb2cvYnVzaW5lc3Mtc3RhdGUtZGVtb2NyYXRpYy1jaGFpcndvbWFuLW92ZXJzZWVzLXRhcmdldGVkLWJlcm5lcnM_d3BtbT0xJndwaXNyYz1ubF90cmFpbA/5728a16715dd9659088b55adC8814b288>):

Bernie Sanders himself was asked about the situation in Nevada shortly before his campaign issued the defiant statement about it in his name. This is how he reacted to that question:

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The concern for Democrats right now is whether the chaos is reaching the stage where virtually nothing can stop it — possibly not even Sanders himself, if he wanted to. 

That's because that sort of message from Sanders would require the near-total reversal of one of his campaign's core messages over the past few weeks. As superdelegates and state parties have become increasingly vocal about complaints of harassment by the Vermont senator's supporters, the senator's campaign has also become increasingly vocal — about its claim that Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party are trying to cheat Sanders out of the nomination via a rigged process.

"This news will probably anger you," read the subject line of one recent fundraising appeal on that theme — the latest in a series that, over the past month, has included variations such as "This will probably make you angry" and "This should anger EVERYONE". (Apparently, it did.)

To some degree, Sanders is wrestling with the same dilemma Donald Trump has faced this year: for either of them to make a point of criticizing tactics by some of their most passionate (and problematic) supporters is to risk undermining the "us vs. them" narrative that catapulted them into contention, and disappointing their most enthusiastic backers.

The big unknown for Democratic officials: If this is what happens following a decisive Sanders loss that doesn't mean the end of his campaign — how might his supporters react to an equally decisive result in July, when that's exactly what it would mean?

"What the party wants to avoid is a spectacle of anger and frustration on the floor of the convention in Philadelphia," says <http://link.washingtonpost.com/click/6744684.30422/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbnBvc3QuY29tL25ld3MvdGhlLWZpeC93cC8yMDE2LzA1LzE3L25ldmFkYS1kZW1vY3JhdGljLXBhcnR5LWFjY3VzZXMtYmVybmllLXNhbmRlcnMtY2FtcGFpZ24tb2YtaW5jaXRpbmctdmlvbGVuY2UvP3dwbW09MSZ3cGlzcmM9bmxfdHJhaWw/5728a16715dd9659088b55adE1c06e7d2> Philip Bump. "That seems increasingly likely, thanks in part to the fact that the final nomination vote will rely on the votes of superdelegates — a group of unbound voters who the Sanders campaign has alternately pilloried and cajoled. If frustration over rules changes and credentialing can spur death threats and vandalism over a four-delegate difference, imagine what the final nomination vote might engender."

Vegas. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP) 

BUMPER STICKER ALERT: Campaign #protip: Any sentence that includes references to both <http://link.washingtonpost.com/click/6744684.30422/aHR0cDovL3RoZWhpbGwuY29tL2Jsb2dzL2luLXRoZS1rbm93L2luLXRoZS1rbm93LzI4MDE5Ni1tZWxhbmlhLXRydW1wLXVuYmVsaWV2YWJsZS1jaHJpcy1tYXR0aGV3cy1jb21tZW50ZWQtb24tbWU_d3BtbT0xJndwaXNyYz1ubF90cmFpbA/5728a16715dd9659088b55adCb545eb3a> a candidate and Hitler — even if it's an attempt to highlight how much of an un-Hitler he is — is rarely a net-positive.

Believe it or not: that quote, roughly, happens to be a fairly good way to summarize Donald Trump's messaging strategy as he pushes back on Democratic attacks.

"In the face of a brutal new Democratic advertising assault, Donald Trump said he plans to rehabilitate his battered image in the coming weeks by publicly addressing head-on some of the most controversial episodes of his campaign," report Robert Costa and Philip Rucker.

"The presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s strategy is fueled by a desire to persuade voters that he’s nothing like the monster he believes his political adversaries and the media have portrayed him to be."

The Megyn Kelly sitdown and his criticism of reporting this week about some of his unsettling behavior with women are part of that push. And, as Washington Post reporters learned when they spoke with him in Trump Tower this week, there's more where that came from.

"Unprompted, he delivered a five-minute soliloquy attempting to explain himself for making wild arm and hand gestures at a rally last November to discredit New York Times reporter Serge Kovaleski. The act was widely seen as mocking the journalist’s physical disability and has been featured in numerous ads and videos designed to savage Trump.

"'I would never say anything bad about a person that has a disability,' Trump said, leaning forward at his office desk. 'I swear to you it’s true, 100 percent true...Who would do that to [the] handicapped? I’ve spent a lot of money making buildings accessible.'

"Trump then satirically reenacted the scene, his arms jerking all around, and said he was trying to show 'a guy who grovels — Oh, oh, I didn’t say that. I didn’t say that. That was the imitation I was doing.'

"'Now,' he concluded, 'is that a believable story?'"

His fall prospects hinge in part on how voters answer that sort of question.

Another factor that may swing some votes this fall: how Trump, like Sanders, reacts to fans who cross the line. (On that note — here's how Melania Trump responded when asked whether she would be willing to condemn <http://link.washingtonpost.com/click/6744684.30422/aHR0cDovL2pld2lzaGluc2lkZXIuY29tLzc5NzEvbWVsYW5pYS10cnVtcC1pb2ZmZS1wcm92b2tlZC1hbnRpLXNlbWl0aWMtYWJ1c2UvP3dwbW09MSZ3cGlzcmM9bmxfdHJhaWw/5728a16715dd9659088b55adC884abe13> anti-Semitic threats against a reporter: "I don’t control my fans, but I don’t agree with what they’re doing. I understand what you mean, but there are people out there who maybe went too far. She provoked them.")

Planning countermeasures. (Rob Kerr/AFP/Getty Images)

"Trump’s moves come as Priorities USA, a pro-Clinton super PAC, began an aggressive and sustained television ad campaign this week assailing Trump as dangerous and divisive. The ads showcase a series of derogatory comments Trump has made about women." And they appear to be getting under his skin <http://link.washingtonpost.com/click/6744684.30422/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbnBvc3QuY29tL25ld3MvZmFjdC1jaGVja2VyL3dwLzIwMTYvMDUvMTcvaG93LXRydW1wLW1heS1oYXZlLXdhbGtlZC1pbnRvLWEtdHJhcC1zZXQtYnktYS1jbGludG9uLXN1cGVyLXBhYy8_d3BtbT0xJndwaXNyYz1ubF90cmFpbA/5728a16715dd9659088b55adC136cfed5> already. (His spokesperson's response today included the fact <http://link.washingtonpost.com/click/6744684.30422/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5wb2xpdGljby5jb20vc3RvcnkvMjAxNi8wNS90cnVtcC13b21lbi1tZWxhbmlhLWVuZG9yc2VzLTIyMzI3MD93cG1tPTEmd3Bpc3JjPW5sX3RyYWls/5728a16715dd9659088b55adC50e34ce0> that "his own wife endorsed him.")

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Priorities USA 'Speak' | Campaign 2016

Defense is only half his strategy. There's also...

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Campaigning in Puerto Rico, Bill Clinton was asked if he would respond to Trump's attack. "No, I won't," he said. "I think people are smart enough to figure this out without my help."

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NEVER TWEET?

 (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Yesterday, Chris Cillizza wrote a story <http://link.washingtonpost.com/click/6744684.30422/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbnBvc3QuY29tL25ld3MvdGhlLWZpeC93cC8yMDE2LzA1LzE2L2hlcmUtYXJlLWZpdmUtcGVvcGxlLXdoby1hcmUtbm90LWdvaW5nLXRvLWJlLWRvbmFsZC10cnVtcHMtdmljZS1wcmVzaWRlbnQvP3dwbW09MSZ3cGlzcmM9bmxfdHJhaWw/5728a16715dd9659088b55adCdbf911aa> listing five people who were not going to share the GOP ticket with Donald Trump this year. One of those five people was Marco Rubio, who was said to be undecided about his political future. And the Florida senator did not like that story. At least, that was our takeaway from <http://link.washingtonpost.com/click/6744684.30422/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbnBvc3QuY29tL25ld3MvdGhlLWZpeC93cC8yMDE2LzA1LzE3L21hcmNvLXJ1YmlvLXRhcmdldHMtdGhlLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tcG9zdC1pbi1sYXRlLW5pZ2h0LXR3aXR0ZXItcmFudC8_d3BtbT0xJndwaXNyYz1ubF90cmFpbA/5728a16715dd9659088b55adC39500ace> his late night tweetstorm. A sample: 

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He wasn't done. Here are a few more of the senator's (many, many) thoughts:

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This is true.

TRAIL MIX:

A Sanders fan in San Juan, Puerto Rico. REUTERS/Alvin Baez

—More Trump offense: he's sending teams to battleground states <http://link.washingtonpost.com/click/6744684.30422/aHR0cDovL2JpZ3N0b3J5LmFwLm9yZy9hcnRpY2xlLzZjNWYyMGIyOTlmMjQwNGNhOTY0ZTViZTU2NjEwYmVkL3RydW1wLXJhbXBpbmctbmF0aW9uYWwtdGVhbS1leHBhbmQtYmF0dGxlZ3JvdW5kLXN0YXRlcz93cG1tPTEmd3Bpc3JjPW5sX3RyYWls/5728a16715dd9659088b55adCe4d32636> that lean Democratic: Those states "include traditional battlegrounds like Ohio, Florida and Virginia and more challenging terrain such as Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Maine — places Republican have lost for the last six presidential elections or longer," along with Georgia, where demographic shifts favor Democrats, reports Steve Peoples. 

—Donald Trump filed his personal financial disclosure <http://link.washingtonpost.com/click/6744684.30422/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbnBvc3QuY29tL25ld3MvcG9zdC1wb2xpdGljcy93cC8yMDE2LzA1LzE3L2RvbmFsZC10cnVtcC1icmFncy1hYm91dC10aGUtc2l6ZS1vZi1oaXMtZmluYW5jaWFsLWRpc2Nsb3N1cmUtZm9ybS8_d3BtbT0xJndwaXNyYz1ubF90cmFpbA/5728a16715dd9659088b55adDac7d3b94> with the FEC today. He noted this filing with a statement that bragged about its size, and hinted his love for Bernie Sanders might be cooling a bit: “I filed my PFD, which I am proud to say is the largest in the history of the FEC. Despite the fact that I am allowed extensions, I have again filed my report, which is 104 pages, on time. Bernie Sanders has requested, on the other hand, an extension for his small report. This is the difference between a businessman and the all talk, no action politicians that have failed the American people for far too long...."

(Trump claimed "that his net worth has increased since his last disclosure was filed in July and that his annual income is more than $557 million, not including dividends, interest, capital gains, rents and royalties," reported <http://link.washingtonpost.com/click/6744684.30422/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbnBvc3QuY29tL25ld3MvcG9zdC1wb2xpdGljcy93cC8yMDE2LzA1LzE3L2RvbmFsZC10cnVtcC1icmFncy1hYm91dC10aGUtc2l6ZS1vZi1oaXMtZmluYW5jaWFsLWRpc2Nsb3N1cmUtZm9ybS8_d3BtbT0xJndwaXNyYz1ubF90cmFpbA/5728a16715dd9659088b55adEac7d3b94> Jenna Johnson. As of late Tuesday afternoon, "the campaign has yet to respond to a request from The Washington Post for a copy of the disclosure, which he says is 104 pages long and the FEC has yet to make public.")

—Trump said he would speak with <http://link.washingtonpost.com/click/6744684.30422/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5yZXV0ZXJzLmNvbS9hcnRpY2xlL3VzLXVzYS1lbGVjdGlvbi10cnVtcC1leGNsdXNpdmUtaWRVU0tDTjBZODJKTz93cG1tPTEmd3Bpc3JjPW5sX3RyYWls/5728a16715dd9659088b55adCd642ddb4> North Korean leader Kim Jong Un if elected, talked about dismantling most Dodd-Frank financial regulations, and said he planned to outline his economic vision by the end of the month.

—More New York stories: Trump said he barely knew this Mafia-linked figure <http://link.washingtonpost.com/click/6744684.30422/aHR0cDovL3dwby5zdC9XR0dhMT93cG1tPTEmd3Bpc3JjPW5sX3RyYWls/5728a16715dd9659088b55adDdcd2c568>. Under oath, the man had a different account <http://link.washingtonpost.com/click/6744684.30422/aHR0cDovL3dwby5zdC9XR0dhMT93cG1tPTEmd3Bpc3JjPW5sX3RyYWls/5728a16715dd9659088b55adEdcd2c568>. (Silver lining for the Trump campaign: every minute people spend talking about the mob is one less minute they're talking about his fake spokesman or his wife's Hitler comment.)

—Ted Cruz's presidential campaign signed off — for now — with a web spot <http://link.washingtonpost.com/click/6744684.30422/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbnBvc3QuY29tL25ld3MvcG9zdC1wb2xpdGljcy93cC8yMDE2LzA1LzE2L2NydXotY2FtcGFpZ24tc2lnbnMtb2ZmLXdpdGgtYS1tZXNzYWdlLXRvLWJlLWNvbnRpbnVlZC8_d3BtbT0xJndwaXNyYz1ubF90cmFpbA/5728a16715dd9659088b55adC9097655c> titled "No regrets" (the campaign's thumbnail image: "To be continued")

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Ted Cruz: 'No Regrets' | Campaign 2016

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—The Koch political network responded to reports that the brothers were pulling back somewhat from political activity by revealing that it planned to spend more than $42 million <http://link.washingtonpost.com/click/6744684.30422/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbnBvc3QuY29tL25ld3MvcG9zdC1wb2xpdGljcy93cC8yMDE2LzA1LzE3L2tvY2gtcG9saXRpY2FsLW5ldHdvcmstcGxhbnMtc3BlbmQtbW9yZS10aGFuLTQyLW1pbGxpb24tb24tc2VuYXRlLWFkcy10aHJvdWdoLXNlcHRlbWJlci8_d3BtbT0xJndwaXNyYz1ubF90cmFpbA/5728a16715dd9659088b55adC9f01a661> on Senate ads through September — though it remains unclear if they still plan to spend the nearly $900 million that was laid out as a goal as the campaign cycle began.

—Jeb Bush has some thoughts <http://link.washingtonpost.com/click/6744684.30422/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5tY2NsYXRjaHlkYy5jb20vbmV3cy9wb2xpdGljcy1nb3Zlcm5tZW50L2VsZWN0aW9uL2FydGljbGU3ODA2NzUxMi5odG1sP3dwbW09MSZ3cGlzcmM9bmxfdHJhaWw/5728a16715dd9659088b55adC81ac8c66> on Donald Trump's campaign, which he shared with a Dutch newspaper. Here is one of those thoughts, about the mogul's Cinco de Mayo tweet: "...it’s an insult. It’s like sitting behind a watermelon, and saying: I love African Americans."

—A congressional candidate said the reason he had porn sites open <http://link.washingtonpost.com/click/6744684.30422/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYXJsbm93LmNvbS8yMDE2LzA1LzE3L3dlYmItaS13YXMtdGVzdGluZy1wb3JuLXNpdGVzLWZvci12aXJ1c2VzLz93cG1tPTEmd3Bpc3JjPW5sX3RyYWls/5728a16715dd9659088b55adC3ef3e749> on his computer because he was testing them for viruses.

—Bernie Sanders was right: It's May, and a superdelegate is switching sides (from Sanders to Clinton <http://link.washingtonpost.com/click/6744684.30422/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5ibG9vbWJlcmcuY29tL3BvbGl0aWNzL2FydGljbGVzLzIwMTYtMDUtMTcvc2FuZGVycy1xdWVzdC1mb3Itc3VwZXJkZWxlZ2F0ZXMtbG9zZXMtb25lLWFmdGVyLXZpcmdpbi1pc2xhbmQtb2ZmaWNpYWwtZmxpcHMtdG8tY2xpbnRvbj93cG1tPTEmd3Bpc3JjPW5sX3RyYWls/5728a16715dd9659088b55adCd6bf6ba4>.)

THE TRAIL TONIGHT:

Kentucky. (Ryan Hermens/The Paducah Sun via AP) 

IT'S PRIMARY DAY, AGAIN The final polls just closed in Kentucky's Central Time Zone counties; results in Oregon's vote-by-mail primary are slated to start rolling in at 8 p.m. PT/11 p.m. ET. You can track both states' results here <http://link.washingtonpost.com/click/6744684.30422/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbnBvc3QuY29tLzIwMTYtZWxlY3Rpb24tcmVzdWx0cy91cy1wcmltYXJpZXMvP3dwbW09MSZ3cGlzcmM9bmxfdHJhaWw/5728a16715dd9659088b55adE024169a2> in real time, and get full coverage here <http://link.washingtonpost.com/click/6744684.30422/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbnBvc3QuY29tL3BvbGl0aWNzL3dpdGgtdHdvLW1vcmUtcHJpbWFyaWVzLWF0LXN0YWtlLXRlbnNpb25zLWVydXB0ZWQtYmV0d2Vlbi1zYW5kZXJzLWFuZC1kZW1vY3JhdGljLWxlYWRlcnMvMjAxNi8wNS8xNy9lNWZmZjAzMi0xYzM0LTExZTYtOWM4MS00YmUxYzE0ZmI4Yzhfc3RvcnkuaHRtbD93cG1tPTEmd3Bpc3JjPW5sX3RyYWls/5728a16715dd9659088b55adG01c8123a>.

A reminder of what's at stake <http://link.washingtonpost.com/click/6744684.30422/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbnBvc3QuY29tL3BvbGl0aWNzL3dpdGgtdHdvLW1vcmUtcHJpbWFyaWVzLWF0LXN0YWtlLXRlbnNpb25zLWVydXB0ZWQtYmV0d2Vlbi1zYW5kZXJzLWFuZC1kZW1vY3JhdGljLWxlYWRlcnMvMjAxNi8wNS8xNy9lNWZmZjAzMi0xYzM0LTExZTYtOWM4MS00YmUxYzE0ZmI4Yzhfc3RvcnkuaHRtbD93cG1tPTEmd3Bpc3JjPW5sX3RyYWls/5728a16715dd9659088b55adH01c8123a> tonight: "Although Sanders victories in Kentucky and Oregon would do little to alter Clinton’s advantage in the delegate count, they could draw further attention to Clinton’s weaknesses and her inability to put the nomination behind her," reports <http://link.washingtonpost.com/click/6744684.30422/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbnBvc3QuY29tL3BvbGl0aWNzL3dpdGgtdHdvLW1vcmUtcHJpbWFyaWVzLWF0LXN0YWtlLXRlbnNpb25zLWVydXB0ZWQtYmV0d2Vlbi1zYW5kZXJzLWFuZC1kZW1vY3JhdGljLWxlYWRlcnMvMjAxNi8wNS8xNy9lNWZmZjAzMi0xYzM0LTExZTYtOWM4MS00YmUxYzE0ZmI4Yzhfc3RvcnkuaHRtbD93cG1tPTEmd3Bpc3JjPW5sX3RyYWls/5728a16715dd9659088b55adI01c8123a> Abby Phillip. "In recent days, Clinton has campaigned furiously in Kentucky in the hopes that she can win there and put a dent in Sanders’s winning streak this month, which began last week in West Virginia and is expected to continue Tuesday in Oregon.

"Sanders trails Clinton by 283 pledged delegates, which are awarded based the results of primaries and caucuses, according to the most recent tally by the Associated Press. He would need to win lopsided victories in nearly all of the remaining primaries in order to overtake her in the delegate count.

Also tonight: this is happening (along with, probably, some sort of news dump by a lawmaker or strategist tempted by the election night/Trump interview combo.) Note: There is no bending of the space-time continuum involved — the interview was pre-taped.

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Finally: Rest in peace, Mary Anne Noland.

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YOUR DAILY TRAIL PIT STOP (as Ferris Bueller's Day Off returns to theaters <http://link.washingtonpost.com/click/6744684.30422/aHR0cDovL21lbnRhbGZsb3NzLmNvbS9hcnRpY2xlLzgwMTA4L2ZlcnJpcy1idWVsbGVycy1kYXktd2lsbC1yZXR1cm4tdGhlYXRlcnMtd2VkbmVzZGF5LW1heS0xOD93cG1tPTEmd3Bpc3JjPW5sX3RyYWls/5728a16715dd9659088b55adC960b46ed> tomorrow to mark its 30th  — !! — anniversary): 

The campaign moves pretty fast sometimes. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

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Ferris Bueller's Twist And Shout Scene

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