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pnwmom's JournalBased on demographics, Hillary seems strongest in Indiana and Bernie in West Virginia.
Kentucky could be a toss-up.
Indiana is about 9.6% African American. This gives Hillary a slight edge, which is borne out by the polls.
West Virginia is less than 4% African American and has a primary open to Dems and "undeclareds" -- so those factors bode well for Bernie.
Kentucky has only 7% African American people but it has a closed primary. Existing voters had to declare being Democrat by the end of 2015. (New voters could register up to a month before the election.)
None of these states is as diverse as the US, so maybe they'll all go to Bernie. We'll know soon enough.
In 1997 a woman filed a $125 million lawsuit against Trump for sexual assault.
She ended up withdrawing it, but it is bound to haunt him if he tries to go after Bill.
Another thing that will haunt him -- the claim of rape by his first wife during their divorce action (which she has also tried to walk back, but it's a matter of record. So is his lawyers' false claim that there is no such thing as rape within a marriage.)
So I believe that anything he says to try to smear Hillary with Bill's actions will blow up in his face.
http://lawnewz.com/high-profile/exclusive-inside-the-donald-trump-sexual-assault-lawsuit/
The lawsuit was filed by Jill Harth who then went by Jill Harth Houraney on April 25, 1997. Harth, who was in her early 30’s at the time, alleged that Trump engaged in hostile and offensive sexual behavior towards her from 1992 to 1997 including “groping” her under her dress on several occasions, “forcibly” moving her to his daughter’s bedroom in an attempt to have sex with her, and repeatedly, aggressively and inappropriately propositioning her for sex. She called it “sexually abusive” and LawNewz.com spoke to her in an exclusive interview.
The 12-page complaint is filled with sordid allegations against Trump, often very specific, and including dates and times. At other points in the filing, she presents second hand accounts of even more boorish behavior that she attributes to Trump.
Harth says she met Trump in her capacity as a pageant producer organizing international model search events in the early 1990’s. This was around the same time that Trump was active in the beauty pageant world. Harth’s lawsuit came as her former husband George Houraney was involved in a breach-of-contract dispute with Trump over a beauty contest at one of Trump’s properties in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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Harth also claimed in the lawsuit that in 1993 Trump made numerous phone calls to her home in Boca Raton, Florida from New York demanding that she “sleep with him.” In the court filing, she also claimed that on January 9, 1993: “Trump forcefully removed (Harth) from public areas of Mar-A-Lago in Florida and forced (her) into a bedroom belonging to defendant’s daughter Ivanka, wherein (Trump) forcibly kissed, fondled, and restrained (her) from leaving, against (her) will and despite her protests.” In the court document, she said that Trump bragged that he”would be the best lover you ever have.”
"In some ways Sanders contradicted himself during the press conference."
And not for the first time.
He supports the concept of super-delegates making up their own minds -- but only as long as they vote for him.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/bernie-sanders-clinton-faces-contested-convention/story?id=38803835
"If I win a state with 70 percent of the votes you know what, I think I'm entitled to those super delegates. I think that the super delegates should reflect what the people in the state want," he said.
Sanders called on super delegates from states like Washington and Minnesota specifically, where he beat Clinton by double-digit margins, to change their allegiances.
In some ways Sanders contradicted himself during the press conference. He argued that super delegates should follow the popular vote from the states they represent, but also said they should consider backing him even if he does not win the majority of pledged delegates. His campaign distributed factsheets Sunday showing general election polling in battleground states and nationwide where he outperforms his opponent against Republican candidates.
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Super delegates) are going to have to go into their hearts and they are going to have to ask themselves do they want the second strongest candidate running against Trump or the strongest candidate?" Sanders said.
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