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Trump's immediate challenge -- uniting a fractured party
So Donald Trump essentially wrapped up the
Republican presidential nomination last night by winning in Indiana and
forcing Ted Cruz's exit, while the Democratic contest will march on for
another month after Bernie Sanders' narrow victory over Hillary Clinton
in the Hoosier State. (Though you could make a strong case that Sanders
would still be marching on to California even had he lost.)
That reality raises an immediate question for
both Trump and Clinton. We'll start with Trump's: Can he unite a
fractured party? There were some signs of progress here last night. RNC
Chair Reince Priebus declared Trump the "presumptive GOP nominee" (even with John Kasich still in the
race), and asked Republicans to "unite and focus on defeating Hillary
Clinton." John McCain, the party's 2008 presidential nominee, told NBC's
Kasie Hunt that he'd advise Trump on foreign policy if he asked. "I
would advise anyone who asks," McCain said.
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