3. 60 percent. There was a time not too long ago when the so-called Trump ceiling was thought to be 35 percent. Yet in New York last week Trump had 60.4 percent of the vote. On Tuesday he had 57.7 percent in Connecticut 60.8 percent in Delaware, 54.4 percent in Maryland, 56.7 percent in Pennsylvania and 63.8 percent in Rhode Island. The ceiling has been raised.
4. Indiana. Cruz seemed more than a little relieved to be campaigning in the Hoosier State Tuesday and out of the clutches of the East Coast's New York values. He finished last in four of the five primaries, and barely reached 10 percent in a couple of them. Indiana is friendlier turf for him, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich has promised not to campaign there. But if you're going to set up a must win you better win it. A Cruz loss next week will be seen as a Trump coronation.
5. Where now Bernie. No, he's not getting out, but you may be seeing a softer tone from Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders toward his Democratic opponent. Clinton's comments in her victory speech Tuesday were all about unifying the party and coming together in November. For that to happen, Sanders will have to convince his followers that Clinton stands for many of the same things he does. Whether he is ready to do that is not clear, nor is it a certainty that the movement would follow his lead.
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