From the outset, and particularly since the ridiculous “Never Trump” campaign began, we have outlined the most damaging aspect to Senator Ted Cruz’s presidential bid is his continued visibility.  The reasoning is simple: the more people see and hear Cruz,  the more the average electorate are turned off by Cruz.  He’s just not a likeable man.

A CNN article today points out the internal polling within Indiana is following this consistent pattern:

[…] Cruz allies and people close to the campaign describe a budding sense of gloom, with internal polls diving as Trump mounted even stronger than expected showings in his native northeast. In Indiana, which Cruz backers once believed they were favored to win after his strong defeat of Trump in Wisconsin, Cruz’s numbers have fallen precipitously: Once leading, Cruz now trails in the state by eight to 10 points, according to a person who has seen the numbers, with Trump over the 40% mark. Cruz’s campaign did not respond when asked about those figures. (link)

Indiana is the absolute last chance for Senator Ted Cruz and the entire coalition behind the #NeverTrump movement.  Like Florida in March, tens of millions are now being spent to psychologically target the larger electorate in Indiana with a constant barrage of negative attack ads. (more…)

Candidate Donald Trump is holding a campaign rally in Costa Mesa California tonight at 7:00pm Local / 10:00pm Eastern.  The event is being held at the Orange County Fair & Event Center – The Pacific Amphitheater:
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The Donald Trump Rally in Costa Mesa California doesn’t begin until 7:00pm Local / 10:00pm Eastern tonight.  We have a scheduled launch of the live-stream set up for 9:00pm Eastern.
However, there are a lot of really great pictures flowing in from CTH Trumpeters’ on the ground in California – so this is just a preview thread as the venue opened about 30 minutes ago:

Here's the line to get into Trump's Southern California rally today pic.twitter.com/Ww0fqoH8Vl

— Jim Dalrymple II (@Dalrymple) April 28, 2016

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Wow, talk about affirming a solidifying public opinion.

Despite official campaign documents outlining their combined effort, Senator Ted Cruz now tries to say there was no alliance between Team Cruz and Team Kasich.

“John Kasich made the decision in his own political self interest to withdraw from Indiana and compete elsewhere. And that was a perfectly reasonable decision,” Cruz said.

A gobsmacked Team Kasich responds:
https://twitter.com/JWGOP/status/725715485526884352
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[Update – Full Poll Data Added] The very first public poll of Oregon voters ( Poll pdf added ) shows Donald Trump with a substantial lead over Ted Cruz and John Kasich.
Political followers will note, Oregon was one of the states Ted Cruz said he would concede to John Kasich (New Mexico the other) if Kasich pulled out of Indiana as part of their collective Stop Trump strategy.  However, Team Kasich is now calling Cruz a liar as part of that agreement doesn’t seem to fit with their actual campaign discussions.

[Via OPB.Org] […] The poll by the Portland-based Hoffman Research Group shows 43 percent support Trump. Twenty-six percent favor Cruz and 17 percent back John Kasich. It is the first public poll of the Republican presidential race in Oregon this year.  (more…)

Candidate Donald Trump is holding a rally today in Evansville, Indiana at the Old National Events Plaza. The event is scheduled to begin at 12:00pm CDT.
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Indianapolis Indiana earlier today:

Just watch.  You’re worth it:

“America First” is the headline given to today’s Donald Trump foreign policy speech as delivered.  However, many pundits are automatically assigning that reference position to the prior non-interventionist approach held prior to WWII.  This projection is factually false.
“America First” is simply that, a view, a perspective, a filtering prism of consideration for the U.S. role in the world by first thinking strategically about our own national interests.

There’s big business, big money, and big economic globalist influence swirling around all matters of modern U.S. foreign policy.
Few people, and almost no-one in the world of corporate media punditry, really take the conversation high enough to grasp the ultimate ends of any military aspect to foreign policy.  Candidate Donald Trump is the first leader in our lifetime to grasp how economic interests have merged with, and infiltrated the engagement policies of, the U.S. military.
Secondly, the same corporate media who are entwined in the economics of globalization, have been selling a false narrative about Secretary Hillary Clinton.  According to the media Secretary Clinton’s strength is ‘foreign policy’; this is pure professional gaslighting.
Hillary Clinton is more vulnerable on her failed tenure as America’s top diplomat than any other aspect of her presidential bid. (more…)

Better bolt down the chairs because Trump’s bringing company with him to a rally in Indianapolis.   Donald Trump is holding a rally tonight at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum with special guest Coach Bobby Knight. The event is scheduled to begin at 6:00pm Eastern time.
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