Cruz eyes May 3 Indiana primary

For Ted Cruz, the primary map over the next month is not very friendly.  Contests up and down the east coast - including New York on April 19 - do not play to his strengths with evangelicals, strong conservatives, and white males. This is not to say Cruz can't pad his delegate count in a few of them.  He's within striking distance of Trump in the Pennsylvania primary on April 26 and could gather a good number of delegates in the Connecticut and Rhode Island contests held the same day. Cruz is setting his sights on the May 3 contest in Indiana, where his chances of upending Trump are much better. Washington Examiner: Businessman Donald Trump is still the front-runner, both nationally and in Indiana. But Republican insiders across the state said in interviews Wednesday that the momentum there is now with Cruz, a shift that predated his resounding defeat of Trump in Wisconsin. The timing is crucial. Early voting started Tuesday; absentee ballots...(Read Full Post)