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Date: Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 11:51 PM
Subject: The Lid: Roman Holiday
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Forward this email to a friend April 15, 2016 Tune in to Meet the Press with Chuck Todd, Sundays on NBC News Welcome to The Lid, your afternoon dose of the 2016 ethos… Bernie Sanders is skipping high-stakes days of campaigning before New York's primary to address a conference at the Vatican, thus brilliantly identifying the one thing he could have done to make himself even MORE relatable to those college kids who blew off a tough semester to study abroad in Italy. Trump's Notable New Tone on GOP Delegate Race Fri, 15 Apr 2016 21:39:55 GMT From From Carrie Dann and Andrew Rafferty When we woke up this morning and saw 800 words under Donald Trump's op-ed byline in the Wall Street Journal with not even one exclamation point or a "Sad!" we thought we'd been transported to an alternate universe. But seriously, Trump has notably toned down the hottest of his rhetoric and allowed himself to be ghostwritten in a decidedly unTrumpian tone, but perhaps the most interesting thing he's done is transformed a narrative that was becoming about the incompetence of his campaign's delegate strategy into a conversation about the fairness of the nomination process and what he called Ted Cruz's "voter-nullification scheme." And he's likely to have plenty of sympathizers tired of lectures on "the rules," particularly among Republican voters who feel as though they've been disenfranchised by being let down by congressional candidates whose promises were stymied by divided government. Trump is even explicitly soliciting a sympathetic ear from supporters of Bernie Sanders, who feel that their candidate has faced disproportionate headwinds because of "the rules." The RNC is 100 percent correct that delegate allocation was determined months before any votes were cast, but it's hard to use a steely adherence to the rules to fight a very emotional claim that American voters are being silenced.  Click for more. Latest Stories Poll: Trump Dominates GOP Field in New York, Kasich Second Trump's backing remains unchanged, while Kasich now garners 25 percent support and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is in third place at 16 percent.  Click for more. Bernie Sanders Takes Message of Economic Equality to Vatican Bernie Sanders took his message of economic fairness to the heart of the Catholic Church on Friday.  Click for more. Trump Takes Swipe at Cruz's Poll Numbers in New York Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump campaigns in Plattsburgh, N.Y., on Friday.  Click for more. Kasich Explains Comments on Sexual Assault Republican presidential candidate John Kasich talks about sexual assault at a morning town hall in Watertown, N.Y., then explains is comments later in Utica, N.Y.  Click for more. FOR THE RECORD… "I'm the screwiest screwball here. I'll vote myself that." - John Kasich in Utica, NY WEEKEND SKED On Saturday: Hillary Clinton holds an event in Los Angeles. Trump holds two events in New York and Cruz campaigns in Wyoming. Sanders returns from Italy. On Sunday: North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory joins Chuck Todd on Meet The Press. Clinton, Sanders and Trump continue to campaign in New York. More News Tough New Sanders Ad Hits Clinton Watch Clinton and Sanders Unleash in NYC Debate New York Republicans Ignore Ted Cruz at GOP Gala Sanders Says He'll Win Nomination While Clinton Touts Lead Hillary Clinton Wins a Game of Dominoes in Harlem Here's How Obama Wants to Stoke American Competition You_��re receiving The Lid from NBC News Politics. Share this with your family and friends and keep them up to date. Share now Follow Us   Privacy  | NBC NEWS, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10112