It Tuesday, Super-Tuesday Two, and a chance for Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders voters to slap down the election riggers on the right and left. We discuss the results – great ones for Trump, bad ones for Bernie Sanders. It’s the Super Tuesday: Ides of Trump edition of the #HLCpodcast for Wednesday, March 16, 2016. We are Nanophysicist Mike Stopa and radio talk host Todd Feinburg. Find us online at harvardlunchclub.com and on twitter @hlcpodcast.
Tuesday was a big night for Donald Trump, but not the maximum night, as John Kasich won Ohio, and Missouri looks like a victory, but only by a hair. Nevertheless, Trump is clearly the thing his party wanted least – a dominant candidate who has vanquished all the opposition. Bernie Sanders meanwhile got crushed – losing all 5 primaries to Hillary. Bummer.
In Chicago on Friday, Donald Trump decided not to go ahead with his rally after a swarm of left-wing protesters, who’d been organizing for weeks, attacked the event with the goal of shutting it down. Is this what they call a win-win?
We’ll have our Shower Thoughts… and then wrap up with our…
Hidden Gem: We’ll honor Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake and Palmer who died this week at age 71, reportedly of a suicide.