NPR: Hillary wins FL, no call yet in NC

I thought NC would be called right away. Good news?

Exit Polls: Majority of Dems in IL, MO rated "honest and trustworthy" as most important trait

In North Carolina and Ohio the most important trait was "cares about people."

In Florida, the top candidate quality was someone who has the "right experience."

Democrats in all 5 states rated the economy and jobs as the most important issue.

Also:

ABC Starts Leaking Little Tidbits from Exit Polls

Source: ABC News

5:15 p.m.

About two-thirds of Republican primary voters in all five states voting Tuesday support temporarily banning non-citizen Muslims from entering the United States, but majorities in all five say they want immigrants already in the United States illegally to be allowed a chance to stay.

Only about 4 in 10 Republican voters in each state want all immigrants in the country illegally to be deported.

5:07 p.m.

White voters make up the majority of Democratic voters in four of five states going to the polls Tuesday, but all five states included large enough percentages of minority voters to potentially affect the results.

According to early results of exit polls conducted for the Associates Press and television networks, black voters make up at least about one-fifth of the Democratic electorate in each states voting Tuesday, and in Florida, Illinois and North Carolina nearly 3 in 10 Democratic primary voters are black.

Read more: http://www.wtxl.com/news/the-latest-poll-democrats-satisfied-with-both-candidates/article_2e5e0b54-eaec-11e5-b46b-dba73d589711.html

Forget Favorite Candidates, Some People Voting Strategically

Haven't the Democrats in Congress "used" Bernie for years?

For those who say Bernie is improperly using the Democratic Party to run for president, isn't it equally true by that logic that the Democrats in the House and then the Senate "used" him to help maintain the majority or effect the Democrat/Republican committee ratios? I don't remember anyone complaining about Bernie aligning himself with the Democrats then. So why is it suddenly a problem now that he is running for president?

I am quite sure that if Bernie doesn't get the nomination and his caucus alignment in the Senate determines who will be in the majority, Senate Democrats will be more than happy to "use" him to get the majority. So how is that any different?

Maybe Bernie should drop out...

and run as an independent/third party candidate in November. That's what many of you Clinton supporters seem to be suggesting he ought to do, because right now he is "hijacking" the Democratic primary and doesn't belong in it. Would you prefer that? Would you prefer that he run as an independent and at least 2% and maybe even 20% from Hillary in swing states in November?

If not, then I don't think you have any right to complain about him running in the Democratic primary. I wish more candidates to the left of most Democrats would do that instead of helping Republicans get elected and spinning their ridiculous mantra that there is no difference between the parties.

Edited to clarify: I am NOT advocating that Bernie actually mount a third party challenge. I think the results of that would be disastrous. I put this up to make the point that people complaining that he is "using" the Democratic Party should be glad that he is running to effect change from within instead of acting as a spoiler.

Hillary Supporters: How many of you were PUMA's?

I have said many times that I am committed to supporting Hillary if she is the nominee. However, I find it counterproductive and kind of ironic how Hillary supporters are already demanding loyalty oaths and telling Bernie supporters they will be to blame if Trump wins.

So, I am curious, for all the Hillary supporters who are acting like it's already over and demanding our loyalty, can I assume that all of you voted for Obama both times and committed to doing so even before Hillary conceded? Can we assume that all of you vocally denounced the PUMA's in 2008?

Rubio Beats Kasich in DC Republican Convention

Source: Washington Post

Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida edged out Ohio Gov. John Kasich in Saturday’s Republican convention, where voters waited in line as long as three hours to cast ballots.

Many of them called it one of the most significant Republican primaries here in years.

Rubio got 10 of the 19 delegates, and Kasich got nine. The others on the ballot failed to meet the threshold for delegate allocation, said Patrick Mara, executive director of the D.C. Republican Party.

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Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas trailed by substantial margins. Trump got 13.8 percent of the votes and Cruz 12.4 percent.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/rubio-beats-kasich-in-dc-republican-convention/2016/03/13/1e8a36b4-e941-11e5-a6f3-21ccdbc5f74e_story.html

Can someone explain what happened in Iowa yesterday?

There has been a lot of fighting about this, but in all the arguing the basics of what happened have gotten lost. I vaguely remember reading about the second level of caucuses in 2008, but my memory is a little sketchy on how it works.

Can someone please explain:

1) How is it that, if Hillary had more votes in Polk County on February 1, Bernie ended up with more delegates at the second level caucuses? Does this mean that people who caucused for Hillary on February 1 ended up not being represented yesterday, or were the counts wrong on February 1?

2) What exactly did the Clinton delegates do yesterday that was unseemly or undemocratic? Were they just trying to make sure that the people who voted for Clinton on February 1 were properly represented, or did it go beyond that?

It would be helpful if someone from Iowa or who knows more about the second and third level caucuses could explain how it works.

Politico: Obama sees his reluctance to endorse as good thing for Democratic Party

I don't know why he is being accused of foot-dragging. I thought it was customary for a sitting president to remain publicly neutral until the primary is officially or mostly wrapped up.