Wednesday News: Clinton, Trump Win Big; Supreme Court Pick Imminent; No Metrorail Today

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, March 16.

• Trump wins big; Rubio quits Clinton takes four states
• Sanders vows to press on despite growing deficit in delegate race (“Hillary Clinton’s victories in Florida, North Carolina, Ohio and Illinois kept her on track to lock up the nomination”)
• Trump vs. GOP: The Moment of Reckoning Has Arrived (“Republicans can no longer avoid taking sides as they battle the tycoon for the soul of their party.”)
• How Hillary Clinton Keeps Winning (“Obama beat her with the same strategy she’s using to pull away from Bernie Sanders.”)
• Hillary Clinton Is Now the Presumptive Democratic Nominee (“Barring a truly catastrophic collapse from the front-runner, Hillary will be standing on a stage in Philadelphia when the balloons come down this summer. There’s no longer anything Bernie can realistically do to stop her.”)
• Marco Rubio’s demise marks the last gasp of the GOP reboot
• The People Onstage at Trump’s Victory Speech Were a Real Distinguished Bunch
• Ben Carson: I Didn’t Want To Endorse Trump, But He Promised Me A Position (Uhhhhhh….)
• Kasich eyes a contested GOP convention
• Weeping Marco Rubio Supporters Vow Never To Vote For Donald Trump
• Srinivasan or Garland likely Obama choice for U.S. Supreme Court: source
• Top conservatives gather to plot third-party run against Trump (“The meeting is scheduled for two days after tonight’s primaries in what many Republican operatives believe will determine whether Trump is on an unstoppable march to the nomination.”)
• Safety concerns prompt 24-hour shutdown of D.C. Metro
• The media malpractice that’s hurting everyone but Trump (“Sanders’s plea for serious debate on the issues has largely been ignored.”)
• Obama dismayed by vulgarity, violence of campaign(In sharp contrast, Obama is a man of class and decency. I just wish he could serve another term.)
• Conservatives block budget; Ryan cites anxiety among voters (These aren’t “conservatives,” they are “right-wing radicals.” Not sure why the media keeps calling them “conservatives.”))
• Inside Marco’s Hollow Campaign
• Donald Trump and the Fall of the Republican Campaign Guru
• Drilling hopes in Virginia are rebuffed
• Virginia’s hopes for offshore drilling founder (Great news, except for the fossil tools at the Republican Times-Disgrace, aka Richmond Times-Dispatch.)
• Editorial: Wise retreat on offshore drilling (In stark contrast, the Virginian-Pilot gets it right.)
• Editorial: Schools gets overdue boost across Virginia
• Peninsula lawmakers sign letter supporting Atlantic Coast Pipeline (Huge mistake.)
• Schapiro: McAuliffe and his Democrats struggle for relevance (“McEachin’s likely departure for Congress is a reminder of another problem for General Assembly Democrats: a brain drain.” So true; McEachin is one of the best people in the entire Virginia General Assembly! Fortunately, he’ll make an excellent member of Congress as well.))
• McEachin formally announces bid for Congress in 4th District
• Unprecedented closure leaves commuters with simple quandary: How to get to work?
• North Korea sentences U-Va. student to 15 years of hard labor in prison
• Metrorail has become just as dysfunctional as Congress. Maybe worse.
• Virginia Beach council takes no position on grassroots light-rail referendum
• All tickets for actor George Takei’s Roanoke appearance quickly claimed
• Ramadan: U.Va. and Sullivan: Now we know the whole story
• Warmer today with a shower chance; considerably colder this weekend