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Newswise, today is about as exciting as watching concrete dry. It seems that all else is on hold, waiting expectantly for the results of tomorrow’s primary's in Indiana. Two story’s, however, may very well predict a dramatic turn of events in the favor of Trump.

According to an item on Drudge: “A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely U.S. Voters finds Trump with 41% support to Clinton’s 39%. Fifteen percent (15%) prefer some other candidate, and five percent (5%) are undecided. 

“This is the first time Trump has led the matchup since last October. Clinton held a 41% to 36% advantage in early March. 

“Trump now has the support of 73% of Republicans, while 77% of Democrats back Clinton. But Trump picks up 15% of Democrats, while just eight percent (8%) of GOP voters prefer Clinton, given this matchup. Republicans are twice as likely to prefer another candidate. 

“Among voters not affiliated with either major party, Trump leads 37% to 31%, but 23% like another candidate. Nine percent (9%) are undecided.” 

The reason this swing toward Trump is so important is that, until now he has shown to be the weakest of all Republican candidates against Bill Clinton’s wife, while all others in the party match up favorably in their chances to best her. 

Thus, with six months still to go to November, there’s plenty of time for any Republican to gain a significant lead in the presidential race, even Trump. Particularly when reports like the following one are exposed during the final campaign for the White House.   

Paul Bedard @washingtonexaminer.com, writes today about a report by Nayla Rush, titled "Welcoming Unaccompanied Alien Children to the United States" which “is a deep dive into the administration's evolving efforts to let hundreds of thousands of mostly 16-and 17-year-old males settle in the country.”

Ms Rush “suggested that the administration's Central American Refugee/Parole Program with the United Nations that declares minors refugees could have the effect of giving legal status to their illegal parents once in the U.S.

"Children will be able to qualify for refugee status and then be flown to the United States. As a reminder, refugees receive automatic legal status and are required to apply for a green card within their first year following arrival. They can apply for citizenship five years from the date of entry. 

What's more, "the administration is also spending heavily on a program with the United Nations to help the illegal minors avoid the dangerous trip by declaring them refugees and handing them a plane ticket to the U.S. where, once here, they get special legal status. And, even more incredible; “most of the undocumented minors do not qualify for refugee status or are even in any danger in their native countries. Instead, they are seeking to unify with their family members, commonly parents in the United States illegally.”

And then comes huge, almost unimaginable, campaign fuel for virtually any Republican candidate at any level of office. “President Obama has budgeted $17,613 for each of the estimated 75,000 Central American teens expected to illegally cross into the United States this year, $2,841 more than the average annual Social Security retirement benefit, according to a new report.

“The total bill to taxpayers: $1.3 billion in benefits to "unaccompanied children," more than double what the federal government spent in 2010, according to an analysis of the administration's programs for illegal minors from the Center for Immigration Studies. The average Social Security retirement benefit is $14,772.” 

And, if that isn’t enough to give away of taxpayer’s dollars to illegals: “The report notes that the president's budget, facing congressional approval, includes another $2.1 billion for refugees, which can include the illegals from Central America, mostly Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador.” 

So, it looks like the Republicans have been handed a major issue that even Curly, Moe or Larry could use to get themselves elected over any Democrat rival. The only unfortunate weak spot in the scenario is that, at the moment, the remaining three Republican contenders don’t sound as intelligent or capable as either Curly, Moe or Larry did all those years ago. 

Which brings us to today’s update on Bill Clinton’s wife. 

A report this morning at FoxNews.com, quotes Sanders as saying: “We intend to fight for every vote and every delegate remaining.” 

Speaking at a press conference in Washington, D.C., before heading to campaign events in Indiana, Sanders said it would be “virtually impossible,” for Bill’s wife to win “enough pledged delegates in the remaining state contests to secure the nomination before the July convention.” 

With his only path to the nomination being his ability to “flip” super-delegates, although they’re presently overwhelmingly behind Bill’s wife, he evidently senses something most observers don’t. 

Which must be why he was quoted as saying: “In other words, the convention will be a contested contest.” 

In the overall, however, at this point even though Bill’s wife seems to be unstoppable, neither Democrat candidate appears to be of very strong interest on a national basis. Which brings up the continuing question: Joe Biden, Mayor Bloomberg, Jerry Brown, and Starbuck’s chairman and CEO, Howard Schultz, are you guys reading this?    

That’s it for today folks.   

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