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title: "2 Caucus Quotes By Mara Liasson"
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> [If they can get 15 or higher, it will be a very bad night for House Speaker Paul Ryan. Ryan twisted himself into a pretzel by endorsing but not always supporting Donald Trump. Now, he's facing the prospect of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mara-liasson/if-they-can-get-15-or-higher-it-will-be-a-very-bad-night-for-house/)

[Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mara-liasson/)

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> [Well, we had a bunch of primaries and caucuses on the Democratic side. Bernie Sanders won the Nebraska and Kansas caucuses. That keeps his campaign alive. But Hillary Clinton won Louisiana, which was the big prize of the night, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mara-liasson/well-we-had-a-bunch-of-primaries-and-caucuses-on-the-democratic-side/)

[Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mara-liasson/)

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## More by Mara Liasson

> [Jeb Bush was supposed to be the establishment candidate, but he didn't catch on. And the extraordinary thing about this Republican primary is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mara-liasson/jeb-bush-was-supposed-to-be-the-establishment-candidate-but-he-didn-t/)

[Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mara-liasson/)

> [Donald Trump's staffing up a pretty traditional, very conservative Republican government, not a populist outsider government, at least not yet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mara-liasson/donald-trump-s-staffing-up-a-pretty-traditional-very-conservative/)

[Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mara-liasson/)

> [ This year \[2016\], however, polls show \[Hillary\] Clinton winning white college-educated voters by double digits. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mara-liasson/this-year-2016-however-polls-show-hillary-clinton-winning-white/)

[Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mara-liasson/)

> [On the other side, you have the conservative intelligentsia - magazines like National Review, which has a big anti-Trump issue; Weekly Standard editor, conservative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mara-liasson/on-the-other-side-you-have-the-conservative-intelligentsia-magazines/)

[Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mara-liasson/)

> [The president is under 50 percent approval ratings in all the battleground states. So, you could say that President Obama is defying gravity by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mara-liasson/the-president-is-under-50-percent-approval-ratings-in-all-the/)

[Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mara-liasson/)

> [If she Hillary Clinton win just two of the three big battleground states - North Carolina, Florida and Virginia - she will have shut…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mara-liasson/if-she-hillary-clinton-win-just-two-of-the-three-big-battleground/)

[Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mara-liasson/)

> [The base has chosen or is choosing a candidate that the establishment says is absolutely unacceptable. And what that means is this marriage of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mara-liasson/the-base-has-chosen-or-is-choosing-a-candidate-that-the-establishment/)

[Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mara-liasson/)

> [ You have \[Donald\] Trump and \[Ted\] Cruz battling it out, and the moderate establishment candidates like Chris Christie or Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, John… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mara-liasson/you-have-donald-trump-and-ted-cruz-battling-it-out-and-the-moderate/)

[Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mara-liasson/)

> [The country wants the president and the Congress focused on jobs and the economy. Any regulation that the president promulgates that isn't focused on,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mara-liasson/the-country-wants-the-president-and-the-congress-focused-on-jobs-and/)

[Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mara-liasson/)

> [ What does \[Hillary\] Clinton do if she loses? Concede? Blame the Russians? Or the FBI? ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mara-liasson/what-does-hillary-clinton-do-if-she-loses-concede-blame-the-russians/)

[Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mara-liasson/)

> [Hillary Clinton is also not a very exciting, inspiring candidate to a lot of the left-leaning Democratic base, especially in Iowa.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mara-liasson/hillary-clinton-is-also-not-a-very-exciting-inspiring-candidate-to-a/)

[Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mara-liasson/)

> [There's disgust with what people called a broken political system, and they're really angry at elites, whether it's the Republican establishment or particularly the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mara-liasson/there-s-disgust-with-what-people-called-a-broken-political-system-and/)

[Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mara-liasson/)

> [ People like Ted Cruz, who has tried to position himself as the best second choice for \[Donald\] Trump supporters, wouldn't condemn him. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mara-liasson/people-like-ted-cruz-who-has-tried-to-position-himself-as-the-best/)

[Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mara-liasson/)

> [Republican candidates have won whites with college degrees in every presidential election since polling began.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mara-liasson/republican-candidates-have-won-whites-with-college-degrees-in-every/)

[Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mara-liasson/)

> [ \[Hillary\] Clinton has also struggled with key groups of voters. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mara-liasson/hillary-clinton-has-also-struggled-with-key-groups-of-voters/)

[Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mara-liasson/)

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