Total Popular Vote So Far Mar. 6, 2016

Clinton: 4.17 million

Trump: 3.53

Cruz: 2.99

Sanders: 2.65

Rubio: 2.21

Who's On Track For The Nomination? FiveThirtyEight

You Might Not Have Noticed, but Hillary Clinton Has a Really Progressive Tax Plan Slate

On Thursday, the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center released an analysis projecting that Clinton's plans would haul in more than $1 trillion in extra federal taxes over their first decade. More than 77 percent of that money would come from the top 1 percent of taxpayers; more than 50 percent would come from the top 0.1 percent.1 That may not sound like soaking the rich to your typical Bernie voter, but keep this in mind: The expiration of the Bush tax cuts for top earners, which required a fierce political showdown back in 2012, was only projected to bring in about $624 billion over a decade. Hillary's plan is far more ambitious by comparison.

Why Hillary Clinton Has an Advantage Heading Into the Flint Debate TIME

Bernie Sanders was coming off fresh wins in Kansas and Nebraska when he took the stage late Saturday night to speak to the Michigan Democratic Party’s fundraising dinner in a Detroit casino’s ballroom. The Vermont Senator looked like anything but a winner, though.

In fact, his entrance had been delayed by rival Hillary Clinton, who spoke before him and lingered with the donors and activists who lined up by the stage to meet her. For 15 minutes, as her campaign soundtrack blasted, the former Secretary of State posed for pictures and shook hands with her biggest fans. Sanders, meanwhile, waited and waited. “This is my fight song!” the sound system blasted. It was clear Clinton was in fighting mode.

The Chairman of the state Democrats, Brandon Dillon, tried to hint that Clinton needed to wrap things up. He took the stage and urged supporters to let her go, even though she was in no rush to cede the stage. It was all smiles and selfies. “I think everyone understands how important Michigan is going to be,” Dillon said, nudging her out. It didn’t matter. “We’re going to let Secretary Clinton work the rope line,” he said, clearly losing control.

What Bernie Does Now Politico

In his election night rally in Vermont on Tuesday, Sanders declared that his campaign was, among other things, “about dealing with some unpleasant truths that exist in America today and having the guts to confront those truths.”

The big unpleasant truth is this: Sanders may have already changed things in this campaign as much as he ever will. By credibly challenging Clinton in the early days of the race, Sanders moved the needle—and Clinton herself—on the issues he cares most about, from trade to Wall Street regulation to expanded access to health care. If history is any judge, there is only so much more that Sanders could expect from a victorious Clinton, or that she would be willing to give him. It seems all but inconceivable that she’d choose him as her running mate ( he is too old, and too unpalatable to too much of the country). She would not offer him the one Cabinet post he might covet (say, Treasury Secretary?) and it’s unlikely he would trade his perch in the Senate for one she might proffer (say Labor or Health and Human Services).