Viewer's Guide: After Super Tuesday, cold hard delegate math
What to watch for on the day after Super Tuesday doles out a quarter of all the delegates at stake in the GOP and Democratic nominating contests:
Trump's strong showing could generate fresh talk about the possibility of a brokered convention from Republicans who just can't get on board with the idea of Trump as the eventual GOP nominee.
In the run-up to Tuesday's mega-round of voting, some establishment figures were vowing they'd never, ever support Trump; others were reluctantly pledging to fall in line behind the eventual nominee, whoever it is.
The rhetoric in the GOP race took a turn for the worse before Super Tuesday, featuring a series of taunts between Trump and Rubio about potential pants-wetting, bad spray tans and overactive sweat glands.
Sanders, looking for more places to shine after wins in Oklahoma, Colorado, Minnesota and his home state of Vermont, was ready to campaign Wednesday in Maine and Michigan, where he hopes his populist message will resonate with union and blue-collar voters.
[...] his campaign strategists scheduled a "path forward" breakfast to lay out his intended route to the nomination.
The first two primary states to vote — New Hampshire and South Carolina — turned out record numbers of Republican, but not Democratic, voters.
Three outside groups, Our Principles, American Future Fund and Club for Growth, have laid plans for millions of dollars in new Trump attack ads.
Conservative Solutions, a super political action committee backing Rubio - and blasting Trump -- has reserved $6 million of ad time for in the soon-to-vote states of Michigan, Illinois, Missouri and Florida.