Sanders struggles to get back on track

The Vermont senator's Western push was supposed to start with a win in Arizona next week. But he's still fighting the hangover from Tuesday's defeats.
By Daniel Strauss
03/18/16 05:13 AM EDT


Bernie Sanders' Western push was supposed to start with a win next week in Arizona, a state where he's devoted serious advertising resources and drawn big crowds to his events.
But the shellacking he suffered Tuesday has cast a long shadow over his Arizona prospects, leading many Arizona Democrats to question whether the Vermont senator can get out from under it in time for his March 22 contest with Hillary Clinton.


"I think he needed a lot of momentum heading into the last week of voting here,” said D.J. Quinlan, an unaligned Arizona Democratic strategist and former executive director of the state Democratic Party. “Hillary's sweep definitely took away any momentum they had."

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