A very nasty U.S. general election campaign is coming, with the opening salvos already fired.
While Donald Trump has no challengers for the Republican nomination left, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are looking ahead to the results of the Nebraska and West Virginia votes (Tuesday, May 10).
Our U.S. correspondent Priscilla Huff reports:
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There are dumpster fires - that is trash fires - which are more popular than the two people likely to run for the White House.
That is the widely shared summary of one Republican Senator - Ben Sasse of Nebraska -
It's particularly interesting because he's been rumored to be a top pick to make a third party run for the White house
At a time when the political situation in the United States is like nothing anyone's seen before
The majority of American voters dislike HIllary Clinton
and even more dislike Donald Trump
LIkely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton told CBS News programme face the nation
what she wants to do
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But she's not likely to have that opportunity
not after what Donald Trump said in Spokane Washington
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He's attacking early and personally
and he's also turning Republican policy on it's head
Republicans usually campaign on lower taxes and smaller government
That's not what Donald Trump said to NBC News's Meet the Press Programme
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The Republican establishment - including former president Bush - has turned their backs on Donald Trump.
And after Speaker of the U-S House of Representatives Paul Ryan said he's not ready to support Donald Trump
Trump's surrogate,
former U-S vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin promised to CNN's State of the Union show
Speaker Ryan's days in office are numbered.
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Former Republican Majority Leader Eric Cantor lost his seat in a surprise loss in the last cycle in 2014.
a result that is now being seen as an example of how American politics is changing
but leaders were not paying attention.
But when it comes to the looming national race
Hillary Clinton is trying to take the high road, as she said to the
CBS News programme face the nation
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The problem for Hillary Clinton is that many American voters see Bernie Sanders as having a brighter, clearer, fresher vision.
Voters in Nebraska and West Virginia have their say in the next round of primaries.
Priscilla Huff, Washington
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