MEASURED CLARITY

Trump detractors in the media will no doubt attempt to play up his loss to John Kasich.

The Wall Street Journal, true to its colors, described the three-out-of-four Trump triumph as:
A big and tumultuous primary-election day Tueday provided some clarity in each party's race toward the presidential nomination--but also an equal measure of clarity on the weaknesses of the two front runners.

That the writer chose to hyphenate that last point tells you what you need to know about its importance to those who seek to derail the Trump machine. This is clutching-at-straws-journalism disguised as significant or important news. Last time we measured, to borrow one of the writer's own terms, three out of four was 75%. The author, Gerald F. Seib, is a Wall Street Journal Washington insider who speaks the WSJ's editorial party line

But it's hardly as important as they'd like to make it. And here's why. Though originally from the east, Kasich is an Ohio State alum, a former Ohio Congressman and the current Ohio governor. Trump's lost, according to the numbers, 47% to 36%, is not surprising given Kasich's background in the home of the Wright brothers.

Trump's average margin of victory for the three states he won was 10%. In Ohio he lost by only 11% to one of the most recognized faces and names in the state, a former political television celebrity. That's hardly a sign of Trumps weaknesses. It's a sign of, if anything--and you can bet those MSM pundits hate it--his strength.

Measured clarity depends on who's doing the measuring, Mr. Seib.