In the close states, those same Democrats soon will be telling the Green Party and its probable nominee — Jill Stein — to get lost, calling a vote for Stein a vote for Donald Trump.
With such broad public disapproval of Trump's controversial comments, Republican elected officials have awkwardly tiptoed around their probable nominee.
Mr. Romney is still the most probable nominee, but he seems to have lost his air of inevitability, which may change his campaign's calculus.
When Mr Tandjung was still mired in legal difficulties, General Wiranto, a former army chief, had emerged as Golkar's probable nominee.
Mitt Romney, still by a whisker the Republicans' probable nominee, calls China a "cheater" he would designate as a currency manipulator on his first day in office.
Attempting to outdo his rivals, the probable nominee Donald Trump claims that "we already have tremendous regulations.
After his speech, some of the audience chased Mr Clinton down, you guessed it, President Clinton Avenue to snap his picture, get his autograph or beg him to run for the Senate next year.That looks premature: the probable Democratic nominee for next year's race, Mark Pryor, is an old friend of Mr Clinton.
In terms of its opposition, the RNC has already zeroed in on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as the probable Democratic nominee for president.
Still, at the moment, the primary campaign is heading to an odd conclusion: two underdogs are setting a standard for an election that the two probable nominees are unlikely to meet.
Mr. Obama also used the speech to the mayors to criticize Senator John McCain of Arizona, the probable Republican presidential nominee, for visiting flooded areas of Iowa after voting against financing for some water projects and flood control programs.
Probable Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton doesn't share any of Trump's ability to shield herself from accusations of pandering and changing her mind on issues.
