Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area.

It was a great evening for Hillary, and an awful one for the GOP, who is still in the bargaining phase of Trump domination. They still think that someone other than Trump might somehow emerge as the nominee. If only X can manage to win (they can’t) these states from Trump (who has a big lead there), then we can get a floor fight.

It’s schadenfreude writ large. The GOP deserves all this and then some. Years of irrational hate, fear, and anger spawned Trump, and he’s coming home to roost. The GOP can’t excise Trump without admitting that the GOP itself is the problem, because booting Trump means booting the very voters that have overwhelmingly gone for Trump.

That’s not stopping media outlets from trying to play up Kasich’s win in Ohio. Right. He won his home state. That’s what he’s supposed to do to even be considered a viable candidate. Rubio couldn’t even pass that lightweight test, and Cruz got shut out last night despite winning Texas in the last round of states.

That’s some choice. A guy who’s 500 delegates behind (Kasich) or a guy no one likes (Cruz).

As for the Democrats, it’s all over but the final outburst of whining from Bernie fans who refuse to do the math. 1561 to 800 (Missouri will basically be a wash, but essentially give Hillary a 2:1 advantage; 300+ delegates without counting supers). That’s the delegate count this morning.

Bernie’s toast. All the claims Hillary couldn’t carry outside the South went up in smoke. Michigan wasn’t the start of some wave for Bernie support. It was the outlier.

That’s the reality, and yet media outlets will continue to treat both Democrat and GOP races as close horseraces. They aren’t.