Kasich said Monday he’s not the desperate one on the campaign trail. He said he had simply agreed not to spend “resources” in Indiana.
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Cruz’s strategy won’t require a major transfer of assets out of New Mexico. I believe the Republican Party will weather the storm regardless of what happens, and here’s another thing I want to say about this, there are going to be hurt feelings in Cleveland no matter what happens. For that matter, neither have Trump or Kasich, said Tucker Keene, spokesman for the Republican Party of New Mexico. And who more? These are the people who functionally run day to day their parties and have to do keep the lights on and keep the team together in their state”, noting that the delegates “wrestle with coalition challenges in here all the time here and we had these kinds of problems thrown at them. “Otherwise we’ll have this food fight on the floor”.
Trump has dominated the nominating contests so far but still faces a tough path to earn the delegates needed to lock up the nomination before the convention.
The front-runner needs to win at least four of the five Northeastern states Tuesday. He said he’s undecided between Ted Cruz and Donald Trump – but that the announced deal didn’t make the Texas senator look good.
Political observers say OR and New Mexico are unusual choices, and the collaboration strategy could actually benefit Trump in the end. I have brought millions of voters into the Republican primary system and have received many millions of votes more than Cruz or Kasich.
“Indiana is a battleground”, Cruz told the crowd of about 1,000 people. And based on a Journal presidential poll published February 20, he could still do well in New Mexico. He skipped the Iowa caucuses, for example, never a successful decision for any presidential candidate, and has emphasized his moderate credentials instead of positioning himself as a mainstream conservative.
Network exit polls in last month’s MI primary, which Trump won, showed Kasich and Trump in a virtual tie for moderate voters – Trump won 37 percent and Kasich 36 percent. In fact, one reason Trump is having such difficulty in the delegate selection process is that many are having buyer’s remorse after their states’ elections as they’ve watched Trump operate.
Cruz repeated the message from his campaign that it is focusing its resources strategically and investing heavily in IN, citing a desire to stop Clinton from winning the White House.
Trump said former GOP rivals Ben Carson, Chris Christie and Marco RubioMarco RubioTrump compares Kasich to “spoiled brat” Anti-Trump alliance off to a rocky start Energy issues factor in battle for Senate MORE all “did better” than Kasich, but dropped out of the Republican race after realizing they couldn’t win the nomination. Kasich called it no big deal.
When Fox News’ Chris Wallace asked Manafort about his assurance to GOP honchos that Trump, essentially, has been playing a role for the campaign and that a more presidential Trump will soon emerge, Manafort pretended he had been talking about something else, but Wallace knew better, and so do we. “There are a lot of gears that would have to shift properly for all of that to fall into place”.
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“It shows that they are just getting killed”, Trump said, mocking Kasich’s “1 for 41” showing in the primary race and saying Cruz was cracking under pressure. The new deal between Ted Cruz and John Kasich could have similarly fatal results.
