The emergence of real estate tycoon Donald Trump as Republican presidential nominee sounded the death-knell for the party establishment, Indian-American former Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has said.
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Kasich was pressed by host Alisyn Camerota to explain his path to the Republican nomination, since it is mathematically impossible for him to reach the 1,237 delegates needed to win the nomination outright – a fact that supporters of GOP opponent Ted Cruz eagerly point out. Ohio was the only state that Trump lost to Ohio Governor John Kasich.
But the concept underscores the panic among many Republicans at the prospect of Trump arriving at the convention in July with far more delegates than anyone else, making it harder to decide on someone else as the GOP nominee.
Donald Trump’s opponents in Republican politics have faced a fair amount of criticism in recent months for their tepid efforts to derail the frontrunner for the party’s presidential nomination, but the anti-Trump campaign does exist.
Today, however, Romney’s voice appears on robocalls in Arizona and Utah, telling these voters to side with Ted Cruz – and not to vote for Kasich.
Kasich argued he, not Trump or Cruz, was best positioned to take on Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton in November’s general election. Then Cruz will have an edge in numerous following contests because of the organizational advantage he brings to states that choose delegates at conventions or caucuses. But Ohio Gov. John Kasich is fighting back in there, hoping his more pragmatic approach and longtime governing experience will net him delegates there.
It’s a critical hedge against Arizona, a state where the victor takes all 58 delegates – no matter the final percentages – and where polls have shown Trump running stronger.
Two thirds of those surveyed said it would be “bad” if the GOP nominee is not the candidate who earned the most delegates in the state primaries and caucuses. Trump leads with 645 delegates while Ted Cruz is second with 407 delegates. He goes on to say that he is representing “millions of people”.
“That they are Cruz supporters means that Cruz has an extra voice at the national convention on every other issue than the convention roll call vote, that’s literally the delegate’s last order of business there”, said Putnam.
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Utah’s caucuses are open only to registered members of either party. While there is generally no threat that the Sanders campaign poses to Senator Hillary Clinton now, the tables could still turn.
