A new poll by Public Policy Polling found that OH voters were getting sick of Kasich’s campaign and neglecting his duties as governor.
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Though armed with an extensive resume in politics, the second-term OH governor struggled to connect with Republican primary voters in a year dominated by anti-establishment frustration. The more Republican candidates reject Trump, though, the more voters get the message that Trump is not a respectable candidate, dragging down his support everywhere else. While there are not many donors and party elites who would have the stomach to see him run again given his disastrous performance, there is room for him to emerge as a leader in the process of rebuilding the party in the aftermath of Trump.
But his candidacy, now ended, outlasted that of 15 others in the GOP field, and outperformed 16, including Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who is expected to drop out Wednesday evening. Mark Salter, a longtime top adviser to 2008 GOP nominee John McCain, said Tuesday he would be voting for Clinton over Trump.
‘I’m really focused on moving into the general election, ‘ Clinton said confidently Tuesday in West Virginia.
Where will that leave Republicans after the dust has settled and the American people have, without the GOP leaving them much of a choice, elected a weak and corrupt Democrat like Hillary Clinton?
Kasich’s departure, a day after Donald Trump’s victory in the in primary, leaves Trump as the only candidate remaining in the Republican race.
Trump took fire from conservatives and Republican primary opponents earlier in the campaign when he told Fox News that “everything is negotiable” as he responded to a report that he suggested to The New York Times editorial board in an off-the-record meeting that his immigration views are in fact more flexible than the hardline positions he laid out during his primary campaign.
“The answer is simple: No”, Tweeted Nebraska Sen. By that time, if Trump hasn’t yet nailed down the approximately 250 delegates he needed coming out of the IN election and into the California primary, it will become the primary of all primaries.
What’s their plan moving forward?
The truth is that all of the major Republicans have some pretty strong personal incentives to join the fold.
“A lot of that’s going to depend on how they treat me”, Trump said. Trump will officially become the party’s nominee in July at the party’s convention in Cleveland. I’m not talking about which you’d think would be easier to defeat in November. He added Clinton’s slogan: “I’m with her”.
The tea party Republican, considered someone to watch within the party, wrote passionately and at length about why he could not support Trump. Others, reluctantly. Some said they could never support the NY businessman, and looked for alternatives. He’s telling them trade deals killed their jobs – including the big one signed by Clinton’s husband. “I don’t want everybody”, he said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program. If Trump suffers a wipeout, he is likely to sink Republicans in other races.
“Donald Trump is my party’s presumptive nominee and I intend to support him”, MacArthur said in an e-mailed statement.
Cruz is someone who comes from the far right. “He did the unselfish thing to drop out”. But the outcome will not slow the former secretary of state’s march to the Democratic nomination. “The only thing I would quibble with is there is a difference between refraining from attacking and being effusive in praise”.
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Trump himself floated Brown’s name as a possible running mate, telling a New Hampshire crowd in January that the former US senator from MA would make a “very good” vice president. Some reluctant Republicans began to rally around Trump, but others agonized over their party’s future.
