Posted on 04/25/2016 7:30:24 PM PDT by MaxistheBest
The temporary alliance between Senator Ted Cruz and Gov. John Kasich of Ohio, formed to deny Donald J. Trump the Republican presidential nomination, was already fraying almost to the point of irrelevance on Monday, only hours after it was announced to great fanfare.
---------------------Mr. Cruz trumpeted what he called the “big news” in Indiana, a state that appears pivotal to stopping Mr. Trump from winning a majority of delegates. “John Kasich has decided to pull out of Indiana to give us a head-to-head contest with Donald Trump,” he said.
-------------------But at his own campaign stop in Philadelphia on Monday, Mr. Kasich tamped down Mr. Cruz’s triumphalism. Voters in Indiana, Mr. Kasich said, “ought to vote for me,” even if he would not be campaigning publicly there. He added, “I don’t see this as any big deal.”
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Even in Indiana, emerging as the most important state, the Cruz-Kasich pact appeared something less than decisive. While Mr. Kasich’s campaign canceled his public appearances in the state, the governor was still slated to visit Indianapolis on Tuesday for a fund-raising event at the Columbia Club. And he still had meetings scheduled with a series of Indiana Republicans, including Gov. Mike Pence, according to a leading Republican in the state.
Mr. Cruz’s campaign privately advised supporters on Sunday not to endorse tactical voting, whereby his supporters might switch their allegiance to Mr. Kasich in states where the Ohio governor is running stronger against Mr. Trump. “We never tell voters who to vote for,” read the suggested Cruz talking point. “We’re simply letting folks know where we will be focusing our time and resources.”
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Same “trick”....different day.
I am surprised that it is legal for two candidates to work together in a blatant attempt to deny another candidate a majority of delegates before the convention.
Who’s on first?
“We never tell voters who to vote for,” read the suggested Cruz talking point.
Heh.
.. “We never tell voters who to vote for,” read the suggested Cruz talking point....
Another Lyin’ Ted lie. How can he say this while looking the audience in the eye with a straight face? No wonder Cruzers are increasingly silent.
Like trump said, of course it’s okay to collude in politics. It’s a rigged game.
Keep the outsiders out.
By any means necessary...............
The fair-minded Cruzers have given up on him already. All that remains are the dead enders.
I do not like the prospect of Trump being the nominee at all. But it’s time to put this nonsense behind and rally around the flawed guy that is going to be the nominee. I would rather roll the dice and gamble with Trump than get what I know we will get with Hillary or Bernie.
If Cruz is sucessful at what he is trying to do (stop Trump from getting to 1237 and then taking the nomination on the second ballot) he will lose November. Mainly because M]most Trump supporters would not come out and vote.
As I said, I don’t like Trump at all and I don’t trust him. But he’s they guy a plurality of GOP voters have chosen. For the sake of stopping Hillary, Cruz (and even Kasich) need to suspend their campaigns and unite behind Trump. If they don’t, what ever slim chance we have of keeping Hillary out of the White House will vanish.
If Trump was a candidate “in the club” Kasich and Cruz would be out and the race would be over.
This party may go from “stupid party” to “stupid decimated party”.
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