Posted on 03/15/2016 9:25:37 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Clinton bested Sanders in all the March 15 primaries except for Missouri, and Cruz is now Trump's only competition for the Republican nomination.
With the exception of Gov. John Kasich taking his home state of Ohio, Donald Trump won or is projected to win all the March 15 Republican primaries. Trump came in second in Ohio. However, the race is very close in Missouri, with Cruz only a quarter point behind Trump with 62 percent of the precincts reporting.
Although Sen. Marco Rubio came in second in his home state of Florida, he saw the writing on the wall and suspended his run for the Republican nomination when he could not edge past Donald Trump.
Hillary Clinton won or is projected to win in all the primaries, Florida, Ohio, North Carolina, Ohio and Illinois. As this article goes live, Sanders is ahead by two points in Missouri, with 68 percent of the precincts reporting.
Some pundits are likely to point out that if Rubio pulled out before today's primaries and if Kasich was no longer in the race, Cruz would have won every one of the Republican primaries. Had only Rubio pulled out, and if all of Rubio's voters voted instead for Cruz, the Texas senator would have still won Illinois and North Carolina, and come within two points of Trump in Illinois and within one point of Trump in Florida.
The delegate numbers get very close between Cruz and Trump if Rubio and Kasich were to send their delegates to Cruz.
And probably a ton of them have voted in open primaries to boast his chances against other candidates because they think Trump cannot win the general, Or because a blue dog Democrat has no choice in their primary. the question is whether the spoilers or the blue dogs predominate.
You don’t think Kasich would be a better VP choice? Mainly to help Trump (if he is the nominee) win Ohio.
I hope he does. As I say, IMHO, it would be best for the country.
Same here but it looks like Cruz will be "teaming up" with Kasich to try to go down the dark path and work to stop trump rather than act like what he claims to be (and so many still believe 100%) and make the will of the People his main goal.
Instead of sending a message that the RNC/GOPe really needs to hear, he will be heartening them.
Here's hoping Trump gets the requisite votes despite the treachery lurking in the "background".
Yeah, everywhere I go, I hear people talking about how they will be voting for Kasich. I have yet to hear anyone talking about Trump. /s
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