The presidential campaigns of Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich made little mention of the California primary in announcing Sunday night that they have agreed to split several remaining states in the Republican primary in a joint effort to keep Donald Trump from winning the Republican nomination.
According to the agreement, Cruz will agree not to contest Oregon and New Mexico, in return for Kasich agreeing not to contest Indiana, where Trump holds a slight lead in the polls.
Of those contests, only Indiana is likely to prove decisive in any way. Trump’s current lead over Cruz is just eight points, while Kasich is polling at 16 percent. It is unclear, however, whether all of Kasich’s supporters will support Cruz. If even a significant minority support Trump instead, Trump could still win the state. The Indiana Republican primary awards 30 delegates statewide on a winner-take-all basis, plus three delegates per congressional district, also on a winner-take-all basis.
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It's beginning to sound as though both Cruz and Kasich prefer a divided GOP and have no intention of honoring the "pledge" to support the nominee whomever. Obviously both have huge egos and want to be president at any cost.
Now that Trump has made his Super Tuesday Sweep with percentages in the high 50s to mid 60s, I would say the Cruz-Kasich proved to work out very well. For Trump. Many people interviewed were pretty ticked at the dynamic duo in their efforts to thwart Trump. Grasping at straws is like desperation. It makes the world's worse cologne.
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