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Ghost Dog

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Reply to Ghost Dog (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 23, 2016, 06:45 AM

Mar 2016

At the Guardian:

... While Trump looks on course to end the campaign with the most delegates of any candidate, he may not have the 1,237 required to win the GOP nomination outright. That would force the billionaire to make the case for his presidency in a contested convention where party elites, many of whom who are hostile to his candidacy, could hold sway.

With Trump’s projected delegate count expected to come down to the wire, results such as his loss to Cruz in Utah could, later down the line, prove pivotal...

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/22/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-arizona-utah-idaho-results

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So, when do we declare Kasich out of the race? No wins for him on Tuesday. [View all] bulloney Mar 2016 OP

What are the (R) delegate numbers overall so far, Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #1

I find: Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #2

His only hope is for his convention to ignore primary voters and decide that pampango Mar 2016 #3

How would.getting him out of your statehouse be foisting him on to the nation? Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #4

I meant if we got him out of the statehouse by him becoming president that would be pampango Mar 2016 #13

Sure. Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #14

Does that mean you think Kasich can surge & together with Cruz Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #6

I doubt Kasich will win more than a handful of pledged delegates. He may, of course, get a lot of pampango Mar 2016 #15

Good. He lost to Cruz, and just wait Hortensis Mar 2016 #5

He'll stay in as long as he has the funding to. surrealAmerican Mar 2016 #7

I think he's hanging on hoping for a second ballot convention win. Vinca Mar 2016 #8

Yes--he still hopes to be the 'moderate' choice Maeve Mar 2016 #9

I'm wondering if Jebbie's new endorsement is only a way to reinsert himself back into the mix Vinca Mar 2016 #11

Can the (R) elites just appoint anyone they choose Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #17

I think they can if no one wins on the first ballot. Vinca Mar 2016 #18

Kasich wins 1, and somehow he's a lock for the nomination Orrex Mar 2016 #10

He thinks he will be strong in the northeast and midwest oberliner Mar 2016 #12

As of this morning, none of the Republican candidates are at 100% or more of their delegate target . LannyDeVaney Mar 2016 #16