A nice evening for John Kasich, his family and followers. But given the reality of what transpired in the rest of the GOP primaries on Tuesday, Kasich should probably suspend his campaign as Marco Rubio did on Tuesday evening. Trump rolled in Florida, Illinois, North Carolina, and won a state in Missouri in which Ted Cruz should have won. Given the fact Kasich didn’t do particularly well in either Michigan or Illinois there doesn’t appear to be anything which indicates a Kasich momentum move other than the fact he won his home state.
There is no road map to an electorate nomination for Kasich. But in reality there isn’t one for Cruz either. Unless you adhere to the notion the GOP establishment is going to deprive Trump of being their candidate at a brokered convention in Cleveland, this is over. Donald Trump will be the GOP nominee whether it’s the right thing for America or not.
Ted Cruz and his supporters are very much kidding themselves. Cruz is only competitive in a two man dynamic against Trump when its a closed primary where Democrats and Independents can’t vote. Cruz would be destroyed in a general election because other than a few states he has no overall Electoral College appeal.
So in an election year where voters thought they were clamoring for change, what they’ll have in November is the most audacious lobbyist in the world versus another member of the Clinton family who in reality has been bought by Donald Trump on numerous occasions in the past.
I’m not sure I really see any change in all of this, but this appears to be what the American voters have decided.
Kasich and Rubio fought the good fight, but it’s over for both of them on the same night.