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Treant

(1,968 posts)
2. Will he choose
Wed May 4, 2016, 11:48 AM
May 2016

Fiorina as his VP and give her a third shot?

I seriously doubt he's dropping out after his release this morning: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/john-kasich-gop-only-hope-222787

But I guess maybe somebody could have had a talking to with him.

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
7. If he could convince cruz and rubio to release their delegates to him.....
Wed May 4, 2016, 12:04 PM
May 2016

That would give kasich 890, plus any he could garner in the remaining primaries. Highly unlikely though.

It is complicated though: http://lawnewz.com/important/not-so-fast-ted-cruz-delegates-are-still-in-play/

Freddie

(9,256 posts)
4. See ya. Don't let the door hit ya where the good Lord...
Wed May 4, 2016, 11:56 AM
May 2016

Kasich was the one that scared me. A vile woman and union hater who somehow comes across as "moderate" to many.
Optimistic scenario: Trump loses. The Repugs, in their infinite wisdom, decide once and for all that the reason for their loss was failure to nominate a "true conservative." So Cruz (or a similar RWNJ) runs in 2020 and loses big time.

book_worm

(15,951 posts)
9. If only Bernie would be so sensible. His continuing on with this race is
Wed May 4, 2016, 12:11 PM
May 2016

going to hurt Hillary. Meanwhile Trump can start planning for the GE. I think it's time people like Elizabeth Warren urged him to get out and endorsed Hillary.

sufrommich

(22,871 posts)
10. Sources say he's out.
Wed May 4, 2016, 12:15 PM
May 2016

So Trump gets to court the media as the nominee while the media gets to pretend the democratic primary is still a horse race.

stopbush

(24,392 posts)
12. "To the majority of Americans who don't know, I am still in the race.
Wed May 4, 2016, 01:53 PM
May 2016

"But now, I'm going to suspend my campaign, which means I'm out of the race."

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