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The Establishments war on Donald Trump Title: Trump bristles at Cruz-Kasich collaboration Donald Trump says an extraordinary collaboration between Ted Cruz and John Kasich aimed at unifying the anti-Trump vote in some remaining primaries is a desperate move by "mathematically dead" rivals. Such collusion would be illegal in many industries, the Republican presidential front-runner said, but it's illustrative of "everything that is wrong in Washington and our political system." Under the arrangement outlined late Sunday, Kasich, the Ohio governor, will step back in the May 3 Indiana contest to let Cruz bid for voters who don't like Trump. Cruz, a Texas senator, will do the same for Kasich in Oregon and New Mexico. The arrangement does not address the five Northeastern states set to vote Tuesday, where Trump is expected to add to his already overwhelming delegate lead. Yet the shift offers increasingly desperate Trump foes a glimmer of hope in their long and frustrating fight to halt the billionaire's rise. "It is big news today that John Kasich has decided to pull out of Indiana to give us a head to head contest with Donald Trump," Cruz told reporters as he campaigned in Indiana on Monday. "That is good for the men and women of Indiana. It's good for the country to have a clear and direct choice." Kasich sent mixed messages, however, as he addressed the pact for the first time while campaigning in Philadelphia. Asked what Indiana voters should do next week, the Ohio governor just 13 hours after the arrangement was announced urged them to vote for him. "I've never told them not to vote for me. They ought to vote for me," Kasich said in a Philadelphia diner. He said he simply agreed not to spend "resources" in Indiana. The announcement marks a sharp reversal for Cruz's team, which aggressively opposed coordinating anti-Trump efforts with Kasich as recently as late last week. And the agreement applies only to Indiana, Oregon and New Mexico - three of the 15 states remaining on the Republican primary calendar. As Kasich backs out of Indiana, Cruz promised he would not compete in Oregon on May 17 and New Mexico on June 7. Cruz's campaign manager, Jeff Roe, said in a statement explaining the new plans that Trump would be soundly defeated by the Democratic nominee, whether it's Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders. "Having Donald Trump at the top of the ticket in November would be a sure disaster for Republicans," he said. Added Kasich's chief strategist, John Weaver, "Our goal is to have an open convention in Cleveland, where we are confident a candidate capable of uniting the party and winning in November will emerge as the nominee." Trump was set to campaign in Rhode Island and Pennsylvania on Monday, two of the five states hosting primary contests on Tuesday. Connecticut, Delaware and Maryland are also voting. Speaking to several thousand people Sunday evening in Maryland, Trump stressed repeatedly that he expects to win the 1,237 delegates needed in the first round of voting in Cleveland to stave off a contested convention. "I only care about the first," he said. "We're not going for the second and third and fourth and fifth." --- Peoples reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Kathleen Ronayne in Manchester, New Hampshire, and Errin Haines Whack in Philadelphia contributed to this report. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 2. I note that when Cruz says the opposite of something he said two weeks ago, it's a "change of strategy", but if Trump changes his mind about something he said ten years ago, or if he reconsiders something he said in haste in the morning and clarifies his position in the afternoon, it's a "flip-flop". Trump is right to be irritated.
#2. To: Vicomte13, cranky, All (#1) Trump is right to be irritated. He certainly does. I am angry and I am no longer a registered REP. This is truly disgraceful. I hope that Trump gets the nomination on the first ballot so he can finish the job of destroying the REP Party. Let the DRats take total control of the country and all three braches of government. The REPS are just as corrupt and immoral as the DRats they just lie more about not being so. Go Trump. Be all you can be. F*ck up the REP Party beyond all repair as it deserves to be. Vicomte13 and I will support you all the way.
Replies to Comment # 2. This is truly disgraceful. It is what it is. The rnc sells a slate of candidates and ballot access for their candidates. As a Presidential candidate, Trump seems to be a very hard sell to the major contributors to the rnc.
#6. To: SOSO (#2) Go Trump. Be all you can be. F*ck up the REP Party beyond all repair as it deserves to be. Vicomte13 and I will support you all the way. America! Fuck Yeah! Trump WILL be a bull in a China shop, a wrecking ball, a silverback gorilla ripping great holes in the GOP Establishment. If he overcomes all of this shit and gets the nomination and wins the election, you can expect sweeping election reform from him. He'll be motivated, so will the people, and he will have no reason to be merciful.
#13. To: SOSO (#2) will support you all the way. Count me in.
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