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Why the Cruz-Kasich alliance could backfire
On paper, the alliance between Ted Cruz and John Kasich
-- whereby Kasich will skip the May 3 Indiana primary to help Cruz
against frontrunner Donald Trump, while Cruz will skip Oregon (May 17)
and New Mexico (June 7) to help Kasich -- makes a lot of sense. After
all, when you add up the Cruz-Kasich percentages in recent polls, that
number beats Trump's percentage. The alliance is also necessary, given
that the three public polls out of Indiana
now show Trump ahead -- and if Trump wins the Hoosier State, it's game
over for Cruz and Kasich. But we can count three reasons why last
night's announced alliance/truce could end up backfiring. One, it plays
right into Trump's argument that Republican forces are conspiring
against him, and that the contest is rigged. Indeed, he released this
statement last night: "When two candidates who have no path to victory
get together to stop a candidate who is expanding the party by millions
of voters, (all of whom will drop out if I am not in the race) it is yet
another example of everything that is wrong in Washington and our
political system. This horrible act of desperation, from two campaigns
who have totally failed, makes me even more determined, for the good of
the Republican Party and our country, to prevail!"
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