why the fucking hell is kasich giving a speech?

[restorefreedom]

he won one fucking state and is going to get crushed by the trump train.

what a colossal loser

sorry for colorful language. i am not having a good night

peace, all

[LisaL]

1. I guess media has to keep the race interesting.

So they are milking his one win for all its worth.

[redwitch]

2. I was thinking the same.

Time for netflix.

[bunnies]

3. Right?

Bernie should quick but Kasich deserves a victory speech?! For one fucking state?

Edit: confetti even?!

[restorefreedom]

8. i know.,,,the irony......nt

[DesertFlower]

4. the people who voted for him

have a right to hear what he has to say.

[NEOBuckeye]

20. Kasich's lips are flapping.

Nothing but delusions of grandeur and hot air coming out of them. He's going nowhere, nor should he.

[DesertFlower]

22. i agree, but the people who support him

want to hear what he has to say.

are you such a selfish person that you would deny them that?

according to you the only person who has a right to speak sf the person(s) you support.

grow up.

[JVS]

26. Kasich did a good job in Ohio, along with Rubio who told his supporters to back Kasich.

But Kasich didn't pay it forward, so to speak, and has likely cost Cruz very dearly in IL and to a lesser degree in IL.

[doc03]

5. He is the Republican establishments last great hope. Tweety wants him to run

for VP with Hillary.

[malaise]

33. Tweety is the biggest ball of contradictions on Trump Central

Seriously - loves neo-cons but thinks he's a liberal

[3catwoman3]

6. Maybe he knows it is his...

...only chance?

[Cleita]

7. He's been selected by the GOP to be the nominee.

I'm pretty certain of it. I didn't expect Rubio to drop out so soon. It's part of the plan to push Kasich up against Trump and then Trump will be ousted one way or the other. I'm thinking in a brokered convention, but who knows what other sneaky tricks they have up their sleeves.

[restorefreedom]

13. sadly, i agree that this is the evil plan.

subverting the will of the voters is going to go about as well as a fart in church. no, it will be worse. they will be PISSED.

and i cant say i blame them.

[k8conant]

9. He may be stopping Drumpf from getting

the nomination in the primaries.

[LisaL]

11. By winning a single state?

[femmocrat]

14. Yes. His win in OH will keep drumpf from getting a majority of the delegates.

It's a f*ckin' big deal! I heard somewhere that drumpf will need 60% of all the remaining delegates to get a first-round nomination.

[LisaL]

15. I am not so sure that's a good thing.

If people come to their senses, seems like Trump would be easier to beat in general election than whoever else Republicans might come up with.

[femmocrat]

16. I was thinking of the chaos at the convention if trump is denied the nomination.

I'm not sure either... it's a big "if" at this point.

[Blanks]

17. Absolutely...

Trump will be easier to beat in the general than Kasich.

Republican governors tend to win more than carnival barkers

[LisaL]

18. Kasich only one a single state so far.

His home state. Seems no way he can get enough delegates for the nomination. If Trump doesn't get enough delegates it could be anybody.

[Blanks]

29. I know...

I heard that he has to get 85% of the remaining delegates, but if Cruz were to drop out, that would be realistic.

Fortunately, Cruz is too full of himself to pack it in.

[ohnoyoudidnt]

21. And if Turmp runs independent after getting screweded out of the Republican nomination?

[k8conant]

27. He'd split the right-wing vote

and even Hillary could will then.

[JVS]

25. It was supposed to be game-over if he took both FL and OH. Tonight has still been very good for him

DAVID WASSERMAN 11:12 PM
Mathematically, Trump Is On Pace To Erase His Ohio Loss
Guess what? Trump could make up for all 66 delegates he lost in Ohio with huge delegate margins in Illinois and Missouri. In Missouri, Trump is clinging to a lead of just 2,400 votes, but IF things continue as they are, Trump will capture 47 of Missouri’s delegates to just five for Cruz. And in Illinois, where Trump is winning about 40 percent of the vote, he could win all but a handful of congressional districts, giving him perhaps 60 of the state’s 69 delegates. Wow.

http://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/march-15-primaries-ohio-florida-results-presidential-election-2016/

[Renew Deal]

24. Staying in helps Trump.

http://prospect.org/article/losing-ohio-improves-trump%E2%80%99s-chances-win-nomination

[bigwillq]

10. His victory speech in Ohio

I think he should be allowed to have one. And you're free not to watch it.

[LannyDeVaney]

12. Pretty much every candidate who wins a state gets a speech ...

been that way all election season.

Sure, Kasich is way behind, but he did win a state.

[TSIAS]

28. Most of them give speeches

Even Carson when he was still in the race. Whether CNN, MSNBC, Fox, etc. choose to cover it is another story.

[ScreamingMeemie]

19. Because thats what they do.

[JVS]

23. He's overjoyed that he's managed to outlast both Jeb and Rubio.

[Orrex]

30. NPR ran a piece more or less declaring Kasich the presumptive nominee

Curiously, no mention of Cruz in their assessment, but apparently a single home-state victory is enough to secure the Republican nomination.

[restorefreedom]

31. its clear they are fixing it on the gop side

and kasich is the chosen one. like trump or not, this is wrong as wrong can be. why even bother with the pretense of voting anymore...lets just declare ourselves a third world country and get it over with.

if i was younger, i would be so out of this fucked up country.

[meaculpa2011]

32. Is it fair when Hillary Clinton loses a state...

but gains delegates?

Both parties set their rules to favor the insiders.

[restorefreedom]

35. its been fixed on both sides. and i suspect that there will be many

efforts to change the rules and get rid of superdelegates before 2020. unfortunately, if an establishment crony, like, well anyone but bernie or trump, wins, nothing will change....its just like thanksgiving for the estsblishment...they like their fixins and stuffings just fine.


and we will be screwed.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

39. A member of the GOP Rules Committee was on CNBC this morning. He explained

that it is the Republican National Convention delegates that truly select a nominee. That, primaries used to be called "preference primaries" and have evolved to imply that they mean more than they really do.

From Wikipedia:
In case of a brokered convention, Rule 40a of the 2016 convention rules states that a candidate must have the support of a majority of the delegates of at least eight states in order to get the nomination.[2] On the first ballot, delegates from all states and territories except Colorado, Wyoming, North Dakota, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam and a few from Louisiana must vote for the candidate who won their support on the day of their state's primary or caucus. On the second ballot, 55 percent of a state's delegates are free to vote for whomever they want. By the third ballot, 85 percent of all the delegates are free agents

[restorefreedom]

40. they are free to put whatever labels they want on their "process"

but if it involves overriding the will of the voters, its not democracy.

thanks for the info!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

34. I mean, he did win a state.

Granted, it was his own, but I'm sure his supporters probably want to hear him talk. Sanders gave a speech too, and it's possible he might not have won any of the states tonight.

And at least he won't waste our time talking about Kasich steaks and Kasich vodka.

I'm fine with him playing spoiler if it means a brokered convention for the GOP. Because brokered convention means chaos for the GOP, and we get the advantage.

[restorefreedom]

36. he kind of screwed ohio for bernie, it looks like

but whatever, he can have his speech. but whatever short term advantage we might think we have due to a brokered convention, a blatant slap in the face of democracy is never good. if they want trump, they should have him, as odd as that may sound.

otherwise, we are just another third world country fixing elections

[Tommy_Carcetti]

37. A brokered convention is the GOP's problem, not America's.

Let them sort out their own mess if they can. But I'm not losing sleep over it.

And I'm certainly not losing sleep if Donald Trump doesn't get his pony.

[restorefreedom]

38. its not about trump or his pony

its about whether the act of voting means anything or is a sham to appease the masses. sadly, its looking like the latter.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

41. Again, that would be the GOP and Trump's problem.

Let them lose sleep over it, not me.

[restorefreedom]

42. its their short term problem

but long term, whether or not we are in a real or fake democracy affects all of us.

i won't lose sleep over it today, but it bears watching.