Gateway Pundit has the full conversation, where Priebus all but came out and said it would be Kasich.
“Priebus: I’m saying it’s going to be one of the three people running.
Hannity: How can Kasich get there without leapfrogging over people that have millions of more votes and more delegates?
Priebus: You’re going to have to ask John Kasich. But I’m not going to something that’s goint to be an affront right now to John Kasich.”
So now we know why Kasich is still running.
Kasich is safer for them than trying to jam Ryan in. But they will head-fake to make us think “it’s Ryan, them bastiges are going to nuke the convention!” and then they’re secretly have someone nominate Kasich on the 3rd round and he will magically get a majority of the vote and that will be it.
I can’t really fault Priebus for taking this position. He is head of the GOP. Kasich is (foolishly) still in the race. There is no way that he can tell Kasich he is wasting his time. You and I can. But it would not be appropriate for Priebus to do so.
Trump’s supporters are pushing this story hard, Hannity, Bolling, Rush, GP. It is as if they are working with Roger stone with his plan for the convention to turn Trump delegates against the others.
Here is a fact that I made up but is most logical:
On the second vote the majority of Rubio and Kasich’s delegates switch to Cruz. The end.
If Trump had not trashed so many on the right, studied some policy issues and contained his tweeter habits against those not kissing his ring he would have had a chance.