Vanity:
I hope Trump doesn’t do a direct attack on Kasich in the debate tonight, as in calling him an absentee Governor that got lucky in Ohio due to fracking, that hasn’t won a single state, and shouldn’t even be on the stage.
Here’s why: Trump could effectively seal the deal if he wins the winner-take-all states Tuesday, and he’s very likely to - with the exception of Ohio - where Kasich poses a real threat as a favorite son.
Ohioans who like Trump but are somewhat loyal to Kasich may be turned off if Trump insults him, since he is generally seen as a decent guy.
But there is another way to win without the personal insults, which have worked so well so far: answer every question or attack, no matter what the substance, with the same argument - that the big campaign donors who fund the other candidates want to keep Trump from winning at all costs. - that the Bushes, Romney’s, PACs, K street lobbyists, are conspiring to stop Trump from getting the 1237 delegates so they can install Bush in a brokered convention. - that this us why they want Rubio to win Florida, Kasich to win Ohio, and Cruz to win NC. - that a vote for Kasich is a vote for a brokered convention for the lobbyists, and we won’t be able to make America great again.
I think he should use every single question as an excuse to repeating this point over and over again.
What does everyone think?
But there is another way to win without the personal insults, which have worked so well so far: answer every question or attack, no matter what the substance, with the same argument - that the big campaign donors who fund the other candidates want to keep Trump from winning at all costs. - that the Bushes, Romney’s, PACs, K street lobbyists, are conspiring to stop Trump from getting the 1237 delegates so they can install Bush in a brokered convention. - that this us why they want Rubio to win Florida, Kasich to win Ohio, and Cruz to win NC. - that a vote for Kasich is a vote for a brokered convention for the lobbyists, and we won’t be able to make America great again.
I like your analysis. It’s a positive message and a message to voters to not let the elites pick the candidate.
Actually there is a bigger problem - potential problem that is - in Ohio, because the Ohio GOP totally screwed up the ballot. They voted to become a winner-take-all state 4 years ago, but then dropped the ball and allowed the ballots to be printed as if they still had a proportional delegate system. This means that Ohio voters will have two places to pick delegates - one is the “at large” delegates which will actually count, and the other is the “district delegates” which will not.
As long as voters vote for delegates for their candidate in both spots or at least in the at-large spot, they will be fine. But there is already evidence that the part failed to educate local election boards properly and what happens if one voter sues? Or a candidate?
Typical GOP incompetence at work, and it could become a big mess, especially since it is Kasich’s home party.
"Well Marco, that's not true, but you're gonna have a lot more time on your hands real soon, so you'll be able to go do some more research on that."