The campaigns of John Kasich and Ted Cruz have made an agreement that they hope will keep Donald Trump from getting the necessary 1237 delegates prior to the convention. Kasich will not campaign in Indiana, and Cruz will not campaign in Oregon and New Mexico -- thus, hopefully, making it easier for the other one to deny Trump delegates in states where one of them is much stronger than the other.
Kasich tried to minimize the meaning of this, telling reporters that "Folks should still vote for me (in Indiana). I'm just not going to campaign there; that's all."
Yeah, well, a word of warning to John Kasich. Don't trust Ted Cruz. He just pulled off another behind the scenes delegate grab in Maine, getting far more of them that he actually earned from the voters. It's the way the game is played. But in this case, Maine's governor cried "foul," saying that Cruz broke an agreement they had made over how many delegates he would get. Apparently, even playing by the rules in a corrupt system, Ted Cruz trumps Trump with lies and deceit.
So Kasich has agreed not to campaign in Indiana, which comes up before the Oregon and New Mexico primaries do. Cruz could benefit from their agreement, and then renege. I don't trust him -- and for good reason. For all his sanctimonious prattle, he is neither an honest nor an honorable man.
Ralph
PS: As I was writing the above, there was news that Cruz has been saying at his rallies that "It is big news today that John Kasich has decided to pull out of Indiana." And look at the careful wording of Cruz's explanation: Kasich is "pulling out of Indiana," not that we negotiated an agreement. Plus this: in return, the Cruz campaign "will clear the path for Gov. Kasich to compete in Oregon and New Mexico." "Pull out" and "Clear the path for him to compete" don't sound exactly comparable. I'll believe it when I see Ted Cruz keeping his part of the bargain. See what I mean?
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