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I think Kasich is in a really interesting spot here. If he wanted to be a good GOP member, conventional wisdom suggests that he should drop out and support Rubio, so the "establishment" candidate can challenge Trump. That would be a really tough thing to do with him having tons more experience and similar delegate counts and finishes thus far. I think it would be pretty hard to navigate feeling like you are equipped to be president one day and then accepting tons of donations and volunteer hours, just to defer to someone who has 5 more delegates and has finishes of 3-5-2.
It seems like it is really important to him to win Ohio, but pulling those delegates plus seeming strong in The rest of the rust belt, would almost make it almost impossible for Rubio to catch Trump (unless Cruz inexplicably drops out).
My amateur gut tells me that the only thing that stops Trump is if Kasich has an unheard of level of humility (in a politician) that gets the field small enough to allow Rubio to build some traction.
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