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Rubio nears Cruz endorsement

Marco Rubio is close to endorsing Ted Cruz, but the two proud senators — and recent fierce rivals — have some details to work out first.

Cruz has to ask for the Rubio’s endorsement, and both sides need to decide that it will make a difference, according to sources familiar with the thinking of both senators.

Insiders: Kasich could win a contested convention

In the event of a contested Republican convention this summer, John Kasich is the candidate most acceptable to GOP delegates.

That’s according to members of The POLITICO Caucus – a panel of political insiders in seven battleground states – who said Kasich would be the most palatable of the three remaining Republican presidential candidates in a contested convention, despite the fact the Ohio governor is last in delegates and the only one mathematically eliminated from clinching a majority before the July convention.

Gone are the projections that the GOP race would be practically finished by the end of March, along with hopes to sew up the nomination after outlasting Marco Rubio.

Less than two months ago, Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said that deciding between Donald J. Trump and Senator Ted Cruz of Texas amounted to selecting whether to be “shot or poisoned.”

He has made his choice.

Delegate Selection Could Be Key at Contested GOP Convention

It is looking more and more likely that no candidate on the Republican side will arrive at the convention with enough delegates to claim the nomination on the first ballot. Both businessman Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz could still potentially win the necessary 1,237 delegates needed for a majority, while Ohio Gov. John Kasich has no possible path to a first-ballot win. So long as all three remain in the race, a contested convention seems more and more ... Read More >>

Nikki Haley backs Ted Cruz

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley on Wednesday said she hoped Ted Cruz would pull through with the Republican nomination.

The statement comes a day after Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, the candidate she had previously supported, suspended his campaign.

The Republican race may come down to California. Here’s how that would look.

I hate to be the one to tell you this, since you’ve been so patient for the month-and-a-half that people have already been voting and because you, like any sane person, have only a limited capacity to care that much about the daily intricacies of what’s happening in American politics. But tell you I must, because it is important that you be Informed and that you not be Deluded into thinking that this thing is almost Done.