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| Top Rubio aide tells supporters to vote Kasich in Ohio primary – campaign live | |
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| 5.04pm GMT | |
| 17:04 | |
| Rubio muses on his political future... and lunch: | |
| Asked if he'd run for governor if his campaign doesn't work out, Rubio says: "I haven't even thought of what I'm having for lunch today." | |
| Rubio on his political future: "If I never hold elective office again, I'm comfortable with that." | |
| 5.03pm GMT | |
| 17:03 | |
| Kasich camp on Rubio support: 'we were going to win without help' | |
| Kasich spox Rob Nichols on Rubio news: "We were going to win in OH without his help, just as he's going to lose in FL w/o ours" | |
| This could have been done more politely https://t.co/lIdXV7zLJl | |
| 4.59pm GMT | |
| 16:59 | |
| Kasich nets a big homestate coach endorsement. At the debate last night Kasich referred to “my beloved Buckeyes.” | |
| Kasich endorsed by Ohio State coach Urban Meyer who has 88% approval/1% disapp with Ohio GOP https://t.co/ytXICkFCOH via @reidepstein | |
| 4.56pm GMT | |
| 16:56 | |
| The Guardian’s Sabrina Siddiqui is at a Rubio news conference in Florida. On whether his supporters should back Kasich in Ohio: Rubio says it’s up to them. | |
| Rubio says he expects Ohio voters to decide if they believe John Kasich has best chance of defeating Trump. | |
| Rubio says he has never talked to Ted Cruz about joining forces to stop Donald Trump. | |
| 4.53pm GMT | |
| 16:53 | |
| If the field in Ohio – which has 66 Republican delegates to give to the first-place winner and only the winner of its Tuesday primary – were to narrow, Trump’s prospects would narrow as well, polling indicates. | |
| The sitting governor might dominate Trump in a two-way race, for example. | |
| We found Kasich led Trump 55-40 if it was a head to head in Ohio https://t.co/wTtFjC450W | |
| 4.47pm GMT | |
| 16:47 | |
| Here’s a video snippet from the Trump event Tuesday that could support Michelle Fields’ version of events. | |
| Fields moves down and to her left. Lewandowski enters screen, looks back. Terris enters, talks to Lewandowski. pic.twitter.com/7XhWYB5rJt | |
| 4.40pm GMT | |
| 16:40 | |
| This is compelling food for thought. But Ted Cruz has just held a rally in Orlando. Not quite “out of FL.” | |
| So to review:(1) Bush has meeting with Rubio, Cruz, Kasich.(2) Cruz gets out of FL.(3) Rubio says go Kasich in OH.(4) Cruz in NC, MO, IL | |
| This is fun. | |
| If Rubio wins FL, he needs Trump to lose OH anyway. If Rubio loses FL, helping stop Trump in OH is good for the brand | |
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| at 4.41pm GMT | |
| 4.37pm GMT | |
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| Rubio camp asks Ohioans to vote for Kasich | |
| Ohio and Florida, which vote on Tuesday, are both winner-take-all states. John Kasich might beat Trump in Ohio. Marco Rubio might beat Trump in Florida. But Marco Rubio very probably does not stand a chance of winning Ohio. And the same is true of Kasich in Florida. | |
| But what if the two pooled their supporters in their respective home states in an attempt to gang up on Trump? | |
| The Rubio team appears to have made a move to do just that: | |
| BREAKING: @marcorubio communications director @AlexConant tells us Rubio supporters in Ohio should vote for @JohnKasich.@ThisHour | |
| 4.34pm GMT | |
| 16:34 | |
| National Review endorses Cruz | |
| The failure of the National Review, the historically significant showcase for conservative thought, to sway ... anyone?... with its special January issue Against Trump may call into question the practical value of its presidential endorsement. | |
| In any case, that’s now been awarded to Texas senator Ted Cruz. | |
| “Ted’s the only one with a plausible path to stopping Trump,” National Review editor Rich Lowry told Politico, “either by getting a majority himself or denying Trump a majority and finishing close behind and getting it to convention.” | |
| Here’s the January cover with a link to the argument: | |
| Conservatives against Trump https://t.co/XmGNWXJq17 pic.twitter.com/93UKXbdfrA | |
| 4.20pm GMT | 4.20pm GMT |
| 16:20 | 16:20 |
| Reporter files complaint against Trump aide | Reporter files complaint against Trump aide |
| Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields has filed a criminal complaint against Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski in Jupiter, Florida, where she says Lewandowski hurt her at a Trump event Tuesday. | Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields has filed a criminal complaint against Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski in Jupiter, Florida, where she says Lewandowski hurt her at a Trump event Tuesday. |
| .@GuardianUS can confirm that @MichelleFields filed a criminal complaint against @CLewandowski_ today | .@GuardianUS can confirm that @MichelleFields filed a criminal complaint against @CLewandowski_ today |
| Trump and Lewandowski denied the incident happened. Lewandowski called Fields “totally delusional” and Trump said “she made it up, I think that’s what happened.” | Trump and Lewandowski denied the incident happened. Lewandowski called Fields “totally delusional” and Trump said “she made it up, I think that’s what happened.” |
| 4.17pm GMT | 4.17pm GMT |
| 16:17 | 16:17 |
| Rubio wins Hawaii delegate | Rubio wins Hawaii delegate |
| Reports that Florida senator Marco Rubio won no delegates in voting Tuesday, including reports in this blog, were wrong. | Reports that Florida senator Marco Rubio won no delegates in voting Tuesday, including reports in this blog, were wrong. |
| Last night Hawaii completed its count of 2,000 provisional ballots and determined that Rubio had come away with a single delegate from the state, the AP reports. He beat the skunk. | Last night Hawaii completed its count of 2,000 provisional ballots and determined that Rubio had come away with a single delegate from the state, the AP reports. He beat the skunk. |
| There were 150 delegates at stake on Tuesday, in Hawaii, Idaho, Michigan and Mississippi. | There were 150 delegates at stake on Tuesday, in Hawaii, Idaho, Michigan and Mississippi. |
| Next stop: Florida. | Next stop: Florida. |
| (h/t: @consultreid) | (h/t: @consultreid) |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 4.18pm GMT | at 4.18pm GMT |
| 3.52pm GMT | 3.52pm GMT |
| 15:52 | 15:52 |
| MSNBC’s Trymaine Lee is outside a Trump rally in St Louis, where protesters have faced off with supporters. | MSNBC’s Trymaine Lee is outside a Trump rally in St Louis, where protesters have faced off with supporters. |
| Battle lines drawn at Trump rally pic.twitter.com/Y9yRTnjOAm | Battle lines drawn at Trump rally pic.twitter.com/Y9yRTnjOAm |
| "He's black and he supports Trump!" pic.twitter.com/lxh20YyRxR | "He's black and he supports Trump!" pic.twitter.com/lxh20YyRxR |
| Here’s our report at recent violence at Trump rallies: | Here’s our report at recent violence at Trump rallies: |
| Related: Trump campaign dogged by violent incidents at rallies | Related: Trump campaign dogged by violent incidents at rallies |
| And here’s Guardian columnist Lucia Graves’ comment piece: | And here’s Guardian columnist Lucia Graves’ comment piece: |
| Related: Donald Trump's campaign violence is condoned all the way to the top | Lucia Graves | Related: Donald Trump's campaign violence is condoned all the way to the top | Lucia Graves |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 3.58pm GMT | at 3.58pm GMT |
| 3.32pm GMT | 3.32pm GMT |
| 15:32 | 15:32 |
| Ben Jacobs | Ben Jacobs |
| Carson said he was supporting Trump to stop the Republican party from being torn “irreparably” asunder. But what if the party sunders itself anyway, in an attempt to block candidate Trump at the national convention in July? | Carson said he was supporting Trump to stop the Republican party from being torn “irreparably” asunder. But what if the party sunders itself anyway, in an attempt to block candidate Trump at the national convention in July? |
| “For the first time since the invention of social media and 24-hour cable news, a major party may decide its presidential nominee on the convention floor,” writes Guardian politics reporter Ben Jacobs. | “For the first time since the invention of social media and 24-hour cable news, a major party may decide its presidential nominee on the convention floor,” writes Guardian politics reporter Ben Jacobs. |
| But what exactly is a contested convention? | But what exactly is a contested convention? |
| Related: How a contested convention could allow Republicans to snatch Trump's crown | Related: How a contested convention could allow Republicans to snatch Trump's crown |
| In the dark ages of American politics, the elaborate politicking of a presidential primary was once condensed into a political convention. For decades, instead of a long public process during which candidates traipsed from Iowa to New Hampshire and onwards across the country for series of primaries and caucuses, presidential nominees were chosen in overheated convention halls and the smoke-filled rooms in adjacent hotels. | In the dark ages of American politics, the elaborate politicking of a presidential primary was once condensed into a political convention. For decades, instead of a long public process during which candidates traipsed from Iowa to New Hampshire and onwards across the country for series of primaries and caucuses, presidential nominees were chosen in overheated convention halls and the smoke-filled rooms in adjacent hotels. |
| However, as more states instituted primaries to select their delegates, a process that accelerated greatly in the 1970s, the conventions receded in importance. The last political convention to go to more than one ballot was the Democrats’ in 1952, when they nominated Adlai Stevenson. [...] | However, as more states instituted primaries to select their delegates, a process that accelerated greatly in the 1970s, the conventions receded in importance. The last political convention to go to more than one ballot was the Democrats’ in 1952, when they nominated Adlai Stevenson. [...] |
| The problems come in several forms. The first is that since conventions have been long thought to be vestigial parts of American politics, candidates’ campaigns are not fully prepared for the delegate chase – a full scale 50-state scramble. Campaigns have to take care to not just make the ballot in every state but to fill their slates of delegates with names and ensure that those delegates pledged to them are actual supporters and not what veteran Republican strategist John Yob calls “supporters in name only”, or Sinos. | The problems come in several forms. The first is that since conventions have been long thought to be vestigial parts of American politics, candidates’ campaigns are not fully prepared for the delegate chase – a full scale 50-state scramble. Campaigns have to take care to not just make the ballot in every state but to fill their slates of delegates with names and ensure that those delegates pledged to them are actual supporters and not what veteran Republican strategist John Yob calls “supporters in name only”, or Sinos. |
| Read the full piece here. | Read the full piece here. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 3.32pm GMT | at 3.32pm GMT |