http://nypost.com/2016/03/16/republicans-are-practically-handing-hillary-the-presidency/Opinion
Republicans are practically handing Hillary the presidency
By John Podhoretz
March 16, 2016 | 1:50am
It’s possible Hillary Clinton clinched the November election Tuesday night — and not because of her victories, but because the Republican Party is likely to be hit by a maelstrom in a few months that will redound to her benefit.
John Kasich’s victory in Ohio has made Donald Trump’s path to the Republican nomination vastly more complicated, despite the fact that Trump had yet another stunning night.
It’s mathematically impossible for Kasich to win the nomination, but his appeal to Republican moderates might allow him to eat away at Trump here and there and thereby serve as a key factor in denying The Donald a victory on the first ballot at the GOP convention in July.
Ted Cruz won enough delegates Tuesday to continue to make the argument that he is the only other candidate who can win outright. But Cruz has to build on his narrow base of very conservative voters if he is to have any hope of catching up to Trump and then lapping him. There was no evidence of this Tuesday night at the ballot box or in his speech, which featured Cruz throwing the same red meat he always throws.
Cruz didn’t have a good night, and it’s late in the process for a possible nominee to go through a multistate primary without winning a single one. Meanwhile, Trump romped in Florida and Illinois, won by a small margin in North Carolina and was looking like the winner in Missouri.
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