Trump Stands All Alone As The Republican Nominee For President
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Remember all those Republican presidential debates?
From beginning to end, the man in the middle was Donald Trump.
Now he is all alone.
After Trump trounced Sen. Ted Cruz in Indiana, to the dismay of his supporters, Cruz admitted there was no path to victory.
"Tonight, I'm sorry to say, it appears that path has been foreclosed," he said.
And the last man standing, McKees Rocks native and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, is following suit.
"That's good," said Trump. "I think John is doing the right thing."
In an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, Trump -- who had tough words about Cruz but not Kasich -- said the Ohio governor was vice presidential material.
"I like John. I've had a good relationship with John. I've gotten along with him well. Whether he's vice president or not, I think he will be very, very helpful with Ohio," said Trump.
Trump says the general election is now underway, and Pennsylvania is right in the middle.
Donald Trump thinks he can win the presidency by winning states in the Midwest and Northeast that voted for Barack Obama, essentially flipping states like Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
If he wins those states, he wins the presidency by two electoral votes.
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Of course, Hillary Clinton has still not clinched the Democratic nomination.
"I thought that I'd be going longer," observed Trump, "and she'd be going shorter. She can't put it away. That's like a football team -- they can't get the ball over the line. I put it away. She can't put it away."
Of course, mathematically, it's nearly impossible for Bernie Sanders to defeat Clinton.