Kasich Takes Ohio

This is good news for Donald:

John Kasich won today’s Ohio’s primary over Donald Trump, a result that the governor has contended for weeks will reshape the 2016 presidential campaign.

This has Roger Stone’s fingerprints all over it.

If both Kasich and Rubio were out, the establishment would align firmly behind Cruz, against Donald. It is possible that at this early stage such a unification of strict ideological conservatives and establishment moderates could allow Cruz enough traction to give Donald a run for his money. Now Kasich has just enough justification to keep his campaign alive, and he will also have the hope that if it goes to the convention, he is the only establishment moderate left standing, and will be bumped ahead of Cruz for that.

With this, Trump should have a smooth road to victory.

Update – there is a computer model which says this too:

Two months ago, based on a computer model I developed of the Republican delegate race, I wrote in The American Prospect that the GOP’s nomination rules tilted the playing field to Donald Trump’s advantage. For Trump’s opponents, the time window for counteracting many of those advantages and winning a first-ballot nomination has passed. Now the campaign enters a new phase, as Trump’s rivals try to deny him a majority of pledged delegates going into the convention. Simulating the remaining contests based on current polling data, my model picks up an unexpected wrinkle: Trump’s strongest position comes if he loses the primary in Ohio on Tuesday.