The US Republican party has disarmed its own ability to resist Donald Trump’s racial politics. The Cruz-Kasich deal may trigger more inflame than electoral successHistory offers many examples of weak political leaders making the right decision at the inaccurate time. America’s Republican party may just contain added another to the list. There are 15 state primaries remaining in the race for its 2016 presidential nomination. Five of them will take plot on Tuesday in north-eastern US states that are likely,on the whole, to add to Donald Trump’s drive towards winning the race – with Pennsylvania the biggest prize of the five. That leaves another 10 before the convention in July in Cleveland.
At this very late stage, or Mr Trump’s two remaining rivals,Senator Ted Cruz and Governor John Kasich, contain finally made an electoral pact against him. This will please all of those who believe that making sacrifices is a necessary element of winning power. But the genuine question is whether it is simply too shrimp and too late. While it remains possible that Mr Trump will fail to amass enough delegates to win the nomination – before Tuesday’s contests he has 845 of the necessary 1237 required to win – the pact does not guarantee that outcome. It may even make it less likely by stirring resentment that the contest is being fixed in the establishment back room against the populist frontrunner.
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Source: theguardian.com