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From the Democratic National Committee: This morning on CNN’s State of the Union, John Kasich was asked whether he would take steps to try to stop states from passing anti-LGBT “Right to Discriminate” laws. His blunt response? “No, I wouldn’t.” He added, “What I like to say is, just relax, if you don’t like what somebody is doing, pray for …

Last night John Kasich reaffirmed his earlier statements that same-sex marriage is a settled issue. “There could be an effort to pass a Constitutional Amendment. I’m not for doing it. I’m for moving on,” the Republican presidential hopeful said Thursday in a town hall airing on MSNBC. “Exactly where it is now, I’m fine with it,” he said when asked …

Yesterday they endorsed Hillary. From their editorial: New York’s 2.7 million registered Republican voters can break the fever that torments their party by voting for principled, pragmatic conservatism in the April 19 presidential primary. By his record of accomplishment in public life, by the credibility of his plans, by a temperament that marries a small government outlook with can-do effectiveness, …

Mediaite recaps: Republican presidential candidate John Kasich said this morning that he probably wouldn’t have signed a bill similar to the anti-trans one recently passed in North Carolina. He dismissively said that “we are not having this issue in our state” about religious liberty and talked at great length about balancing religious liberty with respect. Kasich avoided getting into the …

Ugh. Via The Hill: A new ad produced by a super-PAC supporting Republican presidential candidate John Kasich slams rival Ted Cruz for lying. The 30-second ad, titled “Nose,” was produced by New Day for America. “Many just call him Lyin’ Ted,” the ad starts out, referring to a nickname coined for the Texas senator by front-runner Donald Trump. The ad …

Well, there’s finally one issue upon which all the remaining GOP candidates agree. The Hill reports: The presidential primary has been a wrenching experience for the GOP so far — and it’s about to get even worse. Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and John Kasich have all backed away from their pledge to support the party’s eventual nominee, foreshadowing a fight …

A Fox News poll out today shows Hillary Clinton beating Donald Trump by 11 points, but losing to John Kasich by the same margin. Ted Cruz edges Clinton slightly in the poll, but the difference is within the margin of error. The same poll shows Republican voters prefer Trump over Cruz by three points, with Kasich trailing far behind at …

CNN will interview all five remaining presidential candidates tonight beginning at 8PM Eastern. You can watch live online with your cable provider login or below via the embedded bootleg YouTube stream. Join us and weigh in.

Brian Brown has issued yet another money beg in support of Ted Cruz because John Kasich doesn’t hate gay people as much as he should. Brown writes: I’m asking for your immediate financial help so that we can get the truth about John Kasich out to voters and the media and stop any consideration of him as the GOP nominee, …

The Hill breaks it down: Donald Trump has secured more than half of the delegates needed to win the Republican nomination, but he’s unlikely to finish with enough delegates to reach that threshold before the convention unless he steps up his pace. Trump’s a strong performance in the Tuesday night primaries has made his lead hard to overcome. With about …

John Kasich and Hillary Clinton have been projected to win the Ohio primary. With her third win tonight and things looking good for her in Missouri and Illinois, it’s possible that Clinton will run the Democratic table tonight. Is this the end of Bernie Sanders? As for Kasich, tonight’s win means that Trump will likely not reach the magic number …

Pundits are heralding today’s primaries as do-or-die for Marco Rubio, John Kasich, and to a less extent, Bernie Sanders. If you’re voting today, tell us about your experience at the polls. Also weigh in below with your forecasts. I’ll bump this post up a couple of times today and will be working tonight until we have all the results.

Tonight’s GOP debate begins in Miami at 9PM Eastern. The event will be moderated by CNN’s Jake Tapper, with additional questions provided by right wing radio host Hugh Hewitt and CNN’s Dana Bash. CNN has already begun its coverage and embedded below is a bootleg live-stream. Watch along with us for My Yuge Penis II: The Revenge.

From the Orlando Sentinel: A new poll released Wednesday shows Donald Trump with a commanding 2 to 1 lead over Sen. Marco Rubio among likely Florida Republican primary voters in Tuesday’s presidential primary. The Quinnipiac University Poll shows Trump with a 45 percent to 22 percent lead over Rubio, an increase over his 44 to 28 percent lead in a …

Donald Trump has been declared the winner of the Michigan primary with John Kasich running about 12 points behind at this writing. Bernie Sanders currently has a slight lead in Michigan and it may be some time before we get the Democratic winner there.

The Washington Post reports: Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is now playing an even more active role in the 2016 campaign: He’s working the phones. On Monday, Romney recorded a phone call paid for by the presidential campaign of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) that is being sent to Republicans in four states voting on Tuesday — Michigan, Mississippi, Idaho …

ABC News reports: Arnold Schwarzenegger, the movie star and former California governor, endorsed Ohio Gov. John Kasich today for the Republican nomination for president, saying his experience in government made him “an action hero.” “He kicked some serious butt,” Schwarzenegger said of Kasich, who served in Congress for 18 years. “He was an action hero when he went to Washington.” …

Right wing shrieker Michelle Malkin went off on John Kasich at CPAC last night for being too reasonable. Via Breitbart: Best-selling conservative author and senior editor for the Conservative Review Michelle Malkin slammed Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s support for Common Core standards, drawing loud boos from attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Friday directed at the governor. “My …

Tony Perkins is ever so unhappy with John Kasich. Via press release: In one of the more stunning moments of the Buckeye’s campaign, Kasich took direct aim at people like Aaron and Melissa Klein, who were ordered to surrender their First Amendment rights as a “price of doing business.” The young Christian parents of five have suffered through the shuttering …

Tonight’s final pre-Super Tuesday GOP debate begins in Houston at 8:30PM Eastern. The event will be broadcast by CNN and you can watch online at this link. Watch along with us and weigh in. Wolf Blitzer will moderate and asking questions will be CNN’s Dana Bash, right wing radio host Hugh Hewitt,and Telemundo’s Maria Celeste Arras.