AP reporter Nick Riccardi says Kasich is making a Utah swing that may deny Cruz the 50% he needs to win all the delegates:

John Kasich announces a Utah swing, well timed to deny Cruz the 50% threshold to get all the state's delegates. — Nick Riccardi (@NickRiccardi) March 17, 2016

The Kasich Team denies this is their strategy, saying they are trying to deny Trump the 15% threshold of winning any delegates at all:

@ForecasterEnten @NickRiccardi Wrong. We can win delegates and keep Trump under the 15 percent threshold for getting any delegates. — Team Kasich (@TeamJohnKasich) March 17, 2016







But some on Twitter like Allahpundit aren’t buying it, saying it looks like Kasich has made a deal with Trump:

Last shred of doubt is gone. Kasich is in the tank for Trump. https://t.co/fevPZbVGD0 — Allahpundit (@allahpundit) March 18, 2016

If Kasich is willing to do this, he’s willing to make a deal with Trump for VP. Which means the race is over. https://t.co/fevPZbVGD0 — Allahpundit (@allahpundit) March 18, 2016

@allahpundit It's all he wants. The debate thing proves it. He could have stood with Cruz and ripped an absent Trump all night yet declined. — RJL (@Ryan_J_Lewis) March 18, 2016

This is true. The only rational explanation for Kasich ducking the debate is that he’s made a deal with Trump. https://t.co/dZiXdVDk5Q — Allahpundit (@allahpundit) March 18, 2016

FWIW he announced the trip on March 13 https://t.co/jkDlFV4VUd — Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) March 18, 2016

@daveweigel What is he doing wasting time in UT when he could be in PA or NY? — Allahpundit (@allahpundit) March 18, 2016

Whatchu think?