It's been heading here for awhile but don't be surprised when the remaining GOP presidential candidates don't support the eventual nominee, especially if that turns out to be frontrunner Donald Trump, Dispatch Public Affairs Editor Darrel Rowland writes.

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It�s been heading here for awhile but don�t be surprised when the remaining GOP presidential candidates don�t support the eventual nominee, especially if that turns out to be frontrunner Donald Trump, Dispatch Public Affairs Editor Darrel Rowland writes.

What Sen. Ted Cruz said: �I�m not in the habit of supporting someone who attacks my wife, who attacks my family.�

What Ohio Gov. John Kasich said: If the nominee �is somebody I see as hurting the country,� he won�t back him. �I�ve been disturbed by some of the things I�ve seen.�

What Trump said: �I have been treated very unfairly. I�ll see who it is.�

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Kasich on Trump�s foreign policy: �I think that�s like the most ridiculous, outlined foreign policy I ever heard. I mean, come on, I think he said he wanted to use nuclear weapons against ISIS. Nuclear weapons!� And then when he says we are going to let Japan and [South] Korea develop nuclear weapons, this is somebody who doesn�t understand foreign policy. He just doesn�t know it. It speaks for itself, doesn�t it?� Kasich said while on Fox News Radio�s Kilmeade and Friends.

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Cruz vs. Kasich: "Cruz's main super PAC on Tuesday began a $500,000 television, radio and digital buy in Wisconsin attacking Kasich as a 'liberal governor,' the group said,"CNN�s Theodore Schleifer reports. �It could be a new phase in the Kasich-Cruz relationship: Cruz for weeks has declined to attack Kasich's record, and the campaign's opposition research book on him has been slow to open. The Cruz campaign has yet to hit Kasich in paid media.�

The Soros connection: The text in the ad reads, "Hundreds of thousands of dollars from George Soros."

What�s really happening: Stanley Druckenmiller, who last managed investments for Soros in 2000, and Scott Bessent, who was chief investment officer at Soros Fund Management until last year, have both donated hundreds of thousands to the super-PAC.

Meanwhile: Kasich top strategist John Weaver had many thoughts on the matter including, �Teaming up with Cruz like teaming with a creature from Jurassic World, without the integrity. #NoThanks #Hungreyforshorttermglory #loser �

Kasich, however, wasn�t thrilled with Weaver�s response, saying during the CNN town hall that he would have a talk with his chief strategist, who sometimes gets �tweet happy.�

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The battery charge heard around the world: Trump�s campaign manager Corey Lewandowski was charged with simple battery in Florida after an incident with a reporter.

What Trump said: "I can't just stand by and watch a man's life be destroyed. I'm sticking up for a person because I'm not going to let a person's life be destroyed. No jury, in my opinion, would convict a man and destroy a man's life over what you witnessed."

What Kasich said: �That�s frankly totally and completely inappropriate. It could have been one of my daughters for that matter...If it was me, if I was in this circumstance, I would take some sort of action, either suspension or firing.�

Reminder: The Kasich campaign fired a digital staffer earlier this year after the Enquirer revealed he had been charged with domestic violence.

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Senate 2016: �Facing re-election this fall with the possibility of a divisive Donald Trump as the GOP presidential nominee, U.S. Sen. Rob Portman said the Republican frontrunner won't prevent him from connecting with voters,� Dispatch reporter William T. Perkins writes.

A word from Portman: "We're going to run a strong campaign, regardless of who's on the top of the ticket.�

A word from challenger Ted Strickland�s campaign: "Portman�s problem isn�t just his party�s nominee: it�s the fact that he always prioritizes the agenda of the Washington power brokers and wealthy special interests he serves at the expense of Ohio�s working people," said David Bergstein, spokesman for former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, Portman's Democratic opponent.

Kasich weighs in: �Let me tell you, it�s not just the presidency that�s at stake,� Kasich said while campaigning in Wisconsin, according to New York Times� Thomas Kaplan. �If we nominate somebody that can�t win in the fall, your senator here is at risk � Ron Johnson�s at risk. Kelly Ayotte is at risk.�

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On the countdown: 223 days until the general election.

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Supreme Court ruling on fair share fees: �Ohio Democrats praised the U.S. Supreme Court�s ruling Tuesday on union fees, even as they remain concerned that a bill banning the requirement of such fees could still become law here,� Dispatch reporter Jim Siegel writes.

�Just as citizens in civilized society are expected to contribute their fair share in order to benefit from services and goods�today�s outcome confirms that colleagues in the workplace have a similar responsibility to work toward the greater good,� said House Minority Leader Fred Strahorn, D-Dayton.

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On this day: According to the Dispatch library, on this day in 1933 �Ohio Gov. George White signs the law creating The Ohio State Highway Patrol.�

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