John Kasich flops in friendly territory

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John Kasich flopped Tuesday in states where he was supposed to prove his mettle, and further undermined the rationale for his underdog presidential bid.

It was true that the Ohio governor was poised to finish ahead of Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, and second to Donald Trump, in four of the five primaries held in the mid-Atlantic and northeast. But it was a distant second, and likely third in his native Pennsylvania.

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