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Podcasts Take Two
Cruz and Kasich team up to stop Trump's presidential run
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Apr 25, 2016
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Cruz and Kasich team up to stop Trump's presidential run
The former rivals have announced they are now buddies with a strategy that denies Trump from securing the nomination.
File: Republican presidential candidates, Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Ohio Gov. John Kasich are seen during a broadcast break of the CNN, Salem Media Group, The Washington Times Republican Presidential Primary Debate on the campus of the University of Miami on March 10, 2016 in Coral Gables, Florida.
File: Republican presidential candidates, Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Ohio Gov. John Kasich are seen during a broadcast break of the CNN, Salem Media Group, The Washington Times Republican Presidential Primary Debate on the campus of the University of Miami on March 10, 2016 in Coral Gables, Florida.
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The former rivals have announced they are now buddies with a strategy that denies Trump from securing the nomination.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend, and Republican presidential candidates Ted Cruz and John Kasich have come together over a mutual enemy: Donald Trump.

The former rivals have announced they are now buddies with a strategy that denies Trump from securing the nomination.

The basic idea: I'll let you win this state if you let me win this one. and that way Trump doesn't get any of them!"

But could this idea really succeed? Republican strategist Mike Madrid joins Take Two.