Donald Trump urges John Kasich to quit White House race

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is calling on rival John Kasich to get out of the White House race&comma; arguing that the Ohio governor should not be allowed to collect future delegates because the nomination is already beyond his grasp&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Trying hard to get back on track after a difficult week&comma; Mr Trump said it was unfair for Mr Kasich&comma; the winner of only his home state&&num;8217&semi;s primary&comma; to continue campaigning&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He suggested that Mr Kasich&comma; who has pledged to make it to the summer convention&comma; follow the lead of former candidates Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush &&num;8211&semi; and quit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;If I didn&&num;8217&semi;t have Kasich&comma; I automatically win&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Mr Trump said on the campaign trail in West Allis&comma; Wisconsin&comma; on Sunday evening&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Trump said Mr Kasich could ask to be considered at the GOP convention in Cleveland in July even without competing in the remaining nominating contests&period; He said earlier on Sunday that he had shared his concerns with Republican National Committee officials at a meeting in Washington in the last week&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Kasich&&num;8217&semi;s campaign countered that neither Mr Trump nor Texas Senator Ted Cruz would have enough delegates to win the nomination outright in Cleveland&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Since he thinks it&&num;8217&semi;s such a good idea&comma; we look forward to Trump dropping out before the convention&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Kasich spokesman Chris Schrimpf&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Across the political aisle&comma; Democrat Hillary Clinton told NBC&&num;8217&semi;s Meet The Press that the FBI had yet to request an interview regarding the private email server she used as secretary of state&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mrs Clinton and her Democratic opponent&comma; Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders&comma; announced that they had agreed to debate in New York before the important April 19 primary&comma; though their campaigns continued debating over when to schedule the face-off&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Sanders&comma; meanwhile&comma; fired up a crowd in Wausau&comma; Wisconsin&comma; hoping to continue a string of recent campaign victories even as Mrs Clinton maintains a sizeable delegate lead&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Trump&&num;8217&semi;s call for Mr Kasich to bow out came as Republican concerns grew about the prospect of convention chaos if Mr Trump fails to seal his party&&num;8217&semi;s nomination &&num;8211&semi; or even if he does&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Behind Mr Cruz in the polls in Wisconsin&comma; Mr Trump faces the prospect that a loss on Tuesday there will raise further doubts that he can net the necessary number of delegates&comma; making it far easier for his party to oust him in a floor fight at the convention in Cleveland in July&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Cruz&comma; Mr Trump&&num;8217&semi;s closest challenger&comma; has only a small chance to overtake the real estate mogul in the delegate hunt before the convention&period; Mr Cruz spent Sunday rallying supporters&comma; including conservative Wisconsin talk radio hosts who oppose Mr Trump&&num;8217&semi;s candidacy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Kasich acknowledges that he cannot catch up in the delegate race&comma; leaving a contested convention his only path to victory&period; He has faced calls in the past to step aside&comma; but those nudges became less frequent following his decisive victory last month in his home state&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;88503" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-88503" style&equals;"width&colon; 600px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;image-15&period;jpeg" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-88503"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;image-15&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"John Kasich" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"608" class&equals;"size-full wp-image-88503" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-88503" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">John Kasich<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Nevertheless&comma; Mr Kasich has suggested that a contested convention would not involve the chaos that party leaders fear&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Kids will spend less time focusing on Bieber and Kardashian and more time focusing on how we elect presidents&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he told ABC&period; &&num;8220&semi;It will be so cool&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Republicans fear a bruising internal fight would damage the party in November&&num;8217&semi;s general election&period; Mr Trump is also not ruling out the possibility of running as an independent if he is not the nominee&comma; making it that much harder for the GOP to retake the White House&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Such talk has &&num;8220&semi;consequences&&num;8221&semi;&comma; said GOP chairman Reince Priebus&comma; though he tried to quell the prospect of a convention fight&period; He told ABC that the process will be clear and open&comma; with cameras there &&num;8220&semi;at every step of the way&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Frustration with the GOP field has stoked calls in some Republican corners for the party to use a contested convention to pick someone not even on the ballot&period; Mr Priebus acknowledged that was a remote possibility&comma; but said he believed his party&&num;8217&semi;s nominee would be &&num;8220&semi;someone who&&num;8217&semi;s running&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Trump has been on the defensive as he struggled to explain away a week of controversies over abortion&comma; 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