{"id":1245,"date":"2016-03-18T17:31:01","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T21:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=1245"},"modified":"2016-03-18T17:31:01","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T21:31:01","slug":"coming-up-on-meet-the-press-with-chuck-todd-32016-kasich-mcconnell-reid-on-scotus-nominee-schmidt-stevens-on-stop-trump-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2016\/03\/18\/coming-up-on-meet-the-press-with-chuck-todd-32016-kasich-mcconnell-reid-on-scotus-nominee-schmidt-stevens-on-stop-trump-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"COMING UP ON \u201cMEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD\u201d 3\/20\/16: KASICH; MCCONNELL, REID ON SCOTUS NOMINEE; SCHMIDT, STEVENS ON \u2018STOP TRUMP\u2019 MOVEMENT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">INTERVIEW WITH GOV. JOHN KASICH (R-OHIO), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">After winning his home state primary earlier this week, Ohio Gov. John Kasich speaks with Chuck Todd about the \u2018Stop Trump\u2019 movement, his pledge earlier this week to not hold his tongue when it comes to Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump and his path to the party nomination. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">\u201cI\u2019m not interested in being combative, but every once in a while, when you see something that makes your blood boil, I think you should say something about it.\u201d &#8211; Gov. Kasich in a Yahoo! News interview this week <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\"># # #<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">HOW CONGRESS IS REACTING TO SCOTUS NOMINEE GARLAND<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">President Obama\u2019s nomination of Judge Merrick B. Garland on Wednesday has ignited debate across the aisle, as congressional Republican leaders continue to pledge they will not take any action during the president\u2019s lame duck year. Todd talks with the Senate leaders of both parties about where the fight is headed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">Senator Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">\u201cIt seems clear that President Obama made this nomination not with the intent of seeing the nominee confirmed but in order to politicize it for purposes of the election.\u201d &#8211; Sen. McConnell on Wednesday<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">\u201cWhy can\u2019t the Republicans do what they\u2019re supposed to do, do their jobs?\u201d &#8211; Sen. Reid on Thursday<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\"># # #<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">BEHIND THE \u2018STOP TRUMP\u2019 MOVEMENT<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">Republican strategists Steve Schmidt and Stuart Stevens join Todd to discuss why party opponents still don\u2019t have a unified strategy to stop Trump from becoming the GOP presidential nominee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">Steve Schmidt<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">MSNBC Contributor; Former Strategist, 2008 McCain Presidential Campaign<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">Stuart Stevens<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">Former Strategist, 2012 Romney Presidential Campaign<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">\u201cWe are committed to ensuring a real conservative candidate is elected. We believe that neither Hillary Clinton nor Donald Trump, a Hillary Clinton donor, is that person.\u201d &#8211; Thursday statement from Conservatives Against Trump<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\"># # #<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">THE WEEK IN POLITICS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">Though the energy and math are there, will there be a unified strategy to stop Trump? What will President Obama\u2019s more active role in the Clinton v. Sanders race look like? How will Arizona, the biggest delegate prize on Tuesday, play out for the GOP? 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