Why John Kasich is staying in the presidential race

Republican presidential candidate Ohio Gov. John Kasich, speaks about his Super Tuesday primary results following a Central Mississippi Republican Party fund raising dinner in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, March 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) more >.

JACKSON, Miss. — Donald Trump narrowly edged out John Kasich in Vermont, keeping the Ohio governor from picking up his first state win, and rolled in the South, as Republicans divvied up nearly 600 delegates in Super Tuesday voting. To win a state 

But those pressuring Kasich, 63, to get out of the race before March 15 to clear a path for one of the remaining non-Donald Trump candidates — Rubio, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas or neurosurgeon Ben Carson — are chasing proverbial windmills, say those who 

Republican presidential candidate Ohio Gov. John Kasich, speaks about his Super Tuesday primary results following a Central Mississippi Republican Party fund raising dinner in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, March 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) more >.

Republican presidential candidate Ohio Gov. John Kasich, speaks about his Super Tuesday primary results following a Central Mississippi Republican Party fund raising dinner in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, March 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) more >.