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Kasich and Cruz Cut Deal; Kasich's Hometown Votes; Statehouse Update

We knew already that the Republican National Convention in Cleveland was not going to be your run-of-the-mill candidate coronation. But this week the battle for the nomination got even more intense as two candidates, Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Ohio Governor John Kasich, agreed to join forces in some states to thwart frontrunner Donald Trump. Our experts dig in to the strategy.

Tom Sutton, Ph.D, Professor of Political Science, Baldwin Wallace University 
Henry Gomez, Chief Political Reporter, cleveland.com//The Plain Dealer  
Nick Castele, Reporter, Ideastream  
Karen Kasler, Ohio Statehouse News Bureau Chief

Leigh Barr is a coordinating producer for the "Sound of Ideas" and the "Sound of Ideas Reporters Roundtable."