the other things were mockable, and this is a semi-endorsement.ot of endorsements have been like that for ted cruz. this was a good day for ted cruz, in a limited sense,. i do not think this will make any difference with what happens in the primary on tuesday. mark: not such a good day? john: better than three horrible days in a row. a terrible week. mark: it is still not clear why pence did this. did he do it only for his own politics? he faces reelection this year. or did he do it in some way because he wants to stop trump? john: he lavished praise on trump. if that really was his objective, he failed miserably. mark: on monday, trump and christie went to indiana and met with pence. christie knows pence well, helped him get elected. they left the meeting with trump feeling confident he would either get the endorsement or pence will stay neutral. listen to what trump said, two days after the meeting. mr. trump: the governor is a great guy. i met with him. he may not endorse. i don't think he will endorse anybody. he may endorse us. i don't know.

the other things were mockable. this is like you got a semi endorsement. a lot of the endorsements cruz has got. a lot of those things have been like that for cruz. this was a good day for ted cruz in limited sense. i do not think this will make any difference in what happens. zero difference. not very much. >> it's still not clear why pence did this. >> it makes no sense. >> if he wants to stop trump, if that really was his objectsive, he failed miserably with that. >> on monday, trump and christy went to indiana and met with pence. christie knows pence quite well and helped him get elected. they left the meeting where trump seemed confident he would get the endorsement. listen to what he said two days after he met with mike pence. >> the governor's great guy. i've met with him. he may not endorse. i don't think he'll endorse anybody. he may endorse us. i don't know. he's a great guy. >> so far both in his remarks in california and on twitter trump has not said word one about this. normally if somebody endorses one of his rivals he lashes out. it will be