Breaking: Cruz/Kasich to unite and coordinate campaigns to stop Trump

Wow. This changes the 2016 countour fundamentally:

Cruz, Kasich coordinate in new anti-Trump effort

By Katie Glueck
04/24/2016 10:21 PM EDT

Ted Cruz and John Kasich are ceding states to each other as part of a broader effort to stop Donald Trump, an abrupt change in strategy that the campaigns announced Sunday night.

"To ensure that we nominate a Republican who can unify the Republican Party and win in November, our campaign will focus its time and resources in Indiana and in turn clear the path for Gov. Kasich to compete in Oregon and New Mexico, and we would hope that allies of both campaigns would follow our lead," Cruz campaign manager Jeff Roe said in a statement.

Previously, the Cruz campaign had largely refused to acknowledge the Ohio governor's presence in the race except to dismiss him as a spoiler.