NBC News: “Thursday will mark the one-year anniversary of Ohio Gov. John Kasich becoming the final entrant in a crowded GOP primary field in which Donald Trump was viewed as little more than a celebrity sideshow. But that same day — July 21 — will also be when Trump steps on the stage in Cleveland to accept the party’s presidential nomination. And Kasich won’t be there to welcome him.”

On Today, Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort said that Kasich is “embarrassing the state” by not attending.

Gov. John Kasich (R) hasn’t endorsed Donald Trump but he blasted Hillary Clinton in a New Hampshire Union Leader op-ed for being pushed to the left:

Hillary Clinton may have locked up her party’s nomination, but it is unclear who is in charge. It is starting to look more like Bernie Sanders is driving the bus and Clinton is merely a passenger.

It should be no surprise that Hillary Clinton is trying to be all things to all people. There is a reason she has been stereotyped over the years as being ambitious and calculating. But, at a time when Clinton has an opportunity to demonstrate leadership, she has instead chosen to double down on liberal orthodoxy in an attempt to please narrow interests rather than appeal to all Americans.

CNN: “With just seven days until the GOP convention, the quest to convince Kasich to back Donald Trump — or even participate in the convention he campaigned to bring to Cleveland — has been quiet but feverish.”

“RNC Chairman Reince Priebus has pressed Kasich allies, even promising that donors will spring to aid Kasich’s future endeavors if he cooperates now. Trump’s top aide, Paul Manafort, has touted their increasingly professional campaign operation in the hopes of winning over the Ohio governor. Even vice presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich is joining the mix, lobbing a last minute plea to Kasich’s team to get the governor to back Trump.”

Gov. John Kasich “finds himself in a peculiar situation these days. He’s responsible for helping to safeguard a Republican convention he will not speak at, a nominee he will not support and an arena he probably will not step foot in,” the Washington Post reports.

Said Kasich: “It is odd, isn’t it? It’s going to be strange.”

Less than three weeks before the Republican convention, Gov. John Kasich’s team is boasting that he “is the most popular Republican politician in the nation,” the Columbus Dispatch reports.

“John Weaver, chief strategist for the defunct John Kasich presidential campaign, sent an email this afternoon highlighting the results of new polling showing Kasich — not Trump — as the strongest potential candidate against the presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.”

Gov. John Kasich (R) “is in agony over his decision last year to support the Republican nominee and the reality that Donald Trump is his party’s presumptive nominee,” Politico reports.

Said Kasich: “You know, it’s painful. It’s painful. You know, people even get divorces, you know? I mean, sometimes, things come out that, look, I’m sorry that this has happened. But we’ll see where it ends up. I’m not making any final decision yet, but at this point, I just can’t do it.”

“Hard to say. If you look at Twitter, they have this thing called ‘trending.’ It’s trending poorly.”

— Gov. John Kasich, quoted by Politico, when asked if he would back Donald Trump for president.

“Gov. John Kasich, who suspended his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination earlier this month, is instructing the 161 delegates he won to remain bound to him through the party’s June nomination convention,” the Washington Post reports.

“Kasich sent personal letters Monday to Republican officials in the 16 states and the District of Columbia where he won delegates, requesting that they stay bound to him in accordance with party rules. Kasich has not thrown his support to Donald Trump, who became the presumptive nominee in early May after he and Sen. Ted Cruz left the race.”

Bloomberg: “Trump staffers have spent weeks gauging Kasich’s interest in being on the ticket, according to people familiar with Trump’s vice presidential vetting process. The talks have gone nowhere, the people said.”

“Despite the brick wall, some Ohio Republicans, as well as prominent financial backers of the governor, are pushing for him to change his mind, arguing that he’s an experienced chief executive with broad bipartisan support in a battleground state crucial to winning the White House.”

Gov. John Kasich will suspend his campaign for president, NBC News reports.

Donald Trump had previously questioned why Kasich would stay in the race, telling the New York Times, “I guess he likes the food in California. The whole thing is ridiculous.”

A new Public Policy Polling survey in Ohio finds that just 38% of Gov. John Kasich’s constituents think he should stay in the presidential race, compared to 49% who think it’s time for him to drop out.