John Kasich to enter presidential race

[Judi Lynn]

Source: CBS News

CBS News/June 28, 2015, 9:07 PM

John Kasich to enter presidential race

Ohio Governor John Kasich will declare he's a candidate for the presidency, CBS News has learned. On "Face the Nation" Sunday, he told host John Dickerson "I just want to do it if I think I have a path to win."

Kasich plans to announce he's running at Ohio State University, his alma mater, on July 21. His plans were first reported by Politico.

He'll follow a string of other sitting GOP governors into the race - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will formalize his candidacy Tuesday, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is looking at the week of July 13, and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal jumped into the field just last week.

It remains to be seen whether Kasich will be able to raise his national poll numbers enough to qualify for the first presidential debate on August 6 in his home state of Ohio. But he has maintained an impressive approval rating in his own state - 60 percent, according to Quinnipiac's latest polling, just one point down from his all-time high of 61 percent in April.

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[bucolic_frolic]

1. He's not in the Presidential Race

He's a straw candidate because he's the VP choice that will be forced on
whoever is the top of the ticket

It's all about OHIO OHIO OHIO

That's why he's the VP candidate

[dlwickham]

4. he's a popular governor

but I don't think he could pull Ohio out if someone like Cruz or Paul was the nominee

I can't imagine him being the VP for Bush or especially Walker; he's too much like Bush and wouldn't add anything to the ticket and he's simply overshadow Walker; he has a brain and Walker doesn't

[bucolic_frolic]

8. All Valid points

Bush (FL) - Kasich (OH) and you've got 2 states going GOP that
Democrats need

It's all electoral math in my mind.

Walker is going to implode. Electing a non-college grad in this day and age
would be stone cold crazy

[3catwoman3]

15. I certainly...

...hope so.

[kelliekat44]

17. I'm with you. I predicted Kasich months ago after hearing him embrace ACA.

I don't like him one bit, but he is very good at politics and schmoooz. I predict that he would be the GOP nominee over Jeb. But you make some valid points. The two of them together give the Dems a run for the money. What we have on our side right now is that the GOP has ruined their brand with a broad spectrum of I's and others because of their embrace of RW-evangelical intolerance. Clinton/Warren could knock them off, i believe.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

26. He pushed through the Obamacare medicaid expansion over the objections of the legislature.

It was done simply to save his rep in-state, but he'll never make it through the primary because of that.

[longship]

2. Hey y'all! Make room. C'mon! Move over there in the back seat!

Alas, the clown car always has more room. Bring them on. Bring them all on! Plenty of room.

Hey! Phyllis Schlafly! This is your big chance. Plenty of room in that back seat. Put your money where your flapping gums are.

Go! Go! Go! The more the merrier.

[INdemo]

3. Would the Republican that is NOT

running for President please step forward?

Wouln't it be easier that way?

[bigworld]

5. He's never seemed to be one of the crazies

so -- his chances of winning the GOP nod are pretty low

[peace13]

22. Speaking as an Ohioan....

....he's plenty that! Privatization, the commandeering of the profits from the sate sales of alcohol to create a private jobs program that does not submit to public audit, the selling of the parks, money taken from the mouths of babes, you think it, he's done it.

[George II]

6. I've lost count.....how many is this now?

[Iliyah]

7. Oh good grief.

[iandhr]

9. He would be a formidable candidate.

[bigworld]

10. Like Jon Huntsman

both are pragmatic, decent - if conservative - men. They don't have a snowball's chance in today's GOP.

[iandhr]

12. My thought exactly

Kasich is the Huntsman of this cycle.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

27. He's not that decent.

He's done all sorts of sleazy things to the state as mentioned in other comments, as well as cutting income taxes on the wealthy while pumping up the sales tax.

[Ikonoklast]

11. No one outside of Ohio knows him. Or wants to.

Kasich is as bland as can be, and the increasingly insane right-wing doesn't do bland.

They want HATE.

[Renew Deal]

14. I wonder if that is enough to break through

If there's 20 candidates, you only need to get into the 20's to win.

[Ikonoklast]

25. Kasich is the stealth Wall Street candidate for veep. His ties to investment banking are life-long.

He's their man through and through.

As mentioned elsewhere in this thread, Kasich's only strength is possibly delivering Ohio in the general. He'll never get any traction in the primaries as he is nowhere near racist, religiously insane, or just plain crazy enough for the party faithful.

He'll be schmoozing all the while with whoever looks the most viable for the vice presidency.

[m-lekktor]

21. you are probably correct though I can't stand him.

he probably seems less loopy to the not quite insane wingnut.

[HooptieWagon]

13. Another entry in the throw shit at the wall and see what sticks primary?

How is anyone gonna get noticed with so many clowns in the car? It's looking likely no one will have enough delegates come convention time, it could be a bloody mess that ends up pissing off 2/3 of the wacko base.
And to think some Democratic lunatics are still claiming Bernie is unelectable. For real. Spare me. Bernie can wipe the floor with any of the clown show.

[MisterP]

16. I literally stared at the headline for 10 seconds without even able to remember who he was

or did, or even his party

[Botany]

18. he is the one to fear

he is 100% Koch Brothers and Fox News approved

he comes across as a "nice guy"

he can be very nice in person ....... I have not talked to him since he
has been governor but I have known him for years ... a little bit

he is a founding member of ALEC

he sold 480 million $s worth of junk paper from Lehman Brothers
to the state of ohio's employee retirement fund

he has run a scam w/the profits from state liquor sales that would make
bernie madoff blush

his dad was a union mail carrier in McKees Rocks, PA but he is very
anti union

he wants to kill the USPS

he wants to kill public schools

he has wanted to be President for years

[DonCoquixote]

19. I seriously wonder how many favors

The Bushes pulled so that so many would run interference for Jeb. This is a Great Wall of Cats paws.

[greatlaurel]

20. Kasich the Crank will melt down under national media coverage.

The local media will not be able to hide his petulant and downright mean behaviors on the national stage. He will melt down very quickly. He is neither a moderate nor a formidable candidate.

The national media will take him down as soon as they look at all his unsavory connections with charter schools and the incredibly corrupt JobsOhio(aka RobsOhio), not to mention the 400 million dollars he helped Lehman Bros take from the state retirement funds when he worked for them right before their collapse.

[LovingA2andMI]

23. Meet the Real Republican Nominee (Bookmark This Post for Future Reference)

It will NOT be Jeb, Walker, Christie, Cruz or any of the other Clown Car Members. Wanna know why? Kasich has just the right unknown entity favor about him to do damage. Here are the facts:

1). He's Fresh. No not totally like he's never been in Politics Fresh (he served in the Bush 43 White House for Pete's Sake) but, he's not damaged.

Jeb - Damaged, Walker - Damaged and a Idiot, Christie - Damaged, Unmanageable and a Loud Mouth, Cruz - Please Damaged and Completely Un-Electable outside of Texas.

2). He knows how to play the game. Guess where "Right to Work for Less" is NOT at in the Midwest besides Illinois? Can you say: Ohio, Ohio, Ohio. Yes, that is Ohio.

And Kasich will play this to the tenth power, then do a Scott Walker once in the White House. Bet on it.

3). He does have Koch Ties -- but they are not well known. He will use this to his advantage.

4). Can you say Bush Money? They know full well Jeb CANNOT win so their money will be behind and in front of Kasich.

Kasich will do everything Jeb would have done as President and play the "Moderate Conservative" BS on the America People stupid enough to fall for it. The scary thing is, it might work --- again.

5). Ohio, Ohio, Ohio. If Kasich is the nominee SORRY FOLKS - he WILL WIN OHIO unless the other Candidate is an Inspiring Democratic Nominee.

That makes Florida the end game which they have another FREAKING GOP slime ball of a Governor Rick Scott, ready, willing and probably able to pull a Jeb Bush 2.0 - 2000 Style for Kasich if necessary.

Which would mean the Democrat would have to pull up (besides the old reliable states of California, New York and a few others) West Virginia, South Carolina. Colorado, New Mexico AND Kentucky (and Tennessee for safe keeping) - and still lose all the south to have any chance at the Electoral College.

BUT -- then Michigan and Indiana (both ran by pieces of slime bucket GOPee Governors themselves) could flip flop Kasich's way too. ESPECIALLY MICHIGAN - cause hate break it to ya folks: Kasich and Tricky Ricky Snyder are BUDDIES. Close, Close Scary Close Buddies.

6). If Michigan + Ohio, Florida, the South, Tennessee and South Carolina, the Upper Western States are lost for the Dems -- the Math does NOT work. REPEAT, the MATH DOES NOT WORK!

7). The ONLY THING that can stop this train from jumping off the tracks is a Obama 2008 Style Candidate. Again, sorry Hillary Folks - but THAT CANDIDATE is NOT Hillary.

It's Bernie Sanders!!

To beat the plan the GOPee has set up in motion, it will take (GUESS WHAT) NEW VOTERS + the Old Ones and Disaffected Ones = Voting for the Democratic Nominee in MASS. I.E. - An INSPIRING Candidate is needed to make this happen and it ain't Hillary, no matter how much $$$ she has on deck.

This is why Kasich is Dangerous. The Democrats better get a game plan ASAP to handle Kasich or the Crap will Hit the Fan VERY SOON!

[davidpdx]

24. How many assholes are we up to now?

God I've lost track....

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

28. Plenty of room left!