Ohio Gov. Kasich is 16th notable entry into GOP race

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By JULIE CARR SMYTH

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's John Kasich, a blunt governor who embraces conservative ideals but disdains the political sport of bashing Hillary Rodham Clinton, is to become the 16th notable Republican to enter the 2016 presidential race.

The second-term governor and former congressman declares his candidacy Tuesday at Ohio State University, where as a freshman political science major in 1970, he audaciously wrote a letter that landed him a 20-minute audience with President Richard Nixon.

His entry nearly rounds out an unusually diverse Republican lineup with two Hispanics, an African-American, one woman and several younger candidates alongside older white men such as Kasich, 63, and Jeb Bush, 62.

Kasich (prounounced KAY'-sik) ran for president once before, briefly seeking the 2000 nomination after he helped seal a federal balanced budget deal as House Budget chairman in 1997. Since then he put in nearly a decade as an investment executive and more than four years of strong-willed and often abrasive leadership as governor.

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FILE - In this July 13, 2015, file photo, Ohio Gov. John Kasich talks with Joshua Bowman, right, and Joe Shean during a visit at RP Abrasives in Rochester, N.H. Kasich is declaring his candidacy for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination on July 21. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)

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[underpants]

1. "Notable entry"

The number is getting si ridiculous the press is categorizing them

[jtuck004]

2. 16?Hey, they could all fit in this...

A little red paint, some polka dots, and a hole cut through the roof for the driver to stick his head out of and this could be it.



I know - it's really white. I wonder if they would see that as a plus?

[Roland99]

3. Missing various crosses, NRA bumper stickers, etc.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

5. nah, we're gonna need bigger than that

all aboard!

[lsufan59]

8. HooptieWagon

yeah but who would be the driver.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

4. LOL polling in low single digits is "notable"

Oh, AP, you're so funny!

[Gothmog]

6. Kasich could be a strong general election candidate but I doubt that he will be the nominee

[HughBeaumont]

7. He has all the charisma of the Lowes lumber department.

His economic agenda consists of "HOW high, Mr Koch, sir?"

He attempted to privatize the turnpike and push through a reprehensible piece of anti-union legislation in year one (failed miserably on both counts, BTW).

His educational blueprint is the stuff that Disaster Capitalism thrives on.

Oh, and did I mention how well he fares with the salt of the earth?

Kat$hit 2016: He'll Do For the Nation What Lehman Did For America's Economy.

[Telcontar]

9. Never heard of him

So that's good, right?

[Botany]

10. When he (Kasich) was at Ohio State he was an out loud and proud supporter of the War in Veitnam ....

.... but when asked about signing up and going to serve John would have nothing to do w/that
idea.

[Maeve]

11. Actually, he's running for Vice Prseident

With the idea that he can carry Ohio...well, at least he carries the newspapers (or vice versa--the Columbus Disgrace loves him!)

[geologic]

12. No one forcibly removed from the stage of a Grateful Dead concert--

could ever become president of the United States...

[onehandle]

13. Klown Kar Krazies Kontinue!

One too many Ks.

Sorry.

[restorefreedom]

14. oh good. another one.

not enough r candidates