Bill Maher tonight, new season's guests include

[BigmanPigman]

Gov. John Kasich, Marshawn Lynch, Rep. Barney Frank, Catherine Rampell & Erick Erickson - will answer viewer questions after Friday's show.

[Auggie]

1. Kasich is expanding his media presence -- getting ready to run in 2020?

[CincyDem]

2. Absolutely. And I think it will be fun to watch him tear into trump.

I detest his policies but he's no dummy and he's been going to school on trump for 2 years now. He'll do a better just than just about any republican getting under his skin in the primaries. He's the only one at this point who's really had to deal with trump's petty ire during a campaign. IIRC, he was the last of the republicans in the hunt.

So yeah, it'll make for good sport.


He's done just about everything except announce and I suspect that'll be something in the late spring after he spends 2-3 months on CNN trying to look moderate. Don't be fooled, he's Mike Pence with a little bit of personality.

[Auggie]

4. That "down-home-guy-you-want-to-have-a-beer-with" crap terrifies me ...

Kasich has it nailed. A lot of the midwest loves it.

[CincyDem]

5. I hear ya.

Having been in the room with him when he works it, it's pretty effective in making you forget he's a hard core a racist misogynist.

[Auggie]

6. I grew up in Ohio ...

Clevaland area. Moved to the West Coast almost 40 years ago. Ohio politics still seems really mystifying to me at times.

[Miigwech]

3. Erick Erickson VIMM

he has gotten nothing right starting with palin, then renouncing her when he should have known ... bs'er, paid yellow journalist