Kasich: the 2016 GOP clown car's designated driver?

[rocktivity]

Crossposted from Politcs 2015:

Fill us in on Ohio governor and presidential candidate Jon Kasich: Another passenger in the GOP clown car, or someone who could take the wheel and give Hillary or Bernie a real race?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251412078


rocktivity

[safeinOhio]

1. The family that owns several large

news papers in Ohio never let anything bad said about him.

his last job at Lehman Brothers might help.

[Maeve]

5. Well, the Columbus Disgrace has been sold

And they have been his greatest cheerleaders.

[Springslips]

2. He gotten taken to the wood shed on issue 2; the union busting bill...

Even republicans voted against it in referendum. It reminded him that Ohio's not a red state but a swing state. So he decided to swing left and ok the medicare expansion of Obamacare by doing battle with the legislature controled by the GOP, even vetoing a budget bill that forbade Ohio from expansion. Kasich did an end run, by having the Contoling Board, a committee that can make small changes in the budget, ok medicare expansion, which pissed off the legislature.

This is what Kasich is thinking, that he can 'left flank' the clown car and come off as a centrist--he is going to act like a republican third wayer-- but really he is a corporate Reagon type. Because of this he is dangerous, the most dangerous one, I think, since Christie has the bridge. With the branding in Ohio and his quote, " centrist bonifides' he is the republican with the best chance to win the presidency If he can distinguish himself in the clown car, get name recognition, and not get tea-partied in the primary.

[rocktivity]

3. Exactly what I was afraid of

I hope you won't mind my crossposting this.


rocktivity

[Springslips]

4. No.

I don't mind at all; it's cool.