John Kasich Enters the Race Today

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The Hill :

John Kasich on Tuesday will enter the Republican race for the White House needing a burst of momentum to claim a spot in the first GOP debate, scheduled for Aug. 6 in the Ohio governor’s home state.

 

Kasich joins the fight with the respect of establishment Republicans and conservative media pundits, who have long seen him as a potential rival to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.

 

But he’s little known nationally, and polls have him falling outside the GOP’s top 10 — which would keep him off the debate stage in Cleveland next month.

“His central problem is that he has all of Jeb’s weaknesses and lacks some of his strengths,” said Republican strategist Matt Mackowiak.

To do well, Kasich needs to jumpstart his campaign with a successful launch from Ohio State University.

Kasich plans to pitch himself to primary voters as the only candidate in the field with experience on Capitol Hill, in the private sector and as governor. He’s putting most of his chips on a solid showing in New Hampshire, where he’ll be running in the same mainstream conservative lane as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Bush — who has so far outraised Kasich by about a 10-to-1 margin.

Kasich’s late launch date could be perfectly timed to help propel him into debate contention.

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Kasich’s New Campaign Logo Will Be a Constant Reminder of His Love for Obamacare

 

I really thought this was a Photoshop of Governor Kasich’s real logo when I first saw it. Surely, his team can’t be this clueless. The three lines above the Ohio governor’s name are supposed to look like an American flag, I guess, but if you’ve been even semi-conscious over the last three years and have had access to the internet, television, or civilization in general, you’ve had the ♡bamaCare logo* – also with three red lines — shoved in your face thousands of times. Probably more. So the comparison is unavoidable.

 

And it is actually quite fitting, since Kasich has been one of the nation’s biggest cheerleaders for Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion, not only subverting his own legislature through the use of an obscure Controlling Board to authorize the new spending, but also lecturing, demeaning, and questioning the eternal destiny of anyone who disagrees with him.

http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2015/07/20/kasichs-new-campaign-logo-will-be-a-constant-reminder-of-his-love-for-obamacare/

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If Gov. Kasich is on the Republican ticket, Obamacare repeal is off the table

 

Republicans can forget about campaigning against Obamacare in 2016 if Ohio Gov. John Kasich is on the party’s presidential ticket.

 

Conventional wisdom says Kasich will need to explain his Obamacare Medicaid expansion to Republican primary voters — but he’s been explaining it for two years.

 

That’s the problem: most of Kasich’s arguments for Medicaid coverage for working-age adults with no kids and no disabilities sound like they were written by Democratic strategists.

 

The longer Kasich is in the presidential race, the greater the potential for Democrats to capitalize on Kasich’s promotion of Obamacare.

 

“What we’ve seen as a result of this? Saved lives, there’s no question about it,” Kasich said when asked about Obamacare expansion at an Ohio Chamber of Commerce event.

 

http://watchdog.org/229983/obamacare-kasich-gop-ticket/

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Kasich Reveals Hillary Came to His Engagement Party

 

Ohio Governor John Kasich, who officially entered the crowded GOP field on Tuesday, told Sean Hannity that Hillary Clinton attended the party in 1997 when he became engaged to his wife Karen.

 

Sean Hannity, who interviewed Kasich after his announcement on Tuesday, asked the Ohio governor about comments he’s made downplaying the IRS and Benghazi scandals.

 

“You said, ‘I’m more worried about how we’re going to fix America than Hillary’s email server and you said, ‘I don’t believe you beat her by talking about Benghazi or her emails–”

“No, you don’t,” Kasich interrupted Hannity.

While he said these issues would likely come up in a campaign, Kasich said, “My opinion, the Republican that can best articulate a big government message…”

Kasich trailed off, but then added, “Look, I’ve known Hillary a long time. When I got engaged to be married she came to the party, OK? ”

Hannity asked if Kasich agrees with the fifty-seven percent of Americans who find Hillary to be dishonest and untrustworthy.

“I’m not going to start questioning people’s honesty or — I just don’t do that, Sean. I mean, where does that get us?” Kasich said. “I want the county to be unified.”

 

http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2015/07/22/kasich-reveals-hillary-came-to-his-engagement-party/

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Kasich Reveals Hillary Came to His Engagement Party

 

 

 

That sound you're hearing is the torpedo striking the SS Kasich, below the water line.

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Gov. Kasich has a $14 billion Obamacare problem

 

Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s habit of telling voters “Ohio money” pays for his Obamacare Medicaid expansion is about to catch up to him.

To silence conservative critics, Kasich says Obamacare expansion is bringing $14 billion of Ohio money back to Ohio from the federal government.

But that’s not how the expansion works — a fact Kasich’s opponents in a crowded Republican presidential primary are certain to point out.

There is no vault of “Ohio money” set aside to pay for Kasich’s Obamacare expansion, which has already increased federal welfare spending by $4 billion.

 

http://watchdog.org/231958/kasich-14billion-obamacare-problem/

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N.H. poll: Trump still 1st, but Kasich jumps into 2nd place

 

Ohio Gov. John Kasich's meteoric rise in New Hampshire continues, as a new poll from Gravis Marketing shows the governor has moved into second place behind Donald Trump.

 

Kasich began moving up in New Hampshire even before he formally launched his presidential campaign and his climb in the polls has yet to slow down.

 

The poll showed Trump receiving support from 32 percent of registered Republican voters, Kasich at 15 percent, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie at 9 percent and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson tied at 8 percent.

 

A June survey of the Granite State showed Kasich behind ten other GOP candidates. He moved into fourth place in July, and has hit second place within the first seven days of August.

 

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/n.h.-poll-trump-leads-but-kasich-up-to-2nd/article/2569616

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Kasich: No tax hikes in a deficit deal

 

He's been portrayed as one of the more moderate candidates in the Republican presidential primary, but Ohio Gov. John Kasich took a conservative stance Sunday on taxes, saying that he would not raise taxes as part of a deal to also reduce spending.

 

On CBS' "Face the Nation," Kasich was asked a question that was posed to all the Republican candidates in a primary debate in the 2012 election: Would you accept a deal that would raise $1 in taxes for every $10 in spending cuts?

 

Kasich gave the same response Sunday that all the candidates did then, and which was later used by Democrats to portray Republicans as inflexible: No.

 

"No, no, if the government takes more, they will spend it," Kasich said.

 

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/kasich-no-tax-hikes-in-a-deficit-deal/article/2570284

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John Kasich 2016 Offers A Bold Opportunity For Business As Usual

 

While we were all busy being inundated with Trump, another of the 743 Republican presidential candidates started gaining some traction. Not much traction—he’s currently sitting at 3.5 percent in the latest Real Clear Politics polls—but he is absolutely trouncing Lindsey Graham, so there’s that. He’s also attracted the attention of Larry Sabato, former George W. Bush adviser Tom Rath, and Myra Adams of Bush’s creative team and John McCain’s 2008 ad council. Be still my beating heart.

 

Writing at National Review, Adams laid out “Five Reasons Why Kasich-Rubio Is the Right 2016 Ticket.” She offers traditional arguments about demographic appeal and not scaring the moderates. She, of course, also invokes the Buckley Rule. She doesn’t get it exactly right, though, as Ben Domenech noted at Real Clear Politics back in 2013.

 

Adams paraphrases the Buckley Rule as “nominate the most conservative candidate who is electable.” Buckley’s actual admonition was to elect the most conservative candidate who is viable. Even then, as Domenech pointed out, it’s still a pretty terrible electoral strategy as “viable” and “electable” have become synonyms and focusing on electability helps ensure defeat. Just ask Presidents Dole, McCain, and Romney.

 

http://thefederalist.com/2015/08/17/john-kasich-2016-offers-a-bold-opportunity-for-business-as-usual/

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Ohio’s dependence on Medicaid is the worst in the Midwest

Thanks to Gov. John Kasich’s Obamacare expansion, Ohio has the highest rate of Medicaid enrollment in the Midwest.

One out of four Ohioans is enrolled in the welfare program Kasich — a Republican — expanded to cover working-age adults with no kids and no disabilities.

Ohio, Illinois and Michigan are the only Midwest states with more than 20 percent of their residents enrolled in Medicaid, a welfare program jointly funded by the federal government and the states.

 

Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Indiana each have between 15 percent and 20 percent of their residents enrolled in Medicaid, and Medicaid enrollment rates are between 10 percent and 15 percent in North Dakota, Nebraska, South Dakota and Kansas.

http://watchdog.org/234009/ohio-midwest-medicaid/

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TWO SIGNS THAT KASICH’S CONSERVATISM IS TEPID

 

This has been a good summer for the non-career politicians — Donald Trump, Ben Carson, and Carly Fiorini — in the GOP presidential field. But it’s also been a good summer for longtime politician John Kasich. In fact, Kasich, who entered the race late, is now second in the RCP poll average in New Hampshire. He’s fractionally ahead of Jeb Bush but trails Donald Trump by a wide margin (24.7-11.0)

 

Kasich has always been near the bottom of my preference list, and he has fallen even lower on two related pieces of news.

 

First, Kasich is the preferred candidate of Tom Rath, a longtime New Hampshire operative who is now advising the Ohio governor. Rath, you may recall, was instrumental in the elevation of David Souter to the Supreme Court. I recounted this sad history here.

 

Rath promoted Souter knowing that he was not a conservative (but he didn’t share this knowledge with President George H.W. Bush or his team). And Rath continued to praise Souter’s jurisprudence even as Souter voted with his fellow liberals in key case after key case.

 

When Souter retired, Rath said that as a Supreme Court Justice, his friend “turned out exactly what we thought he would be” and “did exactly what I always expected him to to.” For example, Rath characterized Souter’s vote to reaffirm Roe v. Wade as “classically David Souter.”

 

Given Rath’s role in the Kasich campaign, we shouldn’t be surprised by the second piece of disturbing Kasich news — the governor’s embrace of Roe v. Wade. Asked recently whether he would “respect the Roe versus Wade decision.” Kasich responded: “Obviously, it’s the law of the land now, and we live with the law of the land.”

 

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2015/08/two-signs-that-kasichs-conservatism-is-tepid.php

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Kasich campaign: 'debates can make a difference'

 

Ohio Gov. John Kasich's presidential campaign began one month ago, and a key lesson his team has taken away from its first month is that "debates can make a difference."

 

Kasich jumped into the presidential race near the end of July and managed to secure the final spot on the debate stage in Cleveland, Ohio, earlier this month.

 

"While many pundits and naysayers believed he was getting in too late, the last month has proven otherwise," wrote Kasich strategist John Weaver. "We have hired staff in New Hampshire and South Carolina. We are off to a great start in those states as well as in Michigan, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts and others. We are building serious operations in other early primary states."

 

Kasich has spent much of his time on the campaign trail in New Hampshire, securing key endorsements from across the state, including from members of the Thomson and Sununu families.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/kasich-camp-debates-can-make-a-difference/article/2570654

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The Sununu's may present a problem for many of us. Many of us remember John....and not all that fondly.

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The Sununu's may present a problem for many of us. Many of us remember John....and not all that fondly.

Since John Sununu worked for GHW Bush and campaigned for GW, I was supposed that he endorsed Kasich and not Jeb.

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The Sununu's may present a problem for many of us. Many of us remember John....and not all that fondly.

Since John Sununu worked for GHW Bush and campaigned for GW, I was supposed that he endorsed Kasich and not Jeb.

 

 

 

That's interesting, I wonder how Jeb took this?

 

 

Jeb Bush is one of those campaigns I ask myself....Why? I'm sorry, he probably would make a pretty good President, but Ain't Gonna Happen.

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The Sununu's may present a problem for many of us. Many of us remember John....and not all that fondly.

Since John Sununu worked for GHW Bush and campaigned for GW, I was supposed that he endorsed Kasich and not Jeb.

 

 

 

That's interesting, I wonder how Jeb took this?

 

 

Jeb Bush is one of those campaigns I ask myself....Why? I'm sorry, he probably would make a pretty good President, but Ain't Gonna Happen.

 

In reading different material about 'The Bushes' over the years - Jeb was the one they thought would be President. He probably would have been a good President, but I think that ship has sailed. Wonder if there is some deep down resentment that his place in the sun was sort of taken from him?

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Could be.

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A Vote For Trump Is A Vote For Roe V. Wade

This is a really terrible time for conservatives to decide it’s more important to punish the Republican Party than to elect a principled president.

By Howard Slugh FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Some conservatives support Donald Trump in the hopes that he will burn down the GOP establishment and cause a more principled and pugnacious Republican Party to arise from its ashes. They are willing to forgo nominating a conservative in 2016 to obtain better outcomes in the future.

 

Conservatives should reevaluate this strategy, taking into consideration the fact that nominating Trump will likely ensure a non-originalist Supreme Court for decades to come.

 

The next president may nominate as many as four Supreme Court justices and determine the trajectory of the Court’s jurisprudence for a generation or longer. By the end of the next president’s first term, four of the current justices will be more than 80 years old, and six will be older than 70. Supreme Court justices serve lifetime appointments, and if recent trends continue, the new nominees will serve 30 years or longer. http://thefederalist.com/2016/02/10/a-vote-for-trump-is-a-vote-for-roe-v-wade/

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A Vote For Trump Is A Vote For Roe V. Wade

This is a really terrible time for conservatives to decide it’s more important to punish the Republican Party than to elect a principled president.

 

 

 

 

1. And the other candidates don't?

2. How, he never says

3. A bumper sticker campaign