Republican voters prove cool to John Kasich’s electability pitch

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Washingrton Times:

John Kasich insists he gives the GOP its best chance to win the White House in November, and the polls say the Ohio governor is right.

 

The problem for Mr. Kasich: Republican voters don’t seem to care.

The party’s troops instead have rallied behind insurgent outsider Donald Trump and first-term Sen. Ted Cruz, who those same polls show losing to either of their potential Democratic opponents.

After having chosen the more moderate candidates who party leaders said were the most likely to win the White House in both 2008 and 2012, GOP voters are showing far less interest this year in electability.

“It is certainly true that Governor Kasich is perceived as the Republican candidate most in the ideological middle and often candidates who seeks that middle ground find it the place to be — but not every four years,” said Peter Brown, of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. “Ideology is not the coin of the realm in 2016. If it were, we might have different political environment.”

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Town hall voters challenge Kasich’s Medicaid expansion story

 

Wisconsin voters were treated to a live look at Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s Medicaid expansion spin during a March 29 CNN town hall in Milwaukee.

 

Kasich bristled when a town hall attendee challenged the governor’s expansion of Medicaid under the 2010 federal health law.

 

“Why did you choose Obamacare? Why did you choose the Washington-based solution?” the man asked. “And why can’t you guys ever look at some other source other than Washington for these solutions?”

 

Kasich said he expanded Medicaid only after slowing Ohio’s Medicaid spending growth from 10.5 percent to 2.5 percent. During Kasich’s first term, Ohio Medicaid spending grew by 33 percent.

 

http://watchdog.org/260917/town-hall-voters-challenge-kasichs-medicaid-expansion-story/

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What the GOP Should Know NOW About Warren G. Harding’s Presidential Win in 1920
The dark horse from Ohio emerged from a contested convention as the nominee and then became president
Ron Radosh and Allis Radosh
03/30/16

There is a good chance the GOP will hold a contested convention in July. If that happens and no candidate obtains the necessary 1,237 votes on the first ballot, the delegates will be released and will be free to vote as they please on subsequent ones. As the balloting continues, if neither Ted Cruz nor Donald Trump is able to reach the magic number, a deadlock could result prompting the delegates to turn to John Kasich, or to draft someone else.

 

Scott Sipprelle has made the case in Observer for Mr. Kasich to win along these lines, pointing out that contested conventions have happened before, with the eventual victory going to a candidate other than the frontrunner. He gives as his example the nomination of Abraham Lincoln in 1860, whom he writes was “a long-shot Republican presidential contender,” but who won on the third ballot.

 

An even better example, analogous to the situation facing the GOP today, was the contested Republican Convention of 1920, which nominated Ohio Senator Warren G. Harding on the tenth ballot. Ten Republicans were seeking the prize. Leading the pack were two prominent figures: General Leonard Wood and Frank O. Lowden of Illinois. Mr. Wood rode with Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough Riders in Cuba and had been Governor General of the Philippines and Military Governor of Cuba. He also was a physician who took care of both President Grover Cleveland and President William McKinley. Mr. Lowden had been Governor of Illinois, and was considered by many to be the strongest candidate. The two were evenly matched going into the convention.

 

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IMHO John Kasich would be a acceptable President (ducking for cover NOW! ). My problem is I have to keep reminding myself that he is running for President. He doesn't incite any passion for or against in me.

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@Valin - all of his ads here are not telling us why he should be President. They just say you should vote for him because he can beat Hilliary - that's it. Not everyone is a political junkie. Some people are actually not familiar with him and the Conservative radios shows ( I don't listen, just read) are talking about what the second article I posted says - his positions on Obamacare.