Posted on 03/19/2016 12:48:24 PM PDT by springwater13
Ohio governor and Republican presidential candidate John Kasich gently criticized Senate Republicans' approach to President Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, suggesting lawmakers should at least meet with the nominee, and even saying he'd consider nominating Garland himself, as president.
"I never thought the president should send it because I knew nothing was going to happen," Kasich told "Face the Nation" in an interview taped for Sunday's broadcast.
"Frankly," he added, "they probably ought to all sit down and meet with the guy."
Senate Republican leaders have adamantly refused to consider the nomination of Garland, who's currently a federal appeals court judge. While most of the Senate GOP caucus has refused to even meet with the nominee, some individual GOP senators have said they'd be willing to sit down with him, and at least one - Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk - has broken with his party and called for a vote on Garland's nomination.
"My feeling is, at the end of the day, whoever gets elected president should be in a position to be able to pick you know who they want and the American people will either decide by voting for a Republican or Democrat what the makeup of the court is," Kasich said in the interview, which was taped Saturday.
The Ohio governor even suggested he'd consider naming Garland himself if he wins the presidency, noting the praise the nominee has received from conservatives in the past.
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He has no common sense.
Amazing!
Seeyyabye Johnny. Loser.
Proof-positive that John Kasich is a liberal.
Now you folks are seeing why Kasich should've been driven out of the race long, long ago.
No kidding! Whose votes is he trying to garner?
And this, John, is why you will never be the Republican nominee...
Who knew crap could talk
Gee, wotta shocker.
ur a loser k sick
This is the type of idiocy that has spurned the Trumpagetton as misguided as it is.
So here we are. In the republican race we have a republican (Cruz), an independant (Trump), and now Kasitch is openly campaigning for democrats to cross over.
Kasich has apparently never read the constitution. The Senate has as much say as the president. More, in fact.
And to think I used to like Kasich (and Jeb) in the mid 90’s.
I think they (and McCain, Graham, Romney) exist just to stick their fingers in the eyes of Tea Party types.
Kasich and Garland are both against the 2nd Amendment, so this is no surprise. And it’s why Kasich does not belong in public office. Certainly not in the white house.
Tone Deaf.
But hey, his dad was a mailman, so he must know what he’s talking about...
Dear Mr. Kasich,
You are welcome, to personally come confiscate my firearms if this guy is confirmed and he votes anti 2nd amendment.
Note, you’ll get the ammo first.
Now, do you volunteer?
This guy is clueless. I thought Dole, McCain, and Romney were bad enough, but Kasich tops them all in stupidity and all around unelectability.
“Proof-positive that John Kasich is a liberal.”
Along with literally hundreds like him who are now holding elective office as “conservarives.”
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