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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I can’t figure out why he’s even running on the GOP ticket.
He should be on the RAT ticket.
I have some litmus tests. Abortion is one of them.
“Kasich is Disqualified” & would only be thrust forth in
order to provide a Romneyesque disguise for Hitler-y.
Mark Kirk is a token American and definitely not a conservative as in putting the USA Constitution First. He also has ethical and lying problems according to wikipedia.
Gary Condit taught Kasich all that liberalism, CA style.
Kasick is a ‘business as usual’ Rino at work, and clueless, amazing that Ohioans would want this guy for President, pro-abortion, pro-gay, pro-amnesty. On second thought Ohioans seem to elect only Rinos to office so guess I shouldn’t be surprised.
He’s going for the crossover liberal vote.
Where are the clowns? There have to be clowns. Don’t bother Kasich is here.
Did you know Kasich’s father was a Democrat letter carrier, when they were called mailmen. What was his mother? I think I read both were killed by a drunk driver.
He knows he can’t win the Republican nomination so he is angling for some job with the Clintons.
Why would you ever? He's practically been running as a democrat and has not been a conservative Governor.
And he's running ads in Utah so he's not serious about stopping Trump. What a piece of garbage.
Garland is a firm statist — he almost always defers to the government position on questions of individual liberty.
It looks like Kasich is a statist also.
In case it’s not clear, that’s a bad thing.
The Republicans in the Senate should hold their ground. What we really need is another Clarence Thomas on the Supreme Court.
Goodbye, Veep slot MailManJr. Hello again, Krispy Kreme! Please bring two chairs for Gov. FatBuckle...
He’s a nut.
This is the type of idiocy that has spurned the Trumpagetton as misguided as it is.
Among other things
Ka-sick is angling for the Jon Huntsman constituency.
Love, John.
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