Mike Pence? John Kasich? Would either be acceptable to the GOPe power brokers?
You’ve lost once you’ve started negotiating with them.
Pence won’t run and Kasich is too much of a loose cannon for them—even though I expect they’d both be pro-amnesty and so end up taking us to the same liberal result.
Kasich is bad news. He went for the increased Medicare eligibility to appease the bloated hospital interests in OH. I don't think he's encountered a construction jobs boondoggle he doesn't embrace. He gave extra money to Cleveland's school system and to museums, sports areans and such. He was strangely silent when the feds closed landmarks when he should've/could've kept them open.
He could easily lose the next election for governor. All of his generous handouts won't win him dem votes, but it sure will turn off conservatives.
What about Scott Walker?