Ohio Gov. John Kasich Virtually Certain to Run for President: Sources

abcnews.com ^ | 05/17/2015 | Jonathan Karl

[GIdget2004]

John Kasich is “virtually certain” to jump into the race for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, sources close to the Ohio governor tell ABC News.

[grania]

he's done a good job bringing OH back

Not for the people who live here. He's starved local budgets and rewarded mightily his corporate and construction buddies. He totally ignored the state legislature with a bizarre bypass maneuver to implement expanded Medicaid.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Kasich has no chance. Stay in Ohio.

[JPG]

[iowamark]

Now 16 of them:

Former Governor Jeb Bush (Florida)
Dr. Ben Carson (Florida)
Governor Chris Christie (New Jersey)
US Senator Ted Cruz (Texas)
Businesswoman Carly Fiorina (Virginia)
US Senator Lindsey Graham (South Carolina)
Forrmer Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (Florida)
Governor Bobby Jindal (Louisiana)
Governor John Kasich (Ohio)
Former Governor George Pataki (New York)
US Senator Rand Paul (Kentucky)
Former Governor Rick Perry (Texas)
US Senator Marco Rubio (Florida)
Former US Senator Rick Santorum (Pennsylvania)
Donald Trump (New York)
Governor Scott Walker (Wisconsin)

[sitetest]

This is a small positive. He’ll take a few votes from Jeb.

[maine-iac7]

I'd wager that most of the "robust field of Republican hopefuls" are stepping in to marginalize the chances of Cruz and Walker rather than any sense of conservatism. Cruz and Walker (especially Cruz) has all who love government tyranny shaking in their boots. Time for us to redouble the building of volunteer structure and opening our wallets...

BINGO

[bonehead4freedom]

We sure get the pick of the litter here in Ohio! Taft,Dewine,Voinovich,Portman,and now Kasich! Take Nancy Reagan’s advice and just say NO!

[TexasFreeper2009]

Ive never seen a primary like this one in my entire life.

[ErnBatavia]

In the VP slot, he might be able to deliver swing Ohio though.

[circlecity]

Another weak sister to spread out the RINO vote. Welcome to the party John.......

[conservativejoy]

I read he was a big Obamacare guy, also not good on illegal immigration.

[LostInBayport]

Looks like Jeb Bush, the idiot, has a lock. Any conservative may get five percent.

This is what worries me. Sixteen candidates...SO FAR...it increases the chance of RINO Jeb doing like Bill Clinton and winning the primary with a plurality.

A wild example, assuming everyone charts because their home state votes for them...when the dust settles Cruz has 21%, Rubio 8%, Huckabee 3%, Fiorina 2%, Paul 8%, Walker 20%, Kasich 2%, Carson 3%, Perry 2%, Miss Lindsey .005% etc., etc., etc. and Jeb squeaks by with something like 25%.

The endless parade of candidates is only increasing the odds of this in my opinion. It could go the other way and allow Cruz or Walker to rise to the top, but the primary rules vary in states. Basically, this all makes me very uneasy!

[Iscool]

Good...He won’t be collecting any Cruz votes...Maybe he can steal a few from Bush...

[TribalPrincess2U]

What’s going on?

Are the demoncRATS out there trying to convince every
John, Jeb, and Marco to run on the R party, for obvious reasons?

[fieldmarshaldj]

Then again, it might be better for every John Q. Rino to run so they don’t take votes from the legitimate Conservatives.

[krunkygirl]

Sorry Gov, waste of time...

[SunkenCiv]

Here are the hopefuls, by party, some have declared, there may be some I've forgotten to list, I've boldfaced my favorites and put strikes through the unacceptable candidates (that could grow):

• Ben Carson [declared]
• Bobby Jindal (gov of LA)
• Carly Fiorina [declared]
• Chris Christie (gov of NJ)
• Donald Trump
• Jeb Bush
• John Kasich (gov of OH)
• Lindsey Graham
• Marco Rubio [declared]
• Mike Huckabee [declared]
• Rick Perry
• Rick Santorum
• Sarah Palin
• Scott Walker
• Ted Cruz [declared]

other possible candidates:

• Brian Sandoval
• Kelly Ayotte
• Mike Pence
• Mitch Daniels
• Nikki Haley (gov of SC)
• Peter King
• Susana Martinez (gov of NM)

Demwits (2 declared, rest possible or probable):

• Bernie Sanders (I-VT) [declared]
• Bill A.K.A. DeBlasio
• Elizabeth Warren
• Hillary Clinton [declared]
• Martin O'Malley
• Rand Paul [declared]

other possible candidates:

• Amy Klobuchar
• Andrew Cuomo
• Brian Schweitzer
• Dennis Kucinich
• Jim Webb
• Joe Biden
• Kirsten Gillibrand
• Lincoln Chafee
• Mark Warner

[edpc]

I do live in OH. The Medicaid stance is one of the government roles (that I disagree with) to which I was referring. Keep in mind, I’m a refugee from The People’s Republic of Maryland. Kasich is far and away better as a governor than what I fled and arrived to with Strickland.

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

He’ll drop out after he peels away enough “home state pride” votes in the Ohio primary to hand the splintered vote percentage victory to Jeb in the winner take all primary.

His reward will be the Veep slot on the ticket.

[TribalPrincess2U]

Since not everyone can see RINOs, that would not be good. It would take votes away from Cruz. If all Conservatives were on the same page, it might be different, IMHO. :)