Fences always have to be mended. Look for Trump to tap Kasich for VP. He’s a good party foot soldier and he knows everybody in Congress and how it all works. He will be valuable in helping shepherd Trump’s agenda through the legislature and he will be the tie break vote in the Senate.
Trump also needs to win OH in the general. That’s where it got stolen from Romney in 2012.
Joe Biden is living proof that the VP can be the village idiot and not impact the election. It only matters if the President is incapacitated or worse during his term. THEN, you want a strong VP to step in. Dick Cheney would be the best example I can think of in my lifetime.
While winning OH may be a good reason for choosing Kasich, you could apply that logic to a lot of other people and states. I think that logic applies to Cruz and carrying the south (Not saying Trump should have to pick either of these).
I have long said that, for the number of people and leaders we have in our nation of 300 million, the bench of candidates seems pathetically shallow. It would not surprise me at all for Trump to pull from a completely different pool of talent. I have no doubt he has the resources to find the best folks to work with him.
Kasich is pure Establishment and embraces Common Core.
I can’t see how Trump would pick an establishment lackey like Kasich - he would be another GHWBush pick.