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Ohio: John Kasich filing for guv today
The Swamp Politics ^ | 05/01/09 | Mark Silva

Posted on 05/01/2009 2:13:20 PM PDT by Big_Monkey

It's getting to be that time again:

The 2010 elections are right around the corner, and they're going to get pretty interesting in some of the most heavily contested states and congressional districts next year.

In Ohio, Republican John Kasich, a former longtime congressman and also commentator for FOX News Channel, plans to file papers today for a bid for governor, according to a well-placed source.

Republicans wanted Kasich to run in 2006, he demurred, but has been planting the seeds for 2010 since them - in March 2008, he suggested that Ohio's income tax should be "phased out.'' He served last year as honorary chairman of "Recharge Ohio,'' a group committed to finding leaders who could "get our state back on track.''

Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland presides over a state that the Democrats were able to corral for the election of President Barack Obama last year, a state which nevertheless has undergone extreme pressure in the recession now underway even before it was a recognized recession. How Ohio plays in 2010 will speak volumes about what Ohioans make of the Democratic strategy for economic recovery.

Kasich already is on the circuit: He served as the keynote speaker at the Richland County Republican Lincoln Day over the weekend and at a Columbiana County GOP dinner this week.

(Excerpt) Read more at swamppolitics.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: foxnewschannel; governor; johnkasich; kasich; kenblackwell; oh2010; ohio; republican; strickland
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To: mbraynard
Incidentally, my favorite part is when Def says to Hitchens,

"You don't have to cast my thought process into dispersion

Classic.

41 posted on 05/01/2009 5:37:36 PM PDT by Big_Monkey
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To: Big_Monkey

I’m sure Kasich would appreciate your donations.

http://www.kasichforohio.com/


42 posted on 05/01/2009 5:48:35 PM PDT by Loyal Buckeye
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To: Big_Monkey
He's an honest and decent guy. He got out of DC before things went all screwy. He is an original anti-deficit guy, and the Penny-Kasich bill bears his name.

It would be hard to find any reason for even the most anal twits around here not get behind him 100%.

43 posted on 05/01/2009 5:52:38 PM PDT by mbraynard (You are the Republican Party. See you at the precinct meeting.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Kasich is running for Governor now so the issue is irrelevant.

His character isn't irrelevant. Not to me anyway. And it isn't like a governor wouldn't have an effect on the state gun laws. Since we've enacted CCW, there's been a few attempts to soften it and all have failed. I have no reason to believe that the gun control forces will just go away and Kasich has already proven he's 'negotiable'.

44 posted on 05/01/2009 6:01:49 PM PDT by Kent C
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To: Big_Monkey

But isn’t he a supporter of illegal immigration?


45 posted on 05/01/2009 6:04:47 PM PDT by Theodore R. (GWB is gone: Now the American sheeple can sleep at night!)
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To: Theodore R.
"But isn’t he a supporter of illegal immigration?

I really don't know. But, as governor of Ohio, they'll only immigration issues he'll have to worry about are drunk Canadians at Put-in-Bay.

46 posted on 05/01/2009 6:06:04 PM PDT by Big_Monkey
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To: Big_Monkey
I would fully support you decision to not vote for Kasich based upon the Weapons Ban fiasco alone, but only if there was someone else with a shot of winning as great as Kasich's.

I played that game in the 2008 Prez election. As Jim Rob said in another thread - No More! I'll actively campaign against Kasich. I'm about as 'pragmatic' on this issue as some are on the pro-Life issue - iow, not pragmatic at all. Perhaps you'll understand that too. John Kasich (and his type) is exactly what's wrong with the Republican Party today.

47 posted on 05/01/2009 6:13:27 PM PDT by Kent C
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To: Big_Monkey

Mark Steyn would be one of those rare people who would counter Hitchens to a standstill.


48 posted on 05/01/2009 7:25:29 PM PDT by princeofdarkness ("Obama Lied. Liberty, Morality, and Prosperity Died.")
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To: Big_Monkey

Love Kasich. Hope he does well.


49 posted on 05/01/2009 7:36:58 PM PDT by GVnana
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To: Ronaldus Magnus; 383rr

Well, I see the so-called republicans in OheilO didn’t learn a thing from the last two elections. The country club repugs like Taft are still running things. Another RHINO who’ll ensure a dem landslide.


50 posted on 05/01/2009 7:38:35 PM PDT by The Ghost of Rudy McRomney (Stuck Between Barack and a Hard Place.)
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To: princeofdarkness
"Mark Steyn would be one of those rare people who would counter Hitchens to a standstill.

Steyn, Sowell, Buckley (the dead one)and I think Gingrich could all better Hitchens. But, that's about it. I think that Buchanan, Liddy and Alan Keyes are all Hitchens' intellectual equals, but they've moved into the kook category just a little too far to be taken seriously anymore.

Hitchens is a Marxist, but at least he recognizes the dangers of the Islamic jihadists.

51 posted on 05/01/2009 7:47:14 PM PDT by Big_Monkey
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To: Kent C

the desire for a 100% pure candidate is not going to be healthy for this party. Purity is not a possibility in politics. No President, Congressman, Governor or Mayor are going to do everything in alignment with a political philosophy. If a large portion demands only candidates who are in agreement on every single vote along their career, we are going to disqualify most decent candidates. Kasich brings the fiscal responsibility this party needs to return to and he would be great for Ohio and for Ohio’s prospects in national elections. We can turn away from him, let Strickland win and let the state slide further in line with the Democratic party, or we can get a fiscal conservative elected governor who would do wonders to advance that philospophy to Ohioans and to the nation.


52 posted on 05/01/2009 8:30:16 PM PDT by ilgipper
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To: Big_Monkey

Right now Blackwell is hailed as a true conservative hero here. Should Blackwell decide to run for another office, expect some posters to call him a “dirty” RINO for endorsing Steele for RNC Chair.


53 posted on 05/01/2009 8:44:24 PM PDT by yongin
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To: ilgipper

bingo!


54 posted on 05/01/2009 8:48:05 PM PDT by NYC Republican (This Too Shall Pass- in 8 years.. how much destruction will they create?)
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To: Big_Monkey

Oh thank the LORD!!!


55 posted on 05/01/2009 8:48:17 PM PDT by bonfire
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To: ilgipper
the desire for a 100% pure candidate is not going to be healthy for this party.

I don't think it is 'asking for purity' to uphold the Constitution. There are certain policies that if someone is going to call themselves a Republican (or run under that label) that they should stand firm on - lower taxes, lower spending, smaller gov't, and the respect for the three main individual rights of Life, Liberty and Property.

From there, they can wing it as far as I'm concerned but they better have all of those at the front of their mind whenever proposing or voting on legislation. If they don't, I don't support them and frankly, I don't think that's asking that much. Their votes might not always win and I can accept that as part of the process, but if they don't even try or cave, then I have no use for them.

56 posted on 05/01/2009 9:04:44 PM PDT by Kent C
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To: Big_Monkey
I really like Kasich and before any negative nannies start in, I'll say I may not agree 100% with him, but he is a good guy, speaks well, has the credentials, and he's a stud.

I'll be supporting him....

57 posted on 05/01/2009 9:13:02 PM PDT by cherry
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To: ilgipper
Good post. It is the only way that we will ever have any control in our government
58 posted on 05/01/2009 9:17:41 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: Big_Monkey
Yeah, that was pretty awesome.

Mos Def is a retard.

59 posted on 05/01/2009 9:19:28 PM PDT by mbraynard (You are the Republican Party. See you at the precinct meeting.)
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To: Big_Monkey

I have always like John.


60 posted on 05/01/2009 9:42:51 PM PDT by Frantzie ("Remember when Bush was President & Americans had jobs?")
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