Posted on 04/23/2016 7:08:56 PM PDT by MaxistheBest
John Kasich has enough delegates that he can probably put Donald Trump over the top if Trump doesn't win the Republican presidential nomination on the first ballot at the party's convention in Cleveland this summer.
That's reason enough for Trump to put the Ohio governor on his ticket. In fact, he would do well to magnanimously throw the vice presidential nomination open to the convention with the knowledge that his own delegates would secure the spot for Kasich.
But pure palace intrigue is the least of the reasons that the GOP front-runner should run with Kasich. The governor comes from a swing state that Republicans must win to take the presidency, he has crossover appeal with Democrats who watched the Republican debates and mistakenly thought he won every one, he's got both executive and legislative experience and, most important, his selection would signal to both the establishment wing of the GOP and the general electorate that Trump is serious about governing.
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Absolutely! I could get behind that P/VP ticket myself.
No way.
Trump/Sanders!
Yeah, that’s the ticket.
I think you have been drinking tonite. Kasich is a poster child for the Cheap Labor Express.
Trump with Jan Brewer would help with the women vote.
She was the Governor of a Border state, AZ, which is doubly good.
Saddling Trump with Kasish is a last ditch Establishment effort trying to pull victory from the jaws of defeat.
The argument for Kasick as VP is the same argument that gave us George HW Bush. We have been paying for that mistake for decades.
No more Liberal Republicans!
Can you imagine there VP debate? Would Kasich be the Bolshevik or Menshevik?
Fuek No
Trump could have him involuntarily committed after they win the election because the guy is delusional among other things.
The guy that wants to grant amnesty to illegals in his first 100 days, and tells Christian bakers to get over it and bake gay wedding cakes?
Think about Rubio vs Kasich in the context of driving Trump’s legislation thru Congress. While Kasich has more years in DC, Rubio rose to Speaker of the FL House and I think he is better liked and more able to get things done. There are many other factors, obviously.
Besides, we need Kasich running the postal service...
Don’t let that soft spoken Grandpa act fool you. Kasich is a hard ass prick bought and paid for Free Trade politician..
I’ve heard some suggest a Trump/Sanders ticket to beat Hillary.
Kasich is a has been. Why is he running, other than to fulfill his father’s mail carrier dreams?
“I’ve heard some suggest a Trump/Sanders ticket to beat Hillary.”
Who? Not even the GOPe would go for that.
“Trump/Sanders ticket”
No thanks.
Kasich’s a POS and a snooze fest. I stopped voting a long time ago and it’s going to take the likes of Thomas Jefferson to get me back to the voting booth.
That said, I still think the dream ticket is Trump-Giuliani.
To hell with lefty liberal swine Kasich.
--WIndflier
Trump’s not a conservative hard-liner on the same-sex marriage and tranny stuff for sure.
They could agree to disagree on deportation like Bush and Cheney did on same-sex marriage.
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