Follow the money!
Yes, money talks. But whoring oneself, as K is doing, takes its toll, even in politics.
Trump might offer Kasich a future position as the head of a Cabinet-level Department that DJT intends to eliminate completely.
And then there is this: Kasich will be in the D.C.-area for a full day of fundraising events. On Thursday, he will meet his National Security Advisory Group.
https://www.johnkasich.com/nationalsecuritygroup/
Governor John Kasich’s National Security Advisory Group draws upon some of America’s leading national security, foreign policy, cyber security and homeland security experts to advise the campaign on policy development related to their respective fields.
Richard V. Allen
Former National Security Advisor to President Reagan
Foreign Policy Advisor to Richard Nixon
Deputy Director, Council on International Economic Policy
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
Alvin “Buzzy” Krongard
Former Executive Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Chairman and CEO, Alex. Brown & Sons
Charles King Mallory, IV
National Security Policy Coordinator
Former Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary,
Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State
CEO, The Aspen Institute Germany
William Schneider, Jr.
Former Under Secretary of State
Chairman, Defense Science Board
Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget, Defense
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General Michael V. Hayden, USAF (Ret.)
Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Director, National Security Agency
The Hon. Pete Hoekstra
Former Member, US House of Representatives, MI
Chair, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
The Hon. Gordon J. Humphrey
Former Senator, NH,
Armed Services Committee, Foreign Relations Committee
The Hon. Jim Kolbe
Former Member, US House of Representatives, AZ
Chair, House Appropriations Subcommittee on
Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs
John F. Lehman, Jr.
Former U.S. Secretary of the Navy
The Hon. Trent Lott
Former Senator, MS, Majority Leader
Robert McFarlane
Former National Security Advisor to President Ronald Reagan
Tom Ridge
Former Governor of Pennsylvania
Secretary, Department of Homeland Security
The Hon. John E. Sununu
Former Senator, NH
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs,
Foreign Relations Committee
The Hon. Christopher Shays
Former Member, US House of Representatives, CT
Chairman, Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security
Homeland Security Committee
The Hon. Bob Walker
Former Member, US House of Representatives, PA
Deputy Chief Whip
Chairman, Committee on Science, Space and Technology
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Bruce E. Bechtol
Professor, Department of Security Studies and Criminal Justice
Angelo State University
George Beebe
Former Chief, Russia Analysis Group
Central Intelligence Agency
Catherine Bertini
Professor, Maxwell School, Syracuse University
Frank J. Cilluffo
Director, Center for Cyber and Homeland Security
George Washington University
Former Special Assistant to
President George W. Bush for Homeland Security
Carrie Cordero
Former Counsel, Assistant Attorney General for
National Security, Department of Justice
Joseph DeTrani
Ambassador, Former National Mission Manager,
Counterproliferation, North Korea
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Chuck Downs
Former Pentagon Official
Author, Over the Line: North Korea’s Negotiating Strategy
James P. Farwell
Author, Senior Advisor to Former U.S. Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich
Sumit Ganguly
Tagore Professor, Department of Political Science
Indiana University, Bloomington
Carol A. Haave
Former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for
Counterintelligence and Security
John Hewko
Former Vice President for Operations and Compact Development
Millennium Challenge Corporation
Gregory Hicks
Former Deputy Chief of Mission
U.S. Embassy, Libya
Bruce Hoffman
Director, Center for Security Studies, Security Studies Program
Georgetown University
Donald N. Jensen
Senior Fellow, Center for Transatlantic Relations
School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
David S. Maxwell
Associate Director, Center for Security Studies
School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Brig. General R. Tipton Osterthaler
USAF (Retired), Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
European and NATO Policy,
Vice Commander, Air Intelligence Agency
Jeffrey Phillips
Director of Congressional and Government Relations
International Republican Institute
Herman Pirchner, Jr.
President, American Foreign Policy Council
Everett Pyatt
Former Assistant Secretary of Navy (Shipbuilding & Logistics)
Samantha F. Ravich
Former Principal Deputy National Security Advisor to Vice President Cheney
Co-Chair, National Commission for the Review of Research & Development in the U.S. Intelligence Community
Mitchell Reiss
Ambassador, Former Director, Policy Planning, Department of State
David Satter
Author and former Moscow Correspondent, The Financial Times
Ted Schlein
Partner, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield, Byers
Joel E. Starr
Former Foreign and Military Affairs Counsel to Sen. James Inhofe and Congressman Thomas J. Campbell
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau for Legislative Affairs, Department of State
Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Legislative & Public Affairs, USAID
Capt. Rinehart Wilke, USN (Ret.)
Former Chief of Staff,
USS Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (CSG-12)
This only makes sense if you can write off campaign donations.