Kasich made his choice. He refused to endorse Trump for President despite signing a pledge to do so. He boycotted the GOP nominating convention despite it being held in Ohio. He did no campaigning for Trump. In sum, he did everything he could to defeat Trump.
Trump won Ohio by 1.5 million votes, i.e., 51.31% to 43.24%. Kasich is term limited. He has no future in the GOP. He cut himself out of the GOP. It is not a matter of the GOP finding a space for him and others like him, e.g., Jeb Bush.
“It is not a matter of the GOP finding a space for him and others like him, e.g., Jeb Bush.”
The problem is the media will give them platforms as elder, wiser Republicans to trash conservatives because they are not reaching across the aisle. They are future Gerald Fords.