Kasich was making the morning show rounds giddy with excitement over the prospect of losing this race to the Democrats just because it could be used to damage the President. He even said the rally the President had was depressing GOP turnout in the district.
I remember when the 2016 Republican convention was held in Cleveland and Kasich not only did not attend, he didn’t even give a welcoming message to the convention bringing business and money to the state in which he was Governor. I can’t remember a time when this level of rudeness occurred during a convention - I remember in 1980, Mayor Coleman Young of Detroit graciously welcoming the Republican convention which nominated Reagan - Young wasn’t a great guy, prob. corrupt, but he at least had the decency to welcome the opposition party who brought a ton of business and recognition to his city.