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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Hmmm. Could be.
That would cue us up for left-wing refugee rule in 4-8 years. That guy is noxious
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As soon as John Kasich is hit with negative ads, he will drop like a rock in the polls against Crooked Hillary Clinton. I will win!
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Kasich would be the best nominee, if one cared about winning, and, incidentally, governing the country. And don’t give me this RINO Establishment crap, Trumpies. Trump isn’t conservative enough to call anyone a RINO.
I haven’t fully knocked this around my head, but it would not be a terrible way to go (assuming there isn’t some no brainer reason not to - which there very well could be - might be very obvious - I know Kasich is the enemy but .... Trump does have to win the election after all) ... my concern would be that Trump could encounter a Scalia problem a couple years in and then we’re back where we started.
Did he mean Kucinich?
Nope, a good percentage of the conservative wing of the party would NOT support such a ticket.
Yeah pick one of the two losers you said sucked.
Uniparty agitprop wet dream propaganda piece.
Maybe that’s the way it plays out. We’ll find out soon enough.
Kasich knows how to win Ohio and was born in PA. Would seem a strong VP candidate but who knows.
Good grief! Schumer? Kasich?
Did I just wake up in freaking bizzaro world?
These guyz are as liberal progressive as they come. Schumer being a heartbeat from the presidency if something unfortunate happened to the president, would be as bad if not worse than Hillary.
Please tell the folks you forgot the sarcasm tag.
Kasich has promised to pass amnesty for illegals in the first 100 days. He would be a terrible choice for VP and a worse choice for president. Well, maybe a good VP pick for Hillary.
Horrible idea. Worse than the Bush mistake that Reagan made in ‘80. Awful pick. Just awful.
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Trump will flip on this, too. Just wait. At least Kasich can win, and prevent a Pres Clinton.
Kasich is a worse choice for Trump than GHW Bush was for Reagan.
No way.
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