I agree that it is a trial balloon, and that balloon needs to be emphatically popped.
- Kasich supported and implemented Obamacare’s Medicare expansion http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/john-kasich-bible-medicaid_us_56140a54e4b022a4ce5fb1e3
- Kasich supports Amnesty for illegals. http://www.ontheissues.org/John_Kasich.htm
- Kasich voted for the “Assault” Weapons Ban. https://grabien.com/file.php?id=53463 and as of last year did not regret that vote
- Kasich dismissively said Christian bakers should “bake the cupcake” and participate in a gay parody of the sacrament of marriage, even if it violates their religious beliefs. https://www.frcaction.org/updatearticle/20160225/kasich-pushes
- Kasich supports Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/john-kasich-id-consider-nominating-merrick-garland-supreme-court-election-2016/
A Kasich pick would lead many people to question Trump’s sincerity, and that would cost far more than whatever minuscule gain there was in having such an ineffective campaigner on the ticket.
If you weren’t already questioning Trump’s sincerity on those issues, you weren’t paying attention.
-Trump praised socialized medicine many times
-Trump in 2012 said Romney’s self-deportation plan was too tough and told Fox & Friends we needed to give the “good” illegals legal status
-Trump supported banning assault weapons in his book
-Trump said “Kim Davis” needed to “follow the law” after she was jailed
I think Duncan Hunter would be a good choice.