Wow Kasich may be the thorn in the side of the Tea-GOP. But he may also be their only hope for 2016

[kelliekat44]

http://news.yahoo.com/ohio-governor-john-kasich-steals-the-show-at-republican-governors-meeting-002905505.html?

[LonePirate]

1. Kasich will never survive the Tea Party litmus test known as the Republican presidential primaries.

[rurallib]

4. based on riverlover's post below

I am persuaded to believe Kasich may be a real sleeper. Tea baggers may grumble and piss and moan, but they will do as they are told in the end. At least I believe they will. With enough of that Koch money they will fall in line.

[RiverLover]

2. He is completely purchased by Koch & friends, and he's likeable

He's dangerous.

I hope you're right about the teabaggers not liking him & that being enough for him not to win nomination.

He'll appeal to independents because he talks reasonably. However his actions aren't, other than accepting medicare expansion for the state. He also has the local press in his pocket.

I really think he may end up being our next president. It's NOT a good feeling. He is anti-union, anti-teachers, anti-environment, anti-anything that is progressive.

http://columbusfreepress.com/article/10-ways-kasich-hurts-ohioans

[rurallib]

3. well that about made me puke

I knew he was a super asshole, but it seems I underestimated him by a long shot.

I thought Walker would be the Koch golden boy front in their purchase of the White House, but you may be right. Kasich seems like he may be brighter, shinier with fewer dents.

[belzabubba333]

8. the press is in the back pocket of every republican

[Botany]

5. Ohio here

Kasich will be the nominee in 2015 ..... BTW he is really nasty, a founding member
of ALEC, supported and propped up by Fox, and he found a way to sell all of the
profits of liquor sales to himself and his Wall Street/Banker buddies by borrowing
money against the back end of the deal.

[RiverLover]

6. Also in Ohio, where K's for radioactive waste going into landfills & froze renewable energy programs

The man is truly a nightmare.

[Botany]

7. When he was w/Lehman Brothers he sold the State of Ohio Employees Retirement Fund .......

.... $480,000,000. of bad paper and made God only knows how much in commissions and
then as governor he complained that the fund didn't have enough money in it.

I have personally know John for years although I haven't seen him since he became governor
and he always been nice to me but he is a nasty bag of work who is all about making the
rich and pwerful even more so.

[RiverLover]

9. I'm new to the state, and didn't know any of that. OMG What a piece of work... ~nt

[Botany]

10. The media has Kasich's back big time and don't really report his scams.

BTW his dad was a union member as letter carrier for the Post Office in PA
so the food on his plate and the roof over his head and a good chance some of
the $ for his undergraduate work @ Ohio State U. came from union wages and
benefits ..... When he was at OSU he was a big time supporter of the war in
Vietnam but as far John joining up and going to the war that wasn't ever going
to happen.

[kelliekat44]

12. As this info gets traction, that may be nail in his election hopes. He is shrewd. Hope the HRC

folks are preparing for him to be the main contender.

[RiverLover]

11. kick