I may feel different after I talk to old friends in Ohio, but today I think I could vote for Kasich with a clear conscious.
Kasich is doing all he can to wipe out conservatives in Ohio. He has personally recruited liberals to run against incumbent conservatives in the state legislature. He did an “executive action” slamming Obama’s Medicaid Expansion through, despite the fact the Republican state legislature had expressly voted against this. Kasich has allied himself with the corrupt unions in Ohio and gotten money from them to target Tea Party candidates for defeat. Kasich is awful. I gave him a good amount of money in his run for governor. I would now rather have a Democrat than Kasich. I expect a Democrat to do this totalitarian stuff. I don’t want it from a Republican.
I am in Ohio and actually, I can’t even form an opinion of him as a presidential candidate. One thing I know - even the DEMS in this state like him, as evidenced by the voting on November 4th. Does this mean he is a RINO? In some ways - yes, but, to be honest - a governor and a president should represent all the people - not just one party. Kasich has some conservative values, but he does what he feels is best, and lets the chips fall where they may. He’s no Ted Cruz, but he’s far better than Jeb, Christie and a few others who might throw their hat in the ring.
As usual,I take a wait and see attitude.