Most of the rest of us understand the nation will not rise and fall on the issue of gay marriage.
Although Kasich has some qualifying attributes on his CV for this endeavor, IMO the only reason he was on that stage was because the event took place in Ohio, he is the Governor and the GOP is desperate to win that state this go round. Sorry but to me his participation was a big fat zero. Between the mailman (twice) and the gay marriage response his presence withered quite rapidly.