Posted on 07/21/2015 3:35:39 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The next entrant into the GOP 2016 field risks being defined by his differences, not his conservative credentials.
COLUMBUS, Ohio—On a recent afternoon, John Kasich, the governor of Ohio, strode into the Republican Party's headquarters in Washington, looked around the packed lobby, and declared, "Who are all these people?"
These people were the media. And they were there for him.
With his blunt style, willingness to jab at the GOP base, and sterling establishment credentials—a former House Budget Committee chairman and a second-term governor of the most important state in presidential politics, for starters—Kasich has emerged as one of the press corps' favorite dark-horse contenders in 2016.
But as he prepares to launch his campaign for president Tuesday in Columbus, Kasich risks becoming the purveyor of hard truths that the press loves to print but the Republican Party base hates to read....
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He’s on worlds dumbest, the TV show, not kidding.
Hannity?
LOL
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