As a citizen of Ohio, you are spot on. Ohio is a 50-50 state - and never to be taken for granted. Kasich is running again for governor this November, and I expect he will win. He also is neither true conservative nor true liberal, but a moderate. He has put our state in a good financial situation, but of course, like everyone I’ve voted for - he has his warts. I wish Portman would get primaried. The true evil we need to get rid of is Sherrod Brown.
Just wait until Ohio taxpayers start having to pay the cost of Medicaid expansion...thanks to that “great executive” Kasich.
http://www.redstate.com/2014/03/24/gov-john-kasich-obamacare-medicaid-expansion-conservative/
And he bypassed the State legislature’s vote against it, to do it.
Kasich is as slimy as any Democrat.
It has always occurred to me that a "good financial situation" can only come about by free markets. Free markets need to have a predictable system of laws. Free markets do better with lower taxes.
Kasich has pushed for controlled and managed markets by advocating his unconstitutional "Jobs Ohio" plan where the state of Ohio, with all of the force of law behind it, takes tax payer dollars to invest in private companies. This what they do in China not in free markets.
How about when (like Obama)he unilaterally pushed through Medicaid expansion against the vote of the legislature?
How about when he advocated hiking taxes on oil and gas drilling? Was that good for free markets or the economy of Ohio?
Kasich is far worse than a "moderate". He is an extreme statist to rival even Obama himself. He believes that government can solve our problems and the more power it has, the more effective it can be.