Peter J. You said:
In the meantime if, say, in such-and-such state Kasich gets 25% of the vote, Cruz 35%, and Trump 40%, then Trump wins it. Granted, voters might say “This candidate has no chance of winning. I won’t vote for him because I want my vote to count.” but they also might not.
Yes you are certainly correct.
I think this “no chance of winning” for Kasich is why all the pundits are musing that Kasich is delusional, megalomaniacal, or “tag-teaming” with Trump in some sense (i.e. auditioning to be Trump’s VP nominee pick).
Considering Kasich has said, he absolutely positively would NOT be anyone’s VP nominee under any circumstance, and assuming Kasich is telling the truth, Kasich should drop out for the good of the party. Kasich should drop out even for the good of the country first and quit embarrassing himself in this race.
As we move East though, Kasich MAY actually siphon some votes away from Trump in Cruz’s favor in some states.
Cruz is clearly the “Constitutional Conservative”.
Trump is obviously the “populist”.
Both Cruz and Trump are in some sense “insurgents” and both are in some sense Washington insiders.
Cruz by virtue of his Senate seat, Trump by virtue of his “I give money to all of them (politicians) and they do things for me” relationships with long-standing Washington politicians, especially the liberals/progressives.
Kasich in my opinion, is clearly the “Establishment Candidate” remaining but again, I don’t think the “Establishment” ultimately WANTS Kasich because he has poor name recognition and seems like a weak money raiser. I am not saying they would “reject” Kasich, I am just saying they do not prefer him.
Establishment Republicans might even sacrifice Kasich for a Hillary victory (attempting to keep control of the Party’s reigns).
Kasich at times tries to distance himself from the “Establishment” label because the voters are so fed up with “Washington Establishment” politicians that push Globalism policies over American citizens.
Kasich tries to label himself as non-establishment at the debates for example).
I don’t believe it for a variety of reasons, below is just one.
This was interesting (at least to me).
The other night Bret Baier was interviewing John Kasich and matter-of-factly Baier discussed the
lack of appeal to the American public with an Establishment candidate in a manner that ASSUMES Kasich to be the “Establishment candidate”.
You can see it
here beginning at about 2:47 into the video segment.
At this point if Kasich REALLY thought of himself as anti-establishment or at least NON establishment, you would expect Kasich to reply to Baier saying something like: “Well that may be so Bret, but I am NOT “Washington Establishment”. (But Kasich IS Washington establishment)
But Kasich responds nothing like that.
**Kasich DENIES the American public is fed-up with Washington Establishment policies! **
(In this context and considering what Kasich has said before, I found that amazing)
Then Kasich tries to say
polls are not important, but only seconds earlier in this exact same interview Kasich was citing . . . . (you guessed it) . . . . Michigan exit
polls as part of his reasoning for staying in the race!
Kasich of course IS Establishment Washington.
Kasich is a Global Authority guy. A Global Warming Guy (which in “today-speak” is part of the same as a “Global Authority guy” in my opinion).
Kasich when he was in Congress, supported and helped Bill Clinton pass the Clinton Gun Ban regulation (or so called “Assault Weapons Ban” which was based in large part on the “appearance” of certain fire arms).
(
Cruz needs to point THIS Kasich-Gun-Banning out frequently to the people of Wisconsin!)
Kasich after his time in Washington went and worked in a high-ranking position in a Global Banking firm that went bankrupt and cost US taxpayers incalculable dollars in TARP money.
Kasich publicly rebuked Kim Davis on the religious liberty issue.
Kasich has his abortion “exceptions”.
Kasich favors “Common Core”.
And on and on and on. Kasich is a virtual walking “Washington Republican Establishment Platform”.
It is CLEAR Kasich is a Washington Establishment guy. An uninspiring one, but an “Establishment guy” never the less.
So it was REALLY interesting (to me at least) when Baier asked him about America and their frustration with Washington Establishment people
Kasich denied America is mad at the Washington Establishment!
But how could anybody think that? Just look at ANY Congressional approval poll.
Even the Democrats are frustrated with THEIR Democrat Establishment people too.
Is Kasich REALLY this out of touch with how everyday Americans think? Or was he telling “stretchers”? Or in all fairness, maybe the question just slipped by him.
Keep all of this in the back of your mind the next time you hear Kasich try to claim he is NOT “Establishment Washington”.
