Ohio Governor John Kasich became the umpteenth republican to join the race to be their party's nominee for the Presidency in 2016 touting his ability to beat Democrats in a right-leaning swing state, though how this would translate into his beating Democrats in blue states or other swing states he didn't say.
Kasich faces an uphill struggle as he's polling around 1% and isn't well known outside of political geeks and the good folks of the state of Ohio. There are those who think Kasich may be the best candidate republicans have (considering the field, that's really not saying that much) because he's somewhat moderate (Kasich accepted Obamacare's Medicaid expansion) and often talks about our duty to help the poor. Unfortunately for Kasich, Think Progress was right there to remind us that Kasich ran in 2010 as a Tea Party candidate and is your typical conservative, and Digby was also there to tell us that if Donald Trump had chosen not to run. Kasich would be the front runner for the biggest nutjob in the race.
Combine that with Ohio's lackluster economy under Kasich's command, and you have yourself another bozo who will not be the next President of the United States..
Alas, Kasich is probably the last major republican to announce for the Presidency, depriving us all of the opportunity to say to ourselves, "Ooh, another republican candidate--wonder how incompetent this dipshit is?"
Good times.
Peace,
emaycee
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