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Townhall
John Kasich:
Religious Con-Servative
Arthur Schaper
Aug 29, 2015
Ohio Governor John Kasich achieved some remarkable accomplishments as a
Republican in a swing state. Unfortunately, much of what he is running
on today undermines any good he did. A Republican’s Republican two
decades ago, Kasich the Congressman and Presidential candidate was the
fiscal watchdog outsider that never caught the national spirit in 2000.
John McCain would soar on his real maverick roots, squeaking past
George W. Bush, but felt the Rove crush in South Carolina. Like McCain,
Kasich would have maintained a better following – and been a better
President – if elected in 2000. That was not to be, and he is not to be
this time around, either.
His second shot at the national limelight began in 2010, elected Ohio’s
Governor during the Tea Party’s Great Awakening. He set to work
balancing the state’s budget, cutting the spending and trimming the
unwelcome leaven. He tried to out-Walker Scott Walker, and pushed for
collective bargaining reforms including police officers and
fire-fighters.
Sadly, he lost that fight. Timing is everything in politics, including
necessary political reforms. Kasich’s decision to follow Walker’s Act
10 with his heavier spin ended a major effort which could have
succeeded with better coordination, much like his first Presidential
run in 1999. What would anyone expect trying to pick the same fight,
with the international union hordes just a few states away? Walker
caught the unions off guard, but they geared up quickly to squelch
Kasich’s agenda...
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