As Kasich takes stage, Democrats push back against claims

Chris Kelley, a political scientist at Miami University in Butler County, said the candidates need to attract early support from enthusiasts who will get involved in their campaigns and help fire up support in a state that history says Republicans need to reach the White House — none has without carrying Ohio. Not surprisingly, Democrats at a pre-debate event today were candid and blunt about just how misleading the governor’s narrative of him saving Ohio is. “You’re asking for trouble”, he said. “It is the great equalizer”, she said. But Democrats said there are nuances to Ohio’s jobs climate that Kasich does not discuss, such as state job growth lagging the national average.

“It tells me that he is a judicial supremacist and believes that the court has final say on all issues”.

With the presidential candidate debate season kicking off in Cleveland, Ohio Gov. John Kasich could find himself in the hot seat Thursday night.

Seen as more moderate than some in his party, he has supported Common Core educational standards, opening pathways to citizenship for immigrants living in the US without permission, higher taxes on the oil and gas industries, and expanding the federal Medicaid program under the Affordable Care Act. Ted Cruz and also likes Kentucky Sen.

-When referring to the Mexican government and illegal immigration, Donald Trump said, “They send the bad ones over”. “They should not look for theatrics; they should not look for coarse or incendiary language to equate to leadership”.

Santorum, like Jindal, also said that one of the first actions he would take as president would be to issue an executive order protecting religious liberty.

“He knows how to use television, and he’s got a good story”, Rove said. “So never mention another candidate”.

Despite Ohio’s purple-state reputation, much of the state is made up of rural counties and wealthy prosperous suburban areas that lean GOP, whose voters’ reliable turnout has given Republicans the historic edge in governors’ races.

“These are people running for the most important office in the world”, he said. So if one of my daughters happened to be that, of course I would love them and I would accept them.

Members of the “B” team might elevate their stature. He expects Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., to be dining with the adults after his performance.

“She represents the third failed term of the Obama presidency”, he said. “They are people who have competed before and have debated and are not afraid to throw bombs, and they are unlikely to throw them at each other as much as throw them at people in the later debate”. Rick Santorum, former New York Gov. George Pataki and former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore.

With so many candidates, debate success will be relative.

“Those same policies that have been enacted here will hurt Americans nationwide if any one of these candidates became president”, said Kaptur, of Toledo.

Perkins continued by arguing that Kasich was “out of place”, being in the primetime debate.

“There’s kind of an offhand manner to him that I think a lot of voters really like”.

Shine is no fan of the short-answer format.