Kasich Hits Campaign Trail in New Hampshire, Claiming Record of “Fixing Things”

Ohio Governor John Kasich has announced that he is running for the Republican nomination in the USA presidential race.

“I am here to ask you for your prayers, your support, your efforts because I have decided to run for president of the United States”, Kasich said in his announcement speech at his alma mater.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who on Tuesday became the newest addition to the Republican presidential field, looked ahead to a potential general election matchup with Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

But (and there’s always a but), Kasich is arguably one of the field’s most moderate candidates, which could hurt him in the primary: He was one of the few Republican governors to expand Medicaid under President Obama’s Affordable Care Act, and he has said he’s open to a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. “And I’m not really all that interested in party, ideology, any of that other stuff”. New Day for America, the tax-exempt organization that has so far financed Mr. Kasich’s travels, said it had issued tickets for about 4,400.

Harry Enten at FiveThirtyEight thinks Kasich may be doomed to follow in former Utah governor and 2012 presidential candidate Jon Huntsman’s unfortunate steps.

Some political analysts say Kasich might appeal to Republican voters concerned about the country’s chronic government budget deficits. “The sun is going to rise to the zenith in America again”, he said.

Kasich made it clear that he’ll continue talking about his business experience on the campaign trail because he met people including the founders of Google and learned what it takes to create jobs.

With that record as a budget balancer, Kasich has traveled the country to advocated for a convention of the states to enact a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

“Think about the troubles that many of our African Americans still face today in a world where we have worked to provide equal rights and opportunities”, he implored the audience. “And if you don’t get in those, you nearly never start your campaign in terms of the national audience”. “If you’re mentally ill, prison is no place for you, some treatment and some help is where you need to be”, he added.

Although Mr Kasich is a strong candidate on paper – he’s a popular governor in a key Midwestern state – he’s entering the race relatively late in the game and barely registers in the polls. It’s his second run for the White House.

“Kasich For Us.” That is Gov. John Kasich’s slogan as he makes a run for the G.O.P. nomination for president but what would it mean for the Miami Valley to have Kasich in the Oval Office? His poll numbers are so low that he risks not being invited to the first GOP debate on August 6.

As for his political career, Kasich was a state senator, wowing the nation by getting elected at the age of 26. “Unless you are part of the 1 percent, Kasich is not your friend”.