Kasich takes campaign to Alabama, hints major announcement
Kasich said that Republicans “allowed themselves to be put in a box”, and that conservatism “is giving everybody a chance to be successful”. The state of Ohio acted legally in withholding records documenting threats against Republican Gov. John Kasich from a political blogger who requested them, the Ohio Supreme Court said Wednesday, August 27, 2014.
“That’s the way Reagan was”, he added, referring to former President Ronald Reagan.
“I just have a heart for people who have been disabled or disadvantaged”, he said.
Kasich also said that he felt that it was wrong to keep people with mental health issues in jail, instead of treating them. “I mean, that’s common sense”.
The endorsement from the chief executive of a Southern state comes as Kasich has been rising in New Hampshire polls since he announced his presidential bid July 21.
“Look, I think, no matter what your position is on the issue, you have to respect for people”, he said on CNN. He said that exceptions to banning abortions for rape, incest, and the life of the mother are “reasonable”, and that “we focus too much on this one issue”.
“I think (abortion) is an important issue, but I think there’s many other issues that are really critical”. Early childhood. Infant mortality.
Kasich hit Obama for not leaving a base in Iraq when he pulled out combat troops in 2011.
“I think ISIS has risen, frankly, because there’s been nobody over there to stop them”, he said.
“And I think he’s going to take all of us with him, if we don’t watch it”.