Trump, Kasich plan campaign visits to metro Atlanta

“They look at our campaign, and they think maybe hope’s just around the corner, Kasich said”.

Kasich would be the first presidential candidate this year to take advantage of Speaker David Ralston’s policy that any candidate who visits Georgia is welcome to address the House.

“What more could I do here?” he said. Sanders (44 percent) leads Cruz (42 percent) but lags behind Rubio, 46 percent to Sanders’ 42 percent; Kasich 44 percent to 41 percent; and Trump 44 percent to 43 percent.

Jeb Bush began his presidential run as the “joyful warrior”, but he has been dragged into the mudslinging with Trump.

That’s partially because between today and March 15, 22 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico will have held their respective primaries and caucuses, but it’s also because in the high tech world of today’s politics the campaigns and their Super PACs don’t have to take a buckshot approach to hitting their target but laser in on their likely voters.

His maturity on stage apparently resonated with viewers.

Still, he received less than 2 percent of the vote in the Iowa caucus, and polls have shown him trailing the pack in SC. “I just believe it’s going to work and I keep chugging right along”, Kasich told Matthews in an interview Wednesday. “Their confrontations – which played out as the candidates appeared on stage one-by-one – underscored the intensity of the GOP contest heading into Saturday’s South Carolina Republican primary”.

Asked how he would handle the expected brickbats by Trump should he continue to rise, Kasich stumbled backward in mock horror.

But can Kasich be the good guy and win the nomination? “There is a long, long way to go and we are very hopeful”.

As the campaign progresses, Kasich could find himself a political target. “Stay above the fray”, Steinert advised.

“There’s no likelihood that this is going to happen, that anybody is going to get confirmed”, Kasich said.

“The pitchforks are definitely up in the air”, acknowledged Thomas Moe, a retired US Air Force officer who introduced Kasich Thursday.

“If I see discrimination in anything, like I said earlier, I’m willing to do what I can”, Kasich said.