Tag: John Kasich

The chaos emanating from the White House adds another layer of trouble for Republicans in this November's midterms. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About: MSNBC is the premier destination for in-depth analysis of daily headlines, insightful political commentary and informed…

Amidst a contentious confirmation hearing, an anonymous op-ed rattling the White House and a shooting in Cincinnati, Ohio Gov. John Kasich joins Andrea Mitchell to discuss it all. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About: MSNBC is the premier destination for…

The panel takes a look at the legacy of Senator John McCain, Trump’s reversal on not lowering the White House flag at half staff, and John Kasich joins Hardball. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About: MSNBC is the premier destination…

Watch LIVE at 6pm EST: President Trump will headline a fundraising dinner for the Ohio Republican Party, the visit coming on the heels of Troy Balderson's slim victory in the August special election. Notably absent will be Ohio Governor John…

Gov. John Kasich (R-Ohio) joins MTP Daily to discuss the OH-12 election and why the race wasn't a measure of the candidates but a response to the president. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About: MSNBC is the premier destination for…

A traditionally Republican district of Ohio that has only elected a Democrat once since the Roosevelt Administration is seen as a tossup in Tuesday’s special election – the latest in a series of once-safe seats the party has been forced to defend ahead of November’s midterms. The race for Ohio’s Twelfth Congressional District, which is a dead heat in public polling, pits Republican Troy Balderson, a state senator from the rural eastern edge of the district, against Democrat Danny O’Connor, who is an elected official in Franklin County, which is the largest county in the state. The event was not advertised to the national media, which was deliberate. In contrast, at an event in a crowded campaign office on Monday afternoon, O’Connor hailed the grassroots volunteers who would be knocking on doors from him. Despite O’Connor’s insistence that he would not support Pelosi, Republicans have long used the unpopular Democratic leader as an attack line. CLF has spent over $2.7m on television advertising alone in the race and has knocked over 500,000 doors in the district In a statement, Courtney Alexander, the group’s press secretary, said: “Danny O’Connor has spent the entire campaign lying about his support for Nancy Pelosi and her extreme, liberal agenda. Ohio families deserve a leader like Troy Balderson who will put Ohio families first, not Nancy Pelosi.” ‘It’s pretty lonely out here’: why John Kasich is willing to criticize Trump Read more While Pelosi has proved a flashpoint in the district, so has President Donald Trump. The statement caused the traditionally conservative Columbus Dispatch to endorse O’Connor and kept Kasich, the popular never-Trump governor, on the sidelines. Republicans are clinging to a 23-seat majority and the fact that they are on the defense in such a traditionally conservative seat is an bad omen, even if Balderson pulls out a victory. As Kasich said in his interview Sunday, the tight race “really doesn’t bode well for the Republican Party because this should be -- shouldn’t even be contested.”

Donald Trump won Ohio's 12th Congressional District by a 53/42 margin at the 2016 election and a defeat for his party could signal grave implications for his presidency. Again, our markets are currently calling it a roughly even split. In the absence of more numbers, bettors must decide whether that poll was an outlier or if the Democrat campaign is really cutting through. That said, this historically Republican district is not ideal Trump territory. A very different brand of moderate, inclusive conservatism, exemplified by popular governor and long-term Trump critic John Kasich, has been the key to winning those suburban voters. Latest polls for that once ultra-red district show Lamb double-digits ahead. Turnout is pivotal in these lesser elections and Democrats were predictably well ahead in terms of motivation according to that latest poll. I expect they will outperform the polls again here, aided by another suburban backlash against Trumpism, and that will be enough to at least get O'Connor very close to the winning line. I must reiterate that the better bet lies in the more popular House market. Back then, victory relied upon 'Blue Dog Democrats' just like Lamb and O'Connor taking traditionally red seats.

Citing the need for a "hard reset" and lack of trust in the GOP, Former Republican Congressman David Jolly says he hopes the GOP loses in November. White House reporter Anita Kumar joins to discuss the reality of what the…

As one of the most prominent critics of Donald Trump within the Republican party, John Kasich, the governor of Ohio, admits: “It’s been pretty lonely out here.” Though he does say he would like more company in a Republican party that still seems loath to ever break with the president, even as he endangers traditional alliances or cozies up to the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. “You don’t want to become a nihilist, you don’t want to be Ron Paul where nothing is ever good,” Kasich said. However, Kasich says he saw a country increasingly pulled apart by partisanship with two parties where politicians were increasingly marching in lockstep with their leadership and leaving little room for independent thinking as elected officials simply toed the party line and followed orders. If you’re a Republican, I can predict what you’re going to be, and let’s not mingle the two.” As a result, he saw the United States moving “more and more towards a parliamentary system”, a feature he noted that was not what the founding fathers intended. In a looming 7 August contest between Danny O’Connor, a Democrat, and Troy Balderson, a Republican, Kasich was not yet ready to fully commit to support the Republican candidate. However, the Ohio governor said Balderson had “now pointed some out, so we’ll see”. In looking towards the midterm elections, he noted the question of whether the current “level of enthusiasm among Democrats is because they have a better way or because they are anti-something. I don’t see they have much of a better way,” said Kasich. “Both parties are moving further and further away from each other,” said Kasich, who wondered: “What does that mean about the middle?” The Ohio Republican argued we did not know what that means. I don’t know.

Just days after the Special Counsel indicted 12 Russian state officials for hacking the 2016 election, President Trump is making it clear he's willing to believe Russian leader Vladimir Putin over the Law Enforcement Institutions of his own country. Governor…