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25th August 2017, 06:05 PM
John Kasich-John Hickenlooper 2020? Don’t Rule It Out
August 25, 2017 By Seth Connell (http://thefederalistpapers.org/author/sconnell)
Ohio Governor John Kasich was one of the last challengers for the GOP nomination for President last year. He stuck in the primary race so long that it was believed he wanted to force a brokered convention, which may have altered the nomination results.
Kasich would not have been a good choice for a conservative President, though. As we have reported multiple times, he rather in favor of expanding the scope of government in contrast to the Republican creed, even defending the train wreck of Obamacare (http://thefederalistpapers.org/us/gop-governor-fighting-for-obamacare-look-who-it-is). He even once stated (albeit, somewhat in jest) that because of widespread Democrat support for him that he was (http://thefederalistpapers.org/us/kasich-admits-he-should-be-running-as-a-democrat)in the wrong party.
Well, maybe he was right on that, and he may be taking it a step further than jocular comments on a campaign. Axios (https://www.axios.com/2020-rumblings-gop-dem-combo-potential-emerges-2476905475.html) is reporting that the Ohio Governor may team up with Democratic Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper to challenge Donald Trump in 2020.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) and Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) — “the Johns,” as insiders are calling them — have been making a flurry of joint appearances to talk about state-driven improvements to health care.
But Axios has learned that their duet is part of an alliance that’s gaining momentum toward a possible joint independent bid for president in 2020, likely with Kasich at the top of the ticket…
The two are working together to create a viable plan that will offer a vision for their Presidency. Donald Trump offered a vision for his Presidency as well, in Making America Great Again, but has had much difficulty carrying it out aside from some regulatory reform and placing Neil Gorsuch on the Supreme Court.
If these two can put together something that Americans believe can actually be carried out, it may have more appeal that a reelection of Donald Trump.
The two Johns reportedly have a healthcare plan that has bipartisan support from 11 governors (but I would point out George Carlin’s old saying, that the word “bipartisan” means bigger-than-usual deception is coming). Especially on the healthcare issue, we have been deceived more than enough times to take with a very large grain of salt anything politicians say about healthcare, especially Republicans.
Additionally, they have a “Johns’ jobs plan,” that ” will focus on the coming displacement from automation, with prescriptions that include trade, workforce training — and an optimistic and hopeful message, balanced with an honest admission that some jobs just aren’t coming back.”
In that, read: Revival of the New Deal, more government “stimulus” programs that cost people more of their own money and entail a necessary expansion of bureaucratic red tape.
Nonetheless, if the Trump administration does not get its act together, the Kasich-Hickenlooper ticket could pose a serious threat to him in the 2020 election season. If he continues to falter and cannot achieve his main policy goals (tax reform, Obamacare repeal, concealed carry reciprocity, etc), then this ticket may pose a legitimate third party threat, bigger than Ross Perot’s bid in 1992.
He did not get the 2016 nomination, but don’t count Kasich out for the next round.
August 25, 2017 By Seth Connell (http://thefederalistpapers.org/author/sconnell)
Ohio Governor John Kasich was one of the last challengers for the GOP nomination for President last year. He stuck in the primary race so long that it was believed he wanted to force a brokered convention, which may have altered the nomination results.
Kasich would not have been a good choice for a conservative President, though. As we have reported multiple times, he rather in favor of expanding the scope of government in contrast to the Republican creed, even defending the train wreck of Obamacare (http://thefederalistpapers.org/us/gop-governor-fighting-for-obamacare-look-who-it-is). He even once stated (albeit, somewhat in jest) that because of widespread Democrat support for him that he was (http://thefederalistpapers.org/us/kasich-admits-he-should-be-running-as-a-democrat)in the wrong party.
Well, maybe he was right on that, and he may be taking it a step further than jocular comments on a campaign. Axios (https://www.axios.com/2020-rumblings-gop-dem-combo-potential-emerges-2476905475.html) is reporting that the Ohio Governor may team up with Democratic Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper to challenge Donald Trump in 2020.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) and Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) — “the Johns,” as insiders are calling them — have been making a flurry of joint appearances to talk about state-driven improvements to health care.
But Axios has learned that their duet is part of an alliance that’s gaining momentum toward a possible joint independent bid for president in 2020, likely with Kasich at the top of the ticket…
The two are working together to create a viable plan that will offer a vision for their Presidency. Donald Trump offered a vision for his Presidency as well, in Making America Great Again, but has had much difficulty carrying it out aside from some regulatory reform and placing Neil Gorsuch on the Supreme Court.
If these two can put together something that Americans believe can actually be carried out, it may have more appeal that a reelection of Donald Trump.
The two Johns reportedly have a healthcare plan that has bipartisan support from 11 governors (but I would point out George Carlin’s old saying, that the word “bipartisan” means bigger-than-usual deception is coming). Especially on the healthcare issue, we have been deceived more than enough times to take with a very large grain of salt anything politicians say about healthcare, especially Republicans.
Additionally, they have a “Johns’ jobs plan,” that ” will focus on the coming displacement from automation, with prescriptions that include trade, workforce training — and an optimistic and hopeful message, balanced with an honest admission that some jobs just aren’t coming back.”
In that, read: Revival of the New Deal, more government “stimulus” programs that cost people more of their own money and entail a necessary expansion of bureaucratic red tape.
Nonetheless, if the Trump administration does not get its act together, the Kasich-Hickenlooper ticket could pose a serious threat to him in the 2020 election season. If he continues to falter and cannot achieve his main policy goals (tax reform, Obamacare repeal, concealed carry reciprocity, etc), then this ticket may pose a legitimate third party threat, bigger than Ross Perot’s bid in 1992.
He did not get the 2016 nomination, but don’t count Kasich out for the next round.