"Kasich not a racist egomaniac like Trump or a pinched and sleazy blowhard like Cruz, BUT..."

[Miles Archer]

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/moderate-john-kasich-is-actually-terrifying-20160318

John Kasich is such an appealing guy, isn't he? He went to a same-sex wedding once. He thinks Donald Trump's plan to deputize the violent thugs at his rallies so they can kick out all the brown people is pretty unreasonable. His folksy Midwestern-dad charm gives Democrats fits of terror when we imagine facing him in the general election.

He's the anti-Trump and the anti-Ted Cruz, neither a demonstrably racist egomaniac nor a pinched and sleazy blowhard.

Add that all together, and it spells M-O-D-E-R-A-T-E.

Kasich was always supposed to be the moderate in the race, which is why he wasn't given much of a chance of surviving until Iowa, let alone this late in the game. But on Tuesday, he won his home state, winner-take-all Ohio, throwing a genuine wrench into Trump's march toward the nomination.

[motionspotlight]

1. He has to win 101% of the remaining delegates to win.

[LisaL]

7. That he does.

He can't mathematically get enough delegates for the nomination at this point.

[Auggie]

2. He made a huge mistake dropping out of this latest debate

Fuck him anyhow.

[daa]

3. Scott Walker Jr. Nt

[Botany]

4. I have known John Kasich for years* and in person he is very nice but ....

.... he is not a moderate. He was a founding member of ALEC, he wants to close the USPS,
he thinks that Jesus walked on earth so he could be POTUS one day, and he is anti woman
by trying to close planned parenthood.

[Gothmog]

5. Kasich is a horrible human being who hates women and women rights

This man may looks nice but he has done a great deal of damage to Planned Parenthood and women's rights in Ohio

[hobbit709]

6. That's like saying dying of syphilis is better than the plague or smallpox.

You're just as dead, it just takes a little longer.

[Skittles]

8. it's like picking the better Menendez brother

yes indeed

[Wounded Bear]

9. He may be "moderate" when compared to the others...

but he's a radical rightie to me. No fears here, he won't get my vote.

[pnwmom]

10. He really isn't. He just wears a better mask than Cruz

and he's more consistently right wing -- less "moderate" -- than the Grand Narcissist in the race.

[Liberal_in_LA]

11. Kasichis hardcore rightwing. Dont fool yourself