Republicans should vote for John Kasich in N.H. Boston Globe

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'NEW HAMPSHIRE REPUBLICANS can do their party a critical service on Feb. 9 by voting for an experienced political figure with a record of results, and thus dealing a blow to the divisive, demagogic candidates running on nativism and other political simplicities.

The Globe urges them to support John Kasich, whose record as governor of Ohio shows him to be a pragmatic, fiscally responsible executive, but one who is also concerned with helping the poor. His success in that important swing state, and his record as a moderate conservative who is willing to compromise in pursuit of results, suggests he is the Republican hopeful most likely to be successful on the national stage.

By voting for Kasich, New Hampshire can reward a candidate whose politics have been largely positive — and rebuke those candidates who have spent their campaign appealing to voters’ fears and biases.

Of those, Donald Trump has easily been the worst. Once known primarily for his reality TV show, Trump has exploited anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim sentiment to build a populist campaign that polls show attracts a hard-core segment of Republican voters. He wants to build a wall between the United States and Mexico, and temporarily forbid Muslims from entering the country.

His bigotry is toxic — and it requires a resounding electoral defeat.

Unlike some of his competitors, Kasich entered the 2016 race little-known outside his native Ohio, which he served as a congressman and then, after a decade-long break from politics, where he was elected governor in 2010 and reelected in 2014. He has a record of pragmatic Midwestern conservatism, and has demonstrated an aptitude for the horse-trading and coalition-building that’s so lacking in today’s Washington. (It’s no small irony that one of Kasich’s finest accomplishments as a congressman — joining the bipartisan deal to impose a 10-year ban on assault weapons — is one that he barely mentions now.)' >>>

https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2016/01/25/republicans-should-vote-for-john-kasich-new-hampshire/alUwyPAaf0llfdbB0jwDmN/story.html

[vinny9698]

1. John Kasich taking credit for the auto bailout and cash for junkers program

These two things saved the American car industry. Thus more jobs came to Ohio.
The GOP plan for the car industry was "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt"
GOP ridicule both programs.

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2. because if there's one things Republicans value, it's the Boston Globe's opinion nt