Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) “is coasting toward a second term in a state that long has been one of the nation’s presidential battlegrounds, campaigning on policies he believes can put a more empathetic face on the national Republican Party,” the Washington Post reports.
“His economic philosophy is Republican orthodoxy, drawn from supply-side theory and coupled with a reformist streak. But what sets Kasich apart from some others in his party is his willingness to use the levers of government and the zeal with which he has embraced his own version of compassionate conservatism, with strong religious overtones.”
Said Kasich: “My party is me. I have a right to shape my party. I have a right to have an opinion about what my party ought to be. Who’s defining for me what my party is? I’m trying to define what I think the party is.”
Save to Favorites