John Kasich running as an Indy defeats his purpose. People like Kasich and "#NeverTrump Republicans" don't just dislike Trump as a person, they take great issue with the influence he's had on THEIR party, a party they were members of and gave decades of service to before Trump ever joined it.
And yet ignored the trends and economics of modern America that gave way for Trump's win. They have no one to blame but themselves. I have been to a few GOP meetings in years past as a volunteer for campaigns and as a member (albeit short-lived) and I can tell you that they bubble is small and increasingly such. They are ignoring the call for moderation time and time again. Kasich would be in that mold and have the country-club economics (which they need to ditch) so it would be a crossover appeal situation.All I was saying is that these people aren't out to get Trump, they want their party to stand for something that isn't "Trumpism," so they're never going to just LEAVE the GOP; they're going to fight for its soul. You say ditch "country-club economics" (you know who else was accused of economic policies only helping the country club? Lincoln, Grant, Coolidge, Eisenhower and Reagan ... at a certain point, if you don't like the GOP, don't vote for it), I say fix the messaging. Trump is still governing largely like a generic Republican. There is a party for demonizing those who make it in our capitalist economy, and it ain't the GOP. That doesn't mean only have policies that help the rich, that would be ridiculous; it also doesn't mean become a culturally conservative version of the Democrats.
