Will Kasich get primaried over taking the Medicaid expansion?

[Maxwell]

I don't believe there is a serious Tea Party guy in Ohio. I mean, Kasich ran as "Tea Party before there was a Tea Party".

[Maxwell]

Besides, who is going to run against him from the right? Mike Dewine? The guy, in this day and age, is a moderate republican by all means. Rob Portman? probably wouldn't be suited to be an executive, seems much more of a legislator if anything. Ken Blackwell? a joke.

[Maxwell]

Besides, who is going to run against him from the right? Mike Dewine? The guy, in this day and age, is a moderate republican by all means. Rob Portman? probably wouldn't be suited to be an executive, seems much more of a legislator if anything. Ken Blackwell? a joke.

What about some Ron Johnson-type businessman with no prior political connections?

That's a distinct possibility, but I think Kasich has enough sway with conservative republicans that I think that this isn't going to have much effect. Plus, Kasich's approvals are on the up now, so I think he's not dead in the waters like a Rick Scott or Paul LePage.

[Maxwell]

Kasich is a dead man walking, so I don't think it really matters.

I'll be the dummy and bite this time.

The man's numbers have been a consistent upward slope since the beginning of his term. Now he's 45-40 approvals and the trend is upward. How is that a dead man walking? Do you just say things to get people to respond to you?