What happened to Kasich?

[Torie]

I would say his major problem is that voters care more right now about speaking ability than resumes. Kasich has accomplished a lot and is a great governor of Ohio. Still, when he stands at a podium he comes off as awkward and unpolished compared to the others on the national stage. He hasn't interrupted people much and hasn't demonstrated why his brand of conservatism is the best choice to fix America's problems.

No, it's not ideological, at least not most of it.

Exactly, and well said.

[DavidB.]

Nothing, this board just had a strange fascination with Kasich

This. A somewhat good first debate on FOX didn't mean he was suddenly going to have a chance to win the nomination, even if many people on Atlas hoped so. His performance in the second debate was weak and he is just lame and boring in general.

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Nothing, this board just had a strange fascination with Kasich

[ShadowRocket]

I think he is still in a pretty decent position. He seems to still be doing good in NH, which obviously he needs to win in order to be a contender for the nomination at the end of the day. The establishment still likes him.

Though he needs to turn in a better debate performance in a few weeks or that might change.

[Bigby]

I supported Kasich after the first debate, but I felt tired by his 2nd performance. Personally, while stole me was how well Rubio did. I know that's anecdotal, but it might help explain some of the problem.

[dudeabides]

In every election cycle, there are always folks who the media expects to run and believes they will be a game changer. Sometimes, they don't actually run - look at Collin Powell in 1996. Everyone thought he would be the nominee and had the best chance of being elected President. He never ran. But this is now the third cycle in a row where we've had a candidate who won a lot of attention and was considered to be a game changer, and it never materialized. Fred Thompson was thought to be the conservative alternative to McCain, Romney, and Huckabee in 2007-2008. Rick Perry was thought to be Mitt Romney's biggest obstacle to the nomination in 2011-2012. Now, we have John Kasich.

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

In every election cycle, there are always folks who the media expects to run and believes they will be a game changer. Sometimes, they don't actually run - look at Collin Powell in 1996. Everyone thought he would be the nominee and had the best chance of being elected President. He never ran. But this is now the third cycle in a row where we've had a candidate who won a lot of attention and was considered to be a game changer, and it never materialized. Fred Thompson was thought to be the conservative alternative to McCain, Romney, and Huckabee in 2007-2008. Rick Perry was thought to be Mitt Romney's biggest obstacle to the nomination in 2011-2012. Now, we have John Kasich.

I always thought Romney was the "conservative" alternate to McCain, and Huckabee was just the SoCon guy. Not counting Thompson since his campaign obviously imploded.