How would you have reacted to this result?

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I wouldn't be surprised at all. I also wouldn't be surprised if Hillary adds Florida and ME-02 on top of that.

LOL at the idea that only hardcore Hillary or Trump supporters would think this.

Kasich is a fatter, uglier, poorer, Midwestern Mitt Romney.

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@twenty42: Yep, and Kasich could very well have lost his image as a reasonable moderate because of the dynamics of the GOP Primary process and the scrutiny that being the nominee for a major party brings.

It isn't far fetched for Hillary to utilize her billion dollar warchest to successfully chip away at that image. What does Kasich even have once you take that away from him?

He arguably has that image because he was such a massive loser in the primaries that his best route was to frame himself that way to be rewarded with positive coverage by a media desperate for a "this Republican isn't crazy" narrative.

If he's smart, he didn't go down that route to actually try to win, but to bathe in the validation, and after all - "prominent politician at odds with the rest of their party" is a niche that always needs to be filled until the end of eternity.