GOP Establishment to John Kasich: GTFO

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Kasich ~ The Anti-Establishment Choice. 

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Is the GOP establishment really stupid enough to think all of Kasich's support would go to Rubio, especially with all of the nasty rumors and the way they've been treating him? I think a decent chunk, as much as 15% goes to TRUMP, and then the rest may just sit at home if they keep at it.

And really, Kasich deserves the support more than Rubio does. For all of the flaws he has and my utter dislike of his whole martyr attitude, at least Kasich has actually done anything for the party. Rubio is a slick empty suit with no accomplishments and no ability to speak without a script. And besides, Kasich is conservative enough as is. Rubio is practically Ted Cruz.

Kasich embraced the law that redistributes money away from me to pay for other people's healthcare (Obamacare), so until he promises to repeal it and replace it with something that doesn't punish you for being young and healthy, he is not conservative enough.

Does your boy Marco support repealing Medicare and Medicaid completely? If not, he also is embracing a law that redistributes money away from someone to pay for other people's healthcare.

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I understand your point and your position is a fair one. I'm not a fan of Obamacare either.
I just look at it from a governor's point of view though. The money is going to be spent one way or the other, either it will be spent in your state to expand medicare services or it'll be spent on some other project. It isn't like rejecting it will really reduce overall spending. And a governor's job is to do whatever is best for his state, not to grandstand to make a political point.

I understand what Kasich did, I would have done the same it was what was best for the state. It isn't like he is really endorsing Obamacare and saying it is great. He just did what he felt was best for his state.

Health insurance/coverage is something we all kind of need though. So it is one type of social spending I have no real problem with. It is actually probably the issue I furthest left on economically. However, I understand the opposition to universal health coverage since I used to hold a view opposing it. And your position on the issue is perfectly reasonable. I just ask you think about what you'd have done if you were governor and why you would have done it and what you would have accomplished doing it.