Subject: Re: Please let it be him
As it happens, I drove over to the local GOP HQ in Livonia to hear Kasich speak, when he was running for POTUS. I rather liked him. Of course he showed a functioning brain. He didn't resort to pushing the buttons of the worst among us.

Steve
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Indeed.

But to angry tribals - Kasich is an enemy.

Trump was the messiah.

I am openly asking - is that still the case? Is rationality and track record and pragmatism -- a "plus"? Or must candidates be ideologically pure, and be willing to be mean and loud and angry?