The governor of Ohio, John Kasich spoke regarding his presidential aspirations for 2016 on Friday. He said that it was going to depend on if he can get sufficient money to back him against his opponents for the Republicans nomination.
Kasich, 62, wants to run for the Republican Party since he represents a very important swing state in all presidential elections. But since there are more than 10 Republicans already in this race, Kasich could quite easily be just one more face in the crowd searching for a way out.
He is a former chairman of the House of Representatives Budget Committee and was re-elected as the governor of Ohio in November. He was earlier considered to run for the White House in 2000. But he bowed out of the race later on. This time as well he says that he won’t contest unless he can gather the resources to go all the way.
He has served eighteen years in Congress and said that it was this experience that gives him an advantage over his competitors. He also said that he would love to be a problem solver. The country has many problems and he wouldn’t mind solving as many of them as he can.
Conservatives, however, do not appreciate Kasich since he expanded Medicaid to the poor with the help of President Obama in 2010. He defended this decision of his as well saying that the money was going to come in handy to treat more than ten thousand mentally ill Ohio prison system inmates.
But Kasich was not willing to give his undivided support to free trade legislation which the Republicans and Obama are currently trying to get passed in the Congress since he was worried about how it was going to impact the labor market.