It's no secret the GOP is already looking for alternatives.

Their only fear is that Cheeto himself will run as an independent ("Freedom Party"?) just to spite them - otherwise they would have probably already shot him from a school book depository themselves.

THAT would have to be pretty damned embarrassing to Spanky.

party for a second term - and that was in 1856. There were also - also in the 19th century - four "accidental presidents" - Vice Presidents who became president solely due to the elected president's death - who were denied nomination for a term in their own right - John Tyler in 1844; Millard Fillmore in 1852; Andrew Johnson in 1868; and Chester Arthur in 1884. Kasich is probably really hoping that Trump abandons running for re-election himself (like LBJ in 1968).

Corporations are people, money is speech.

Kasich is every bit as rw as Paul Ryan et al. No one should be fooled this guy is some kind of bipartisan, centrist savior.

He was heavily involved with ALEC and the Kochs from the beginning, for just 2 giant red flags.

There're also the religious and white male bigoted attitudes revealed in really cluelessly stupid comments. The contempt for many millions reveals in itself that he lacks the stuff to be even an adequate president of an extremely diverse nation.

And all the ethical and corruption issues, although those don't seem to matter much these days. Grading on a Republican curve, I'm guessing they'd probably see him a C at worst? Damned good compared to all those eFFers?

But how about plain old ability to govern? The smartest thing I think I've seen Kasich do is posture as a moderate alternative. Dissociating from the reality that strong conservatives prove themselves every time without fail unable to govern even adequately, and normally disastrously.

This is reminding me of his and Cruz's abortive agreement to stop Trump by ceding states to each other, a "cooperation" that collapsed in quarreling accusations the first day.