john kasich
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Hickenlooper: ‘Kind of crazy’ to expect health care solutions from small, partisan group
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican, on Monday called on Senate Republicans to invite Democrats to the table and bring negotiations over health care legislation into the open. “I’ve never had a good idea in my life that, the moment I started talking about it with staff or…
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Kasich already planning post-election play
Signaling a clear interest in playing a continued role in top-ticket national politics, Ohio Gov. John Kasich plans to move quickly following Tuesday’s election to share his ideas for moving the Republican Party forward. The former presidential candidate will speak Thursday at the American Enterprise Institute, a public policy think tank, in Washington. A Republican…
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Capitol Hill Buzz: Kasich tries out the White House podium
It was a glimpse into an alternate political reality: John Kasich, one of this year’s top Republican presidential contenders, riffing on trade and geopolitics from behind the presidential seal at a podium at the White House. The Ohio governor had come to the White House briefing room Friday to help promote the Trans-Pacific Partnership and…
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Reagan: We can’t elect a liar in chief
The stunt Ted Cruz pulled at the GOP convention in Cleveland Wednesday night may someday become known as his “Mistake on the Lake.” By making a point to not endorse Donald Trump in his speech and telling people to vote their “conscience” in the fall Cruz did his own political future and his conservative principles…
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The Hot Sheet, July 18. 2016
VOL. 01 NO. 132 | JULY 18, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016By TCS CEO and Editor-In-Chief Jared Wright DENVER – Good morning and Happy Nelson Mandela International Day. I can hear the Flat Earthers screaming now … “this is the USA, who cares what day the United Nations designated for July 18!” … Ok, your thoughts have been…
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Harber: Do DC insiders have it all wrong about Hillary’s veep choices?
It is fascinating to watch the myopia and silliness of political “experts” as speculation swirls about presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s selection of a running mate. Secretary Clinton’s top priority will be selecting someone who would be an excellent president in the event she couldn’t serve. Having been in the White House as first…
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BARTELS: Take Your Child to meet Secretary of State Wayne Williams
The kids who came to the Colorado Secretary of State’s office for Take Your Child Day made their choices for president known: eight votes for Hillary Clinton and four for Ted Cruz. In addition to participating in a mock primary and general election, the children — ranging in ages from 17 to 7 — enjoyed a pancake breakfast,…
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May: Can America change course?
The next president needs a new approach to national security. That may be easier said than done. As you watch the circus that is the 2016 presidential campaign, which candidate strikes you as having a coherent vision of national security for the post-Obama era? Who has told you what he (or she) will do about…
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Live: State Republicans gather, prep for state delegate assembly
Colorado Cruz Control Sen. Ted Cruz has cleaned house again. All of the elected delegates in congressional districts 4 and 5 have pledged their support for Cruz. In congressional district 2, one delegate committed to Cruz and two remain unpledged. So far in the delegate race, four of the seven uncommitted delegates pledge in principle…