Republican John Kasich to speak at Democratic convention

[tiredtoo]

What say you?

[still_one]

1. It hasn't been decided yet

[lame54]

2. You're doing so well Joe - Don't do this

[FarPoint]

19. It's okay..

Really...Biden needs to win Ohio,..many Republican dislike tRump...a lot... Kasich can easily garner 10,000 votes for Biden in Ohio from Republicans and independent voters here...

[rockfordfile]

36. No

that's same person who lied about Iraq. Not to mention he will be running in four years against our candidate doing the same bs trump does.

[FarPoint]

40. I'm willing to play the game...

Kasich will get lot's of Ohio voted for Biden... Defeat tRump...my primary goal.

[tiredtoo]

3. and a link about Democratic opposition

https://www.cleveland.com/open/2020/07/democrats-protest-giving-ex-ohio-gov-john-kasich-a-dnc-speaking-slot.html

[SharonClark]

13. Thanks for the link.

It was laughable that one comment said it was no time for “purity tests”. He’s a fucking repug who is opposed to nearly every Democratic principle. Sharing a dislike for Trump is not enough.

If Kasich wants to endorse Biden he should do it at a separate press conference and not as a speaker at our convention.

[crickets]

17. "If Kasich wants to endorse Biden he should do it at a separate press conference

and not as a speaker at our convention." <--- This. Let him endorse Biden. Let Kasich endorse Biden all he wants. The Democratic National Convention should feature speakers from the Democratic party. We have plenty of our own elder statesmen and women to speak in support of Biden, as well as rising stars who would benefit from the exposure. Kasich's presence is potentially polarizing and completely unnecessary.

[NBachers]

4. Will it bring in republican voters to vote for Democrats?

[marybourg]

5. Not the worst idea I've ever heard of.

[SharonClark]

6. I hate "hands across the aisle" bullshit.

We don the need no stinking repugs speaking at a Democratic convention. Next, Biden will be asked how many repugs he’ll have in his cabinet. It weakens us as a party.

[Freddie]

10. And EVERY time we extend a hand

We get a chainsaw to shake. Haven’t we learned by now? This is the party that actually said “bipartisanship is date rape”. And Kasich is a Neanderthal with women, keeps trying with 6-week bans, attempting to ban abortion if there’s a Down syndrome diagnosis, and other egregious woman-hating crap. No thank you.

[Crunchy Frog]

7. I'm okay with it.

As long as he doesn't use it as a platform to push a Republican agenda. It has the potential to sway some R voters, and we need every vote we can possibly get.

[Doremus]

21. Potentially sway some Rs, vs how many Ds are alienated

A net loss of x Dems in pursuit of a few R votes at a Dem convention that few if any Rs will even be watching.

Doesn't sound very logical.

Better to have a Kasich-Biden news conference in Columbus than to use up valuable Dem time at the convention.

[Bluethroughu]

8. Like I said in another post, looks as if we have a Republicon

Takeover of the Democratic party going on. If the cons want to fix their party, then do it now and not through ours. They do not have the same priorities as Democrats. Republicans are trying to infest our party and ruin ours like they've done to their own.

If they had any integrity, they'd get in a fight with their own leaders and bring them back from the fascist cliff they've brought our country to.

Don't do it, it's big fucking deal.

[tiredtoo]

9. Talk of bringing in republican voters?

Any idea of how many progressives we may lose for each republican we gain?

[DFW]

11. Under ONE condition

He talks only about how bad Trump is for him and his party, and says NOT ONE WORD about abortion rights, which he vehemently opposes.

Otherwise, a prominent Republican telling the USA from a national forum that his party has lost his way isn't the worst thing that we can have. That's not an "overreach" across the aisle on our part. It's a reach across the aisle on THEIR part, and one that it was obviously very painful for them to make. It was made reluctantly, and out of dire national necessity. We could do worse.

[RKP5637]

12. Sure sounds questionable to me. n/t

[FarPoint]

15. It is like the republican with the Lincoln Project...

Kasich can indeed garner over 10,000 Ohio independent and republican votes for Biden.. this means for Biden to win Ohio...he wins the Presidency...

[RKP5637]

18. Thanks!

[Doremus]

22. Citation for the 10k vote figure?

[FarPoint]

24. Ohio DNC

and per retired Ohio Supreme Court Justice, William/ Bill O'Niell.... he sent me the message.... Friends in Ohio...he too is a Nurse...like me. He can do simple math as well...hahaha

my Wiki link is crummy.... just google Retired Ohio Supreme Court Justice Bill O'Niell

[former9thward]

28. What???

Trump beat Clinton by 450,000 votes in Ohio in 2016. Why would 10,000 votes do anything?

[rockfordfile]

37. No such thing as independent voters

[FarPoint]

14. I'm okay with it....

Simple Math...If John Kasich can sway 10,000 independent or Republican voters in Ohio to vote for Joe Biden then Joe Biden wins Ohio. If Joe Biden wins Ohio he becomes the next President of the United States. Simple math.

[old guy]

16. No.

[gulliver]

20. I'm hoping we get Romney too. And a bunch of his ex-cabinet.

We can all argue again after we get Trump out of office and restore sanity.

[Windy City Charlie]

23. The question I have

The question I have is Kasich doing this to beat Trump? or to help elect Biden?

[LisaL]

26. Helping to beat Trump and helping to elect Biden is one and the same, no?

[budkin]

25. Y tho

How does this help us?

[LisaL]

27. There might be other republicans that don't like Trump.

[tiredtoo]

30. There are definitely other republicans the don't like trump

They don't need Kasich to tell them what to do. I talked to two of them today. They said they are not thrilled with Biden but they do not want trump, he is a POS. They will hold their nose and vote for Biden.

[JI7]

32. To help win Ohio .

[dsc]

29. I do have a severe problem with giving him a speaking slot at our convention

especially I am assuming a fairly prominent one. His record on abortion and LGBT rights isn't just bad, it is among the worst even of GOP politicians. His economic policy is as bad as that or worse. There are multitudes of Democratic politicians who won't make the cut. None should be sitting at home or given less prominent slots than he.

[JI7]

33. I think it's about trying to win Ohio .

[DesertRat]

31. I don't see a good reason to give Kasich time to speak on Biden's behalf. nt

[JI7]

34. Winning Ohio in the GE is not a good reason ?

[BGBD]

35. Biden does.

[GulfCoast66]

38. I think it could do more to help with Independents than Republicans.

Any republicans who will abandoned trump already have. But low information independents who really don’t follow politics are especially fickle. We have most now. But we lost them in 16.

In my heart I hate the idea. But in my mind I see the upside.

I guess I’m ambivalent.

[melman]

39. .

Link to tweet

[George II]

41. What's your point? What does that one issue have to do with anything Kasich might say....

...at the Convention?