Kasich: Running is ‘Very Doable’

Ohio Governor John Kasich sounded ready to run on my radio show Thursday night. And he commented on a number of issues.

GOV. KASICH: The Republican party is my vehicle and not my master.  And my job is to solve problems, and if that involves stepping on some of the toes of people in my own party, that’s life. That’s OK. Not bitterness there either. You just got to do your job and I’ve just always been that way, because if you’re into serving a particular ideology or a certain political party then you may not be achieving the things to improve people’s lives…

COLMES: You are very clearly in the mode of getting ready to announce, correct?

GOV. KASICH: There’s a process you go through, which I don’t want to do it for the sake of just doing it. If I don’t think if I could win, have the resources or the organization,  there’d be no point.  But I’m extremely optimistic about from a resource point of view, and an organizational point of view,  this could be very doable…

COLMES: Let me ask you about the DREAM Act. Would you continue with what the President’s done in terms of keeping families together and allowing those who are already in the country to have a pathway to citizenship?

GOV. KASICH: We don’t want to break up families that’s for sure, and on immigration what I’ve said is, first of all Alan, we’ve got to protect the border, even in your own home, you can’t have people just coming in and out, not knowing who they are. If these folks have broken the law, then they need to be dealt with severely or deported, but if they’ve been honest, I’m not for shipping them out of the country. I am for them having pay some penalty for ditching the line. In terms of the path to citizenship, I’m not keen on that.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.