Gov. Kasich Enlists Socialized Medicine Lobbyists to Help Implement Obamacare

By: Jason Hart (Diary)  |  February 11th at 02:58 PM  | 

Governor John Kasich worked with the far-left Universal Health Care Action Network of Ohio (UHCAN Ohio) to build his case for Medicaid expansion, a central piece of President Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Washington Post blogger Sarah Kliff detailed Kasich’s strategy in a February 6 Wonkblog entry. “Rather than having to convince the governor, Obamacare supporters were asked to focus their efforts on convincing | Read More »

With Medicaid Expansion, Gov. Kasich’s Credibility Collapses

By: Jason Hart (Diary)  |  February 5th at 01:00 PM  | 

Governor John Kasich’s proposal to expand Medicaid eligibility in Ohio after years of criticizing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), commonly known as Obamacare, means a total collapse in Kasich’s credibility on Washington spending. Kasich, a Republican, was elected in 2010 due in part to his record as a fiscal hawk in the U.S. House of Representatives. This Heritage Foundation chart depicts entitlement | Read More »

Ohio Dem Gives Occupiers Tickets to Disrupt Kasich Speech

By: Jason Hart (Diary)  |  February 8th at 09:00 AM  | 

For Ohio Governor John Kasich, Tuesday’s annual State of the State address offered an important venue to talk up his administration’s achievements and goals. Kasich gave this year’s speech at Wells Academy, a school in Steubenville, instead of the traditional Statehouse venue. The Ohio Democratic Party is led by Chris “Tea Party F***ers” Redfern, best known for a profane 2010 outburst against Obamacare opponents. Based | Read More »

Old Guard GOP May Hand Ohio to Obama

By: Jason Hart (Diary)  |  December 29th at 10:00 AM  | 

As brutal election results reflected, the Ohio Republican Party (ORP) was a scandal-plagued outfit circa 2006. I don’t relish the current ORP leadership fight, but if we don’t want second terms for President Obama and Senator Sherrod Brown we must avoid repeating our mistakes. Party chairman Kevin DeWine’s old-guard ways – combined with his public betrayal of Governor Kasich – make it hard to believe | Read More »

Ohio GOP Chair Attacks Governor Kasich’s Staff

By: Jason Hart (Diary)  |  December 19th at 09:00 AM  | 

For America to have any hope of averting fiscal collapse, the GOP presidential nominee will need to win Ohio in less than 11 months. Each day of Ohio Republican Party (ORP) infighting improves the odds for President Obama and Senator Sherrod Brown, redistributionist extraordinaire. I’ve already given my two cents on the conflict between ORP chair Kevin DeWine and Governor Kasich, so I won’t belabor | Read More »

Union Bosses Win, Ohio Workers Get Fired

By: Jason Hart (Diary)  |  December 15th at 04:16 PM  | 

One month ago Ohio voted with its heart against reforms portrayed as an attack on public workers. Ohio, DC, and New York union bosses spent more than $30 million drenching the airwaves in images of sad firefighters, sad police officers, and evil Republicans, convincing voters to overlook a broken status quo. A month later, how are local governments celebrating the union victory on Issue 2? | Read More »

Ruckus in the Ohio Republican Party

By: Jason Hart (Diary)  |  December 13th at 06:37 PM  | 

A month after an election with mixed results for the small-government cause, Ohio conservatives are suffering through a very public GOP power struggle. Governor Kasich’s push to replace Ohio Republican Party (ORP) chairman Kevin DeWine has national implications: the Issue 2 campaign proved how low Democrats, Progressives, and unions (but I repeat myself) are willing to go to win the Buckeye state. Sherrod Brown and | Read More »

With Union Reform Down, Kasich is Not Out

By: Jason Hart (Diary)  |  December 5th at 10:10 PM  | 

The landslide loss of Issue 2 this month prompted glee from Ohio leftists, whose contribution to the state in the past year has been to smear and sue conservatives at every turn. The Ohio Democratic Party, the unions, and Progressive fellow-travelers want desperately to believe their $30 million anti-reform campaign killed Governor Kasich’s entire agenda so they can resume demanding tax hikes. Elevated discourse at the | Read More »