The former Republican presidential candidate will be featured at this week’s Democratic National Convention. He sees his inclusion as a testament to Biden’s vision.
The few Republicans who did try to challenge Trump earned some media attention but failed to gain any traction. Kasich was left, as he was four years ago, as a man without a party. “There's no mystery here, but people shouldn't miss, in some respects, what it means,” Kasich said last week about his invitation to be a prominent part of this year’s Democratic convention.
. “I don't care if people agree or disagree with my speaking there. Whatever. We’ve got to settle things down. We're not in two warring camps, Republicans and Democrats.” Anger about Kasich’s involvement in the convention persists, though — especially among progressives on social media or pro-Trump conservatives who see it as the latest in a long line of apostasies. Afound that just 38% of Democrats would like to hear from Kasich at the convention, compared to 63% who said the same of Ocasio-Cortez. You can also count on Kasich’s name being invoked when someone is upset about their favorite Democrats being left off the prime time schedule or with limited speaking time. But party leaders believe Kasich can help reach independents and moderate Republicans. “I won’t get into the convention speakers lineup,” said David Pepper, the Democratic chair in Ohio, who sidestepped a question about Kasich’s role specifically. “To have a high profile Republican saying, ‘Vote Biden, not Trump’ — I think those voices do matter.” Sen. Sherrod Brown, another Democrat from Kasich’s state, was more generous. “Kasich is an example of a Republican with some spine,” Brown told BuzzFeed News in a telephone interview. “I hope that other Republicans follow his principled leadership.”Kasich’s upbringing in the Pittsburgh area“Hillary Clinton did not perform well in the red counties around Pittsburgh and southwestern Pennsylvania,” Mills said. “So when Kasich says that he is going to support Biden, some people of course don't want any Republicans doing anything, but it's kind of important here because Kasich's from a suburb of Pittsburgh and thousands of people remember him.”Kasich speaks during the Republican National Convention on August 28, 2012 in Tampa, Florida. What comes next for Kasich is an open question. He lost control of the Ohio Republican Party in early 2017, his closest allies pushed out of power in favor of operatives willing to disavow the governor and pledge loyalty to Trump. Later that year, Kasich joined Biden for a forum on civility at the University of Delaware. The way Kasich saw it, a mutual respect emerged. “I mean, there were things we agreed upon, things we didn't agree upon, but it was very, very pleasant,” Kasich recalled. “And so I believe that he's the kind of person that will, you know, he's gonna be able to let other people have a say. I don't think he's gonna just bully people.” Kasich describes his alliance with Biden and the Democrats as a “team of rivals” — a phrase borrowed from the historian Doris Kearns Goodwin and her book on Abraham Lincoln’s Cabinet. Kasich acknowledged that his convention speech, which he prerecorded from Westerville, Ohio, will raise speculation that he might be in line for a post in Biden’s Cabinet. “People say, ‘Well he must have been promised something or he must have received something.’ I haven't been promised anything, nor have I received anything,” he said. “I'd be more than glad to advise, but I'm not going back to Washington,” Kasich added. “Could you imagine my being Secretary of Commerce? I mean, I wouldn't survive. I'll try to keep my voice out there. And look, you know, we'll just see how it goes. Let's just see how it goes.”
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