What position is former Ohio Congressman John Kasich running for?”
WESTERVILLE, Ohio — John Kasich remembers his parents telling him as a child to “dream big, Johnny” and on Monday the former longtime Republican congressman announced he would run for governor. During his outdoor announcement before about 500 supporters, Kasich also remembered another life lesson his parents taught him that he said current Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland must have never learned. “One of the things my parents taught me was personal responsibility,” Kasich said to roaring approval. “And I’ve had it with Ted blaming everybody and refusing to accept personal responsibility for doing nothing for this state.” Kasich, 57, assuming he emerges from a GOP primary if there is one, set the tone for what figures to be a bruising battle next year against incumbent Strickland. Kasich went on the attack Monday, accusing the governor of doing far too little to pull Ohio out of its current economic troubles and spiraling job loss, while being too quick to ask Washington for federal bail
Ex-Congressman John Kasich to run for Ohio governor by Regina Fields / Columbus Bureau Chief Tuesday June 02, 2009, 7:15 AM WESTERVILLE, Ohio — John Kasich remembers his parents telling him as a child to “dream big, Johnny” and on Monday the former longtime Republican congressman announced he would run for governor. During his outdoor announcement before about 500 supporters, Kasich also remembered another life lesson his parents taught him that he said current Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland must have never learned. “One of the things my parents taught me was personal responsibility,” Kasich said to roaring approval. “And I’ve had it with Ted blaming everybody and refusing to accept personal responsibility for doing nothing for this state.” Kasich, 57, assuming he emerges from a GOP primary if there is one, set the tone for what figures to be a bruising battle next year against incumbent Strickland. Kasich went on the attack Monday, accusing the governor of doing far too little to pul
Ex-US Rep formally announces run for Ohio governor By STEPHEN MAJORS – 11 hours ago COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former Ohio Congressman John Kasich kicked off his campaign for governor Monday, saying he would eventually eliminate the state’s income tax while Democrats leveled a pre-emptive strike to tie him to Wall Street greed and irresponsibility. Kasich, who served in Congress for 18 years before taking a managing director’s job at former investment firm Lehman Brothers in New York City in 2001, said Gov. Ted Strickland had gone begging to the federal government for financial help instead of looking inward in trying to solve the state’s problems.
