Subject: Kasich’s Hypocrisy in IN & OH Press Call Coverage
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To: Comm_D <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 15:05:49 -0700

Coverage on today’s call so far-

Democrats call out Kasich for absenteeism<http://www.toledoblade.com/Politics/2016/04/26/Democrats-call-out-Kasich-for-absenteeism-campaign-security-expense.html>
TOLEDO BLADE // TOM TROY

The chairmen of the Ohio and Indiana Democratic parties today blasted Ohio Gov. John Kasich for his continuing absence from Ohio and for his withdrawal from campaigning in Indiana for the Republican presidential nomination.

Ohio Democratic Chairman David Pepper said Mr. Kasich should disclose the cost of the state troopers assigned to provide him with protection, and said revealing that information would not endanger him.

“Not only is John Kasich not reimbursing taxpayers for the hundreds of thousands of dollars, he’s not even coming clean with how much he’s spending,” Mr. Pepper said.

The fact-checking organization PolitiFact.com said the cost of Gov. Kasich’s security on the campaign trail through March 2 was $475,976.

The Kasich campaign has refused to disclose details about his security.

The governor’s official spokesman in Columbus and his campaign spokesman did not immediately responded to emails from The Blade about the issue.

“We’ve been watching the governor traipse all over the country, talking to voters, holding town halls, eating all kinds of things. He’s been gone 195 days and counting outside Ohio. Ohio has a lot of big issues and he has not been here to here to address them,” Mr. Pepper said.

He said Mr. Kasich has become “a lame duck a lot sooner than you normally would see in a second term.”

John Zody, the Indiana chairman, said Mr. Kasich’s statements are confusing because he won’t campaign for their votes, though he has kept a date for a fund-raiser.

“He's happy to ask Hoosiers for money, but not for votes," Mr. Zody said.

Mr. Kasich and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas announced on Sunday night that they would split their efforts in Indiana, Oregon, and New Mexico with the goal of preventing Donald Trump from getting to the 1,237 delegates needed to win on the first ballot at the convention. Under the plan, Mr. Kasich canceled his campaign appearances in Indiana and Mr. Cruz is to stay out of Oregon and New Mexico.

Flailing Cruz-Kasich alliance puzzles Indiana politicos<http://www.talkmedianews.com/election-2016/2016/04/26/flailing-cruz-kasich-alliance-puzzles-indiana-politicos/>
TALK MEDIA NEWS // WASHINGTON DESK

The shaky alliance between Republican presidential candidates Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Ohio Governor John Kasich has left Indiana officials from both parties baffled.

The joint-campaign strategy announced Sunday evening is centered on Kasich declining to campaign in Indiana in exchange for Cruz staying out of Oregon and New Mexico.

The two candidates’ goal is to allow the other to perform in the respective states in order to prevent GOP front-runner Donald Trump from attaining the 1,237 delegates needed to capture the Republican nomination.

“I have a lot of questions,” Indiana State Representative Mike Karickhoff, a Kasich for America Indiana Co-Chair, told the Kokomo Tribune on Monday.

Karickhoff said he was in the campaign’s conference call detailing the decision, but that it only lasted 10 minutes.

Indiana Democratic party chair John Zody accused Kasich of “confusing Hoosier voters,” noting during a conference call with reporters Tuesday that Kasich is cancelling a campaign appearance but still attending a closed-door fundraiser in the state.

“He’s happy to ask Hoosiers for their money, just not for their votes,” Zody said.

The terms of the alliance seem to be confusing to the candidates’ themselves.

While Cruz’ campaign manager Jeff Roe said he was hopeful “allies of both campaigns would follow our lead” in order to clear the fields in the respective states, Kasich said Monday that Indiana voters should still support him.

“I’ve never told them not to vote for me,” Kasich said during a campaign stop in Pennsylvania the morning after the deal was announced. “They ought to vote for me.”

Adding to the confusion, a top representative for Kasich’s campaign in Indiana gave contradictory statements on whether Kasich was still seeking votes.

“Kasich is asking his supporters in Indiana to vote for Cruz so Trump does not win Indiana,” Jim Brainard, mayor of Carmel, Indiana and a state co-chair for Kasich’s campaign, told the Indianapolis Star Monday.

However, in a statement given to Bloomberg, Brainard said that he would not specifically urge Kasich supporters to back Cruz.

“Voters are smart, and they’ll figure out what they need to do,” Brainard said.