MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — Gov. John R. Kasich of Ohio will not be in South Carolina when the primary results come in on Saturday night. But he has already deemed his efforts here successful. Mr. Kasich, who is expected to finish toward the bottom of the
Jay Parini, a poet and novelist, teaches at Middlebury College in Vermont and is the author of "Empire of Self: A Life of Gore Vidal." The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. (CNN) This has been a dismal political
219_KasichTownHall U.S. Republican presidential candidate John Kasich speaks with the audience at a South Carolina Republican Presidential Town Hall sponsored by CNN in Columbia, South Carolina, on February 18. The Ohio governor's record on
Every candidate knows that a run for the White House demands much pressing of the flesh. In Iowa, in New Hampshire and beyond, there are seas of hands to be shaken, babies to be kissed — and, for Ohio Gov. John Kasich, hugs to be hugged. Even before
Jay Parini, a poet and novelist, teaches at Middlebury College in Vermont and is the author of "Empire of Self: A Life of Gore Vidal." The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. (CNN) This has been a dismal political