John Kasich Quotes
Do you think that I like to have to fight the leaders in my own party over this or that? Of course not. There's no joy in that. But John Kennedy may have said it best - sometimes my party asks too much.
Kasich, John. Two Paths: America Divided or United. Thomas Dunne Books, 2017.
Opposing his party's presidential nominee, William Jennings Bryan: Although McKinley was Bryan's opponent, Cockran followed Bryan on the campaign trail campaigning against him. The Republican leader Mark Hanna credited Cockran more for putting McKinley in the White House than all the Republican orators put together.
2nd Viscount Melbourne. Party discipline has been a problem for party leaders whenever there are political parties.
the Speaker at that time Olympia Snow, a Republican, was one of the great members of Congress who was not partisan and especially so when the interest of the nation was involved. She was known for working with any and all other legislators regardless of political party. When Newt Gingrich became the Speaker of the House, he wanted the Republican caucus to stay together and not work individually with Democrats. Snow and Schroeder however continued to work together. When Snow want to the Senate, she was known for her patriotism and bipartisanship. In 2012, the Republican Party had become so extreme and hyperpartisan, that he left Congress and did not stand for reelection.
Dana Ruth Schwartz. The Republicans who had control of the House of Representatives were reaching the end of the fiscal year and had not yet passed a budget so the government would have to shut down in a few days. They had a very strong position if they wanted to blackmail the Democratically controlled Senate and the Democratic President. The majority of the Republicans decided that they wanted to use the Blackmail tactic, so they passed a budget that they knew the Senate and the President would reject and then the Republicans could hold out for their ransom demands. However, when the Republicans met to decide on what they should demand they neither could agree in what or the timing of their tactics. They had launched a major attack without having a clear objective, an exit strategy or even an alternate if they did not succeed.
John Richard Kasich Jr. is an American politician, author, and television news host who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 2001 and as the 69th Governor of Ohio from 2011 to 2019. A Republican, Kasich unsuccessfully sought his party's presidential nomination in 2000 and 2016.
