re: #93 Jay C

I’m sure some non-trivial portion IS just “TV talk”, but ISTM like Kasich is seeing the writing on the wall (i.e. a map of the US with a LOT of blue on it), and is just positioning himself for some sort of leadership role in the post-Trump GOP. Which ain’t going to be a pretty place: unlike past eras, if/when Trump loses, he probably won’t be going away into quiet retirement (I mean, he may have to flee the country, but he won’t be “going away”).

That’s what it seems like to me as well; Kasich is getting ready for the post-Trump Republican party and he’s jockeying for a leadership position. Yeah, I doubt Trump will “go away quietly”….he’ll still have rabid supporters, after all. But I also think a lot of Republicans (aside from the Trump cultists) will disown Trump if he loses big this November - and especially if the GOP loses the Senate as a result.