>>> TRUMP WATCH, THURSDAY, APRIL 27th, 2017.
WELL, TONIGHT WE MET WITH THE MAN WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE LAST YEAR. IT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION
WHETHER GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH COULD HAVE EXCITED VOTERS IN
STATES LIKE HIS, OHIO, MICHIGAN, WISCONSIN, PENNSYLVANIA.
IN A RACE AGAINST DEMOCRAT HILLARY CLINTON.
COULD HE HAVE GOTTEN THEM OFF THEIR SEATS AND OFF TO THE POLLS
WITH THE SAME ENTHUSIASM THAT TRUMP DID?
THIS MUCH IS CLEAR, THERE STILL EXISTS A REPUBLICAN PARTY WITH
ITS BASIC PHILOSOPHY STRENGTHS OF FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY, FREE
TRADE, SUPPORT FOR SCHOOL CHOICE, AND OPEN SKEPTICISM
TOWARDS RUSSIA. YOU MAY NOT LIKE THOSE VALUES
BUT THEY ARE VALUES, NOT THE CRAZED IMPROMPTU DANCES LEARNED
FOR THE OCCASION WE'RE GETTING FROM DONALD TRUMP.
IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE COUNTRY TO KEEP THE TWO-PARTY SYSTEM
ALIVE AND VIBRANT, AND I HAVE A HUNCH THERE WILL BE REPUBLICAN
LEADERS AROUND LIKE JOHN KASICH FAR LONGER THAN WE'LL SEE MORE
DONALD TRUMPS MARCHING ACROSS THE COUNTRY'S STAGE.
THAT'S NOT A HOPE. IT'S A PRAYER.