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Hi Rich:I saw your recent remarks on NRO that you’re warming up to my previous suggestion that John Kasich is the only really perfect choice for McCain. He would send chills through the Dem’s & the left. Kasich has been out of politics for a while as you say, which is in fact good since the Dem’s can’t connect him to Bush. He would be great with the swing/independent voters & the right would LOVE him ! Kasich is the only choice that has no serious downside, with tremendous upside.

ME: The downside is he’s just a former member of the House, when the usual benchmark is being a senator or governor. And I wonder if he would augment McCain’s off-message problem.