<p>We declared mid-March that the general election would fall to Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, but vice president positions are still up for grabs. ;</p>
<p>While Ohio governor John Kasich has stated that he doesn&rsquo;t want the position, I&rsquo;m inclined to think he does. ;In regards to his impossible shot at the presidency, Kasich has climbed past Cruz to score second place in Maryland, Connecticut, and New York.</p>
<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not going to be anybody&rsquo;s vice president,&rdquo; Kasich declared Monday night on CNN. &ldquo;I would be the worst vice president the country every saw. You know why? Because I&rsquo;m not like a vice president. I&rsquo;m a president. ;Look, I&rsquo;m running for the top job. And if I don&rsquo;t get the top job, OK, I&rsquo;m still governor of Ohio.&rdquo; ;</p>
<p>With less than a week to go before the pivotal New York primary, Newt Gingrich brings up the fact that &ldquo;Kasich is doing a little better than people expected. Cruz is doing worse than people expected&#8230;it&rsquo;s very hard to argue you are the key alternative when you are in third place.&rdquo; ;</p>
<p>Kasich hopes delegates at the open Republican convention this summer in Ohio will look at his electability and record when choosing a candidate. ;But when ;you look at the numbers, Kasich&rsquo;s odds of winning the presidency are virtually zero (unless Ted Cruz and Donald Trump were to die in a bus accident).<em> ;Kasich is smart. He has to know this.</em> So why hasn&#8217;t he dropped out of the race?</p>
<p>Despite his claims about not wanting to be chosen as vice president, I think he has a different agenda in mind. Kasich&#8217;s traditional Republican stance could make him the perfect partner to balance out Donald Trump and assuage the fears of GOP higher-ups who worry that Trump is too much of an anti-establishmentarian. ;</p>
<p><strong>Editor&#8217;s note:</strong> We talked about game theory and why politicians stay in a race they can&#8217;t win <a href="https://punchingbagpost.com/rubio-encourages-ohio-voters-to-support-kasich/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>in this article.</strong></a> ; While Ted Cruz may be all in to cheat Trump out of the nomination, I believe John Kasich knows what damage it will do to the party, and has the maturity to reject underhanded maneuvers.  ;But I don&#8217;t believe he will turn down Vice Presidency, since if he truly wants to be President in the long run it&#8217;s his best shot. In any event, ;every week he campaigns he gains more and more prestige and public recognition, so for Kasich staying in is game theory maximum payoff!</p>