Kasich on Trump Topping the Polls: Are the Pollsters Surveying Real People?

TODD: “Are you concerned that the frontrunners in this race are basically casting all of the Republican Presidential candidates in an unflattering light –“

KASICH: “Well, they're not casting me that way –“

TODD: “But let me ask you, where is the outrage on some of the comments about rabid dogs, on the idea that, you know, I mean, who is standing up on this? What is happening in your party, sir?”

KASICH: “Chuck, as you know I've been in a virtual war with Donald Trump over these things. I flat out condemn the idea that we were going to have Muslims register. I mean, I can't help it that maybe he didn't have a camera out there, but the fact is I condemned it soon as it came out of his mouth, that's not acceptable.”

TODD: “So why is it helping? Why is this appealing? Why is it working? Why do you think Trump is working?”

KASICH: “Well, Chuck, look, I don't know how much he's working and I don't know who they're surveying and I do believe in polls like you do, but at the same time, who are they surveying? And are these people for real? I don't think so. I think at the end, when you don't have experience, when we look at this critical nature of foreign policy. You know, I listened to a lot of what Leon Panetta had to say, I agree with much of it. Much of it, I've already said. And the idea that we're going to repel an entire group of people on the basis of their religion? It's nonsense. Look, as you know, I have been in a Twitter war with Donald Trump.”

TODD: “Right.”

KASICH: “And experience does matter. And I have a lot of it, Chuck, that's why I have a solid plan to fight ISIS and rebuild our military.”