Kasich: ‘I’m Beating Hillary by More than Anybody Else,’ So Why Would I Change Tactics

‘I’ve won a lot of elections in my lifetime’

TAPPER: "Why would you think that’s the way to beat Donald Trump?"
KASICH: "Pardon?"
TAPPER: "Governor, why — I mean, we have had — we have had four contests now. Why would you think that that approach is the way to beat him?"
KASICH: "Well, first of all, we’re following our campaign plan to right where we wanted it to be. And, Jake, I’m the last governor standing. And we went from 16 down like four or five. I think I’m doing just fine. Most people didn’t think I would get in, and then they didn’t think I would make the debates, and then they didn’t think I would get to New Hampshire.  And then they didn’t think I would win there. Then they thought I would get 1 percent in South Carolina. I’m very happy with where we are. We have had — I had 1,000 people at Memphis, 1,000 people in Nashville coming. They’re intense. We’re grassroots people. And we believe that when this race turns to the north, when I get to Ohio, it’s going to be a whole new game. And I’m not going to resort to name-calling. I don’t agree with Donald Trump. And, at some point, if somebody says what’s your position, the other night, I said my position on immigration is finish the wall, have a guest-worker program, and for the 11.5 million that are here, they — if they haven’t broken the law since they have been here, they will pay a fine, back taxes, but they should have a path to legalization. Now, I don’t know that I need to get into a shouting match with somebody to prove my point. See, I think that what happened the other night in the debate, for the people out here who watch carefully, they said, he’s an adult in the room. I’ve got it — I got it, you know, from so many quarters, it’s amazing. And you know what? I would like to be president and I’d like to raise the bar to get there. And I believe that this is the way in which to do it. And Jake, I’ve won a lot of elections in my lifetime. And by the way, I’m beating Hillary Clinton by more than anybody else in the field. So why would I change?"

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