Ep. 144 - Gov. John Kasich

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

CNN

News

4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2017

⏱️ 51 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

John Kasich, the governor of Ohio and former presidential candidate, talks with David Axelrod about his working-class upbringing in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania; his assessment of the opening months of the Trump administration; and what his political future might hold in 2020. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	And now, from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN, the Axviles, with your
0:12.5	host, David Axelrod.
0:17.2	Donald Trump may have been the star of the Republican nominating process in 2016, but
0:24.7	John Kasich may have been the next most important actor, even if he didn't turn out to be a supporting
0:30.5	actor for Donald Trump.
0:33.2	The governor of Ohio is blazing his own path and still mentioned, as a potential presidential
0:42.2	candidate, perhaps even against Donald Trump in the future, he's just released a new book,
0:49.0	Two Paths America United or Divided, and came by the Institute of Politics to meet with a
0:57.0	large group of students and to sit down with us.
1:02.3	Governor John Kasich, welcome for our listeners, Governor Kasich's on the run here.
1:08.4	So he's eating chocolate ice cream.
1:10.0	Very good.
1:11.0	I'm going to ask lengthy questions so that he can finish his ice cream.
1:17.1	And then he'll give lengthy answers when he's done with his ice cream.
1:20.3	That seems like a good deal.
1:21.3	I've been enjoying these books.
1:23.0	On my bookshelf.
1:24.0	John Lindsay, Tip O'Neill, who I knew, Tip, John McCain.
1:28.4	Yeah.
1:29.4	It's a great, great bookshelf.
1:30.7	Yes, and I'm going to add John Kasich to the bookshelf when we're done here.
1:36.2	When we talk about these so-called Trump, the Trump base, the Trump voter, we're really
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from CNN, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of CNN and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.