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The base and conservatives. people paint him as kind of moderate or establishment candidate similar to jeb bush light. i don't think that is naturally the case. he might have supported the president in expanding medicaid in his state but he also is staunchly pro-life and opposes a woman's right to choose which riles up people like me on the left. martha: yeah. >> as democrat i'm more intimidated kasich candidacy than i am by acanda sy by scott walker or ted cruz i think he is more formidable opponent to hillary clinton. martha: i will leon that, stack up case i can, scott walker and bush to me...

Years ago to voters. they have done things in the interim. kasich expanded medicaid. jeb bush tuted conservatives on stances for gay marriage. people tend to remember that as opposed to conservative things they did. they have obstacles to remind people that they are really conservatives. >> martha, if i could jump in people remember personal stories. i think people will connect with kasich, won't with bush. he was son of a mail carrier. grew up with middle class upbringing people can identify with. he doesn't shy away from telling his own story. martha: no, he doesn't. >> jeb bush does. jeb bu...

Think and he has got some bristle and some brio in him which voters in new hampshire in particular really connect with. remember in 2008, mccain won new hampshire with more independent voters than republican voters. i think kasich has the ability to really connect with those sorts of voters. martha: that's interesting. so as i said he has a big ad buy there. he has a pac going. $11.5 million in ad buy in new hampshire. lined up a couple of big names in terms of people working for him there. some who worked for mccain and also senator sununu giving him support. no word on governor sununu who he...

Natural constituency for governor kasich. it is largely working class largely blue-collar voters. he is governor of ohio, remember and grew up in western pennsylvania. they're very educated and independent-minded. they're more practical than idealogical. that is what governor case i can sort of offers republicans. other republicans like ted cruz and donald trump making speckles of themselves, kasich is connecting with voters flying below the radar. i think he will make impression when he joins debate next thursday on fox. martha: clearly a stark contrast, to donald trump. part of his way selli...

After the men escaped. she had sexual rips with one or more of the man and put tools inside of pieces cardboard and raw hamburger meat. mitchell agreed to be getaway driver but apparently got cold feet on night of june 6th afterring a chinese dinner with her husband. she did not pick up the men but checked herself in a hospital with signs of a panic attack. she will be in court this morning. bill: thank you, rick leventhal watching that story. next hour, headlines from there. thank you, rick, plattsburgh, new york. martha: horrible story this week. two teenagers lost at sea. the frantic search...