Kasich Bets It All on New Hampshire
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: And good morning. I'm Carol Costello. Thank you so much for joining me. It is do or die time for Ohio Governor John Kasich. He said if he doesn't do well in tomorrow's New Hampshire primaries he's throwing in the towel. The Ohio governor putting his faith in his ground game and his ability to show his personality. Here's what he told CNN this morning about the key to victory.</s>GOV. JOHN KASICH (R-OH), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I think the debate helped me because people got to see a little bit more after my personality like they do in the town halls and like they're seeing with this interview. But, you know, at the end of the day, I put my trust in the people there on the ground. And so we've just been like that little engine that can, and we're going to just roll through the tape. And then we're going to kind of duplicate this going forward.</s>COSTELLO: Representative Mike Turner joins us now -- a Kasich supporters. Welcome, Congressman.</s>REP MIKE TURNER (R), OHIO: Thank you for having me.</s>COSTELLO: Ok. So do you think that John Kasich will drop out if he doesn't do well in New Hampshire?</s>TURNER: I think he's going to do great in New Hampshire. You know voters have basically two questions to ask. What is the candidate's position on the issues? And really, you know, can they deliver. And with John Kasich he certainly has the voter's confidence I think in both those. One, not only just his position on national security, creating jobs and balancing the national budget but he has the ability to point to real accomplishments. It's not just a leap of faith of can he do it, he's done it on the budget. He's balanced the national budget when he was budget chairman. On national security he served on the Armed Services Committee. And on jobs he gets to point to the turnaround in Ohio.</s>COSTELLO: But he's so positive. He's like the happy warrior. Isn't this election all about anger?</s>TURNER: Well, I think he's a happy warrior because he has the resume. He can tell people this is not just what I say I'm going to do. This is what I've done. When you look at the turnaround in Ohio, when people say we want jobs -- the country to turn this economy around, they can look and see that he's done that in Ohio. He's the only candidate that's balanced the national debt.</s>COSTELLO: Why isn't he, like Marco Rubio, consistently slamming President Obama?</s>TURNER: Well, again, I think John is spending his time talking about what he's done, not just what's been in the past. And that's where I think the voters want to look to. They want to know what the direction he's going to take the country. And he certainly has the ability and I think he's going to have the support of the voters.</s>COSTELLO: So what do you think about Marco Rubio's debate performance and his -- that repetitive line that he kept tossing out that Obama knows exactly what he's doing?</s>TURNER: I think it goes to some of the concerns that people have about his candidacy of the depth of experience. And that's where John Kasich makes a big difference there. He is the only candidate as the budget chairman who has been able to balance the national budget.</s>COSTELLO: Did that hurt Marco Rubio? I guess that's where I'm going. Did that hurt Marco Rubio?</s>TURNER: I think it certainly did because, you know, with most candidates, again when they turn to what am I going to talk about, they can talk about something they've done. And I think that's where John Kasich, you know, has an edge. In his town halls everywhere, if somebody raises an issue, it doesn't matter what it's going to be -- he's going to be able to say this is what I've done as governor. This is what I've done when I was in Congress. This is what I've done that has made a difference in people's lives.</s>COSTELLO: So Errol Louis earlier said that Kasich would be a great vice presidential candidate. And then I posed to Errol in the break, I said "Really"? Donald Trump's vice president would be John Kasich?" And Errol said "Stranger things have happened."</s>TURNER: Well, I think we need to focus on the top of the ticket. And right now John Kasich I believe is the best for that. I think people will see that in New Hampshire. As people have looked at all the candidates and they begin to look at what his resume is, and what he's saying, I think that they'll turn to John Kasich.</s>COSTELLO: We'll see. We'll see tomorrow. Tomorrow is the big day. Congressman Turner -- thanks for stopping by.</s>TURNER: Thank you. Thanks for having me.</s>COSTELLO: Still to come in the NEWSROOM -- young, female and supporting Bernie Sanders? Some of the world's most famous feminists say support Clinton instead. So what gives? Is there a feminist age rift?