governor kasich, you ve been asked almost every day, since 2016, if you would run against president trump. i guess my question to you and you usually answer you don t see a path right now, or you haven t decided. i want to know what a path would look like. if you did see a path, have you thought about what that path would be? well, look, john, i m been in a lot of elections, okay. i ran for the state senate when i was 25 years old. nobody thought i could win. i thought i could. and i ran and i won. i ran for congress in a year when not one single republican other than me defeated an incumbent democrat. i thought i could do it. i ran for governor without ever having run statewide before. i think it s the first time it s happened where a non-statewide candidate beat an incumbent governor. i thought i could win. and i ran in 2016 and nobody thought i could, you know, go as far as i did, and i did.
look like if you did see a path, have you thought about what that path would be? well, look, john, i ve been in a lot of elections, okay? i ran for the state senate when i was 25 years old. nobody thought i could win. i thought i could and i ran and i won. i ran for congress in a year when not one single republican, other than me, defeated an incumbent democrat. i thought i could do it. i ran for governor without having run statewide before, i think it s the first time it s happened where a nonstatewide candidate beat an incumbent governor. and i ran in 2016. but i look at this, and i don t see the path right. so that doesn t mean there wouldn t be a path down the road, but right now i don t see it. and it s a that s a complicated, long answer. and if we were in political science class, john, i could answer it for you. it s not something i could
supportive of the president might not jump in. it s a tough thing being the incumbent president. you have to think it s really an uphi uphill battle all the way. a former reagan appointed attorney, big state governor who got reelected with the largest margin in the history of massachusetts, that s more likely who would be a republican nominee than a guy who was in the casino business and donated to anthony weiner. all you can do is get out there and fight and see how the fight goes. and be glad you re in the fight. and i think he s very glad he s in this fight. you ve been asked almost every day since 2016 if you would run against president trump. i guess my question to you, and you usually answer you don t see a path right now or you haven t decided. i want to know what a path would
president on the spending compromise and 90% of house democrats stuck with their speaker. so much for the presidential tweets suggesting nancy pelosi has lost control of her caucus. now the final number, three. as in three morehouse republicans announcing they will not run for re-election in 2020. we re now up to five gop retirements and it is early in the cycle. track that number and watch it in the months ahead. the more it climbs the more you ll know about republican frustration and whether gop-ers see a path to retake the house next year. that is it for inside politics. up next on state of the union with jake tapper, 2020 candidate bernie sanders, jerry nadler and the michigan congresswoman rashida tlaib and tune in tuesday night for the democratic debates. thanks for sharing your sunday. have a great day. from the new ultimate crabfest trio with three kinds of wild-caught crab to the return of crab lover s dream! grab your crab crew, hurry in or order it to go!
it s too basic. if they can t do it, i will declare a national emergency. so no emergency either, at least not yet. still with no clear path to funding in sight, the president appears as confident as ever. you have to take the politics out of this, and we have to get down to business. the numbers will be incredible if we get it done, and we will get it done. one way or another, we will get it done. joining me now is former republican congressman ryan costello of pennsylvania. the panel is still here as well. congressman, former congressman, excuse me, it s good to see you. i am back to the question that i feel like we ve been all asking ourselves for the last week at least, if not longer, but considering the round and round we ve gone the last week, how the hell do we get out of this? there s going to have to be an emergency declaration by the president i think for the president to save face and for him to assuage the base because