Ohio Gov. John Kasich said Monday that his team has done “everything we can” ahead of New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary on Tuesday.
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“I’ve had a ball [and] it’s in the hands of the voters here,” he said on “Morning Joe”. “I’m so calm. I’m really cool with whatever happens here. I’ve always been zen.”
Kasich said he isn’t letting Tuesday’s Granite State competition distract him from other battle ground states.
“I’ve labored in total obscurity for months [and] I think we’re going to have a very strong finish,” he said of his chances in Tuesday’s contest. ‘I’ve always thought we’d walk out of the woods and into the light.”
“If I don’t win, that’ll be OK,” Kasich added. “I’m creating a legacy for my family. Why don’t we push our best thing out there? I’d like to talk about my vision and not spend my time putting people down.”
All the time he has spent campaigning in New Hampshire has given him a first-hand look at what the nation is thinking, he said.
“There are a lot of people out there who feel there’s nobody connected to them, either their wins or their losses,” Kasich said. “A lot of people just want somebody who cares about them. That’s what being American’s all about, being together. We want to help everybody be lifted in America again.”
After an eighth place finish in last week’s Iowa caucuses, and winning a single delegate, he is looking for a better result in New Hampshire.
According to a RealClearPolitics average of polls of the state, he is in third place behind Donald Trump (31.2 percentage points) and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (14 percentage points) with 13.5 percentage points.
