It's no secret that there are problems with John Kasich that no amount of theatrical reasonableness can disguise. Here at the convention, I've heard a lot of Ohio Republicans telling me that Kasich can be a real piece of work to deal with, and he remains wedded to the notion of the Balanced Budget Amendment, the Worst Idea In American Politics. But you have to give him credit for keeping the brainworm of ambition that lives in the head of every politician from controlling every aspect of his behavior (Hi, Speaker Ryan!) and devouring the last vestige of his self-respect (Yo, Chris Christie! What up?).

Abe Lincoln, TR, and Dwight Eisenhower are rolling in their graves…

…fuck, at this point, so are Nixon and Reagan…

/FFS