Governor John Kasich spent the past few weeks playing at running for president, jetting around the country and selling himself as someone who can bring people and parties together to solve all of our nation’s problems.

Kasich loves to play at being a cross-the-aisle uniter, nearly as much as he loves hearing himself speak, but his story, targeted at an uninformed national audience,  aims to hide the embarrassing truth about the deep divisiveness playing out here in Ohio as the Republican-controlled legislature continues to chart its own course in response to Kasich’s budget proposal- the most expensive in state history.

Last week the Ohio House of Representatives passed a highly-altered version of the governor’s […]