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Over in the House, Budget committee chairman John Kasich, who has been saying for months that a defeat of the amendment would make serious cuts all but impossible, was putting the best face on things. "I would have liked to have the legal club over everybody's head," he told TIME. "It now gets down to a matter of human will." As it happens, that's been the problem from the start...
With his zeal for doing the unpopular, Kasich takes much of the political heat off Gingrich. At the same time, however, he risks finding himself the fall guy if things go badly. He conceded as much at a hearing this month when he publicly commiserated with Rivlin, who lost internal battles at the White House over whether the Administration should opt for further deficit reduction. ``I hope you'll be the only one in this city that will lose this fight this year,'' Kasich told Rivlin. ``But you know what? I've got a feeling that there will be some...
...mailman from the blue-collar town of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, Kasich, in an act of college rebellion upon reaching Ohio State University, rejected his Democratic roots in favor of the populist, antibureaucratic doctrine. But whatever complaints he may have about government, he nonetheless has spent his entire career on the public payroll. (``I'm going to end up in the private sector,'' he vows. ``At some point, I'm out of this.'') His first job after graduating from college in 1974 was as an aide in the state senate, and within four years he had won a seat there...
...these struggles and others, Kasich can count on Gingrich to be on his side, at least up to a point. When they were still in the minority, Gingrich was a crucial ally in Kasich's bid to vault over more senior Republicans for the top spot on the Budget Committee. Similarly, Gingrich protected Kasich when he voted last summer for Clinton's crime bill--an act of party betrayal that might have cost him his chairmanship. Many are still rankled because Kasich not only supported the bill but lectured fellow Republicans on the virtues of ``coming toward the middle...
While colleagues respect his commitment and his expertise, Kasich's truncheon-like style has proved to be a problem when it comes to more delicate aspects of his job. Some Republicans grumble that the chairman is well on his way to becoming the most unpopular member of the House. Then again, says G.O.P. consultant Paul Wilson, ``he doesn't really care who likes him. He'll take on anybody. He's like the kid from the neighborhood who picks a fight to show the bigger boys he can beat 'em.'' Kasich insists that his first month as chairman has made...