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Letters: Next president needs common sense

Republican presidential candidate Ohio Gov. John Kasich
Republican presidential candidate Ohio Gov. John Kasich AP

I’m not looking for grandiose promises or hysterical rhetoric, no matter how entertaining, but honesty, integrity and old-fashioned common sense with a proven record of outstanding accomplishment despite impossible odds. There are only two candidates for president, of either party, who come close to filling that bill: Jeb Bush and John Kasich, I’m leaning toward Kasich.

R. Wayne Shivers

Columbia

This story was originally published February 18, 2016 at 2:49 PM with the headline "Letters: Next president needs common sense."

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