Why could John Kasich’s victory in the Ohio governor’s race be a blueprint for Republicans in their effort to defeat President Obama in 2012? What message worked for Kasich? Why does Kasich’s personality come across as so appealing? How did he withstand 12 Obama visits to the state just to defeat him? And what do Republicans need to show in the next two years to show the American people they should elect a GOP president again? We ask Van Hipp, former chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party.