The Latest: Obama fears political splits could hold back US
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 presidential campaign (all times Eastern Daylight Saving):
10:15 a.m.
President Barack Obama says "America's got the best cards" and is the "envy of the world," but he worries that political divisions could hold back the country.
He tells "Fox News Sunday" that "this can be our century, just like the 20th century was — as long as we don't tear each other apart." The two-term Democratic president — who leaves office in January — says that's because American politics "value sensationalism or conflict over cooperation, and we don't have the ability to compromise."
Obama says that "if we get that part right, nobody can stop us."
He says that increasingly Democrats and Republicans "don't hear each other" and he hopes the political dynamic can change.
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9:50 a.m.
John Kasich (KAY'-sihk) is painting a gloomy picture for Republicans on all levels if either Donald Trump or Ted Cruz is the party's presidential nominee in November.
The Ohio governor is citing "great concern" in the party — and not just about the White House race, but what happens if "we get blown out" in that contest.
Under that scenario, Kasich tells CBS' "Face the Nation" that "we would lose seats all the way from the statehouse to the courthouse" — meaning races all down the ballot.
He thinks that'll be "a big consideration" at the GOP convention this summer. Kasich's hope for the nomination is based on the idea that no candidate wraps up enough delegates before the convention — and that he can emerge there.
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