REUTERS/Rick WilkingKenneth Langone, co-founder of Home Depot Inc, speaks at a panel discussion at the SALT conference in Las Vegas May 14, 2014. SALT is produced by SkyBridge Capital, a global investment firm.
But now he’s found one.
According to Politico, Langone will throw his substantial financial support behind Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R).
Langone is known for being a moderate, and has never made social issues the central factor of his political support, which would seem to make Kasich a fit.
It’s a blow to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R), who along with Kasich has been running to take control of the so-called establishment lane in the GOP primary.
Langone did not seem enthused about Bush during an interview with Wall Street Week last year — at least definitely not compared to Christie.
“The guy every day confirms in my mind why I think he’d make a great president,” Langone said of Christie on television’s “Wall Street Week.”
“Three weeks ago he talked about entitlements … the third rail of politics. Now Jeb Bush is talking about entitlements.”
Back in October, Langone told CNBC that Donald Trump had the “flexibility and the capacity” to be a great president. But in the end, he didn’t go that way.
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