Memo to MSM reporters:

Here are Three Questions to ask John Kasich on his new ad this weekend -- Q's that all hard-working MSM politics reporters should ask of him.  Yes, ask him this weekend if you’re really hard-working.

 In his  new ad playing statewide, Kasich defends his Lehman Brothers career by reiterating his tired claim that he was  “not running Lehman Brothers” (although nobody has ever mistaken him for his professed idol Dick Fuld)  and that he merely headed a two-person office in Columbus.

Question One:  If he was not a big player in Lehman’s collapse and Wall Street meltdown of 2008, why won’t he disclose his income and bonuses since 2001 – when he gave this interview to the New York Observer from his Wall Street high-rise office?

Also today,  Kasich's campaign manager released a Campaign Memo spinning the claim that the recent Democratic ads about his Wall Street career haven’t hurt his poll standing, according to his internal polls. This claim leads to...

Question Two:  If that is so, then why did the campaign make the big ad buy through August 6, featuring a fast-talking, agitated candidate arguing hard and expensively that he was NOT a big player on Wall Street? He might disclose his internal poll since public ones conflict on this point.

The same NY Observer article quotes him as seeking “money” in his new career in 2001 to gain “political gravitas.”  This begs for... 

Question Three:  How much “gravitas” has he gained from Wall Street special interests?  A search of public records for financial industry contributions (banking, real estate, insurance, financial institutions)  to Kasich just since 2009 will lead a hard-digging reporter to a total close to $1.5 million.

Try some weekend digging... your MSM editors and readers will appreciate it.