According to critics within his party, Kasich, 45, may be the GOP's most inspiring communicator, but he's too young, too arrogant and too unfocused to run for president.

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And he's too young and inexperienced.

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He's too young to understand bigotry.

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"He's young too, only 46 -- so he's the youngest monarch in the world -- the only one who's not gray or bald!"

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In 2001, he told WHYY's Fresh Air that he was too young to get into the clubs to see his idol so he would meet him at the subway.

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Self-employed electrician Tony Levy from Wednesfield in the Black Country says that at 61 he's too old to be employed but too young to retire.

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"But a move to a two-tier system does not sound a good step forward, " he added, saying such a change would mean choices about children's futures being taken at too young an age.

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