One of the dangers of relying on guidance from God in order to determine whether you will or will not be running for president is that God seems invariably to tell candidates
whatever they want to hear.
On Meet The Press, Gov. Kasich said, “My family is a consideration, and number two, the most important thing is, what does the Lord want me to do with my life? You know, he puts us on Earth, all of us on Earth, to achieve certain purposes, and I’m trying to determine if this is what the Lord wants, and I’m not going to figure that out laying in bed hoping lightning strikes, so I’m out there one foot in front of another. We’ll see what happens.”
Just once I would like God to tell a Republican governor that maybe he or she ought to focus on getting his or her own house in order—perhaps expanding food aid to the poor instead of cutting it, or expanding medical care for state residents instead of whittling it down, rather than the invariable holy mandate to cut taxes on the governor's good friends and business acquaintances? Does God never tell any of his powerful supplicants that no, actually, they should probably not seek more power? Has there ever been a politician who spoke to God and reported back that God thought they were a crap-out who did not deserve a scrap more attention?
We shall see what happens. In the meantime, keep in mind that God seems to tell quite a few candidates to run for president during any given election. Since they can't all win, and most of them do not even come close, it stands to reason that God mostly just wants to knock each of them down a few pegs.