"I'm not going to take orders from these people. It's not what I do, it's not who I am" John Kasich said. | Getty Kasich: I'd be the worst vice president

Count John Kasich out of the veepstakes — for now, at least.

The Ohio governor, who is seeking a strong performance in Tuesday's New Hampshire Republican primary, said that he has no desire to join a presidential ticket if he is not the nominee.


In fact, Kasich told CNN's Gloria Borger in an interview aired Friday on "The Situation Room" that he "would be the worst vice president anybody could ever imagine."

"I'd be worse than [Vice President Joe] Biden. Because I'm my own man," he explained. "I'm not going to take orders from these people. It's not what I do, it's not who I am."

Asked if he could not do that as vice president, Kasich remarked that he had "no interest" in being No. 2 in the next White House.

"I'm running for president," he said.