Still running wild.
Posted on 08/14/2018 10:46:08 AM PDT by 11th_VA
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) has a considerable lead over Democratic challenger Ben Jealous and is supported by slightly more than half of likely voters, according to a poll released Tuesday by Gonzales Research ...
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Can someone explain Hogan’s appeal to me?
Haven’t followed him. How is he winning in Maryland?
Is he conservative, moderate or liberal?
Thanks!
Is Jealous Jealous?
Apparently, just not being a D is starting to have a certain amount of appeal in the long-suffering blue states.
Still running wild.
He beat incumbent Lieutenant Governor Anthony G. Brown who served under Martin O Malley for eight terrible years of O Malley and a Dem legislature raising endless taxes and fees.
Hogan ran against O’ Malley’s governorship and won.
He reversed many bad things passed.
He is not especially conservative but in Maryland we lived under O Malley and his past lame opponent Bob Ehrlich (GOP).
Ehrlich got his ass kicked in 2006 by O’ Malley then came back for another beating in 2010 by O’ Malley.
He was pathetic.
This election is a no brainer for us in Maryland,
How is Republican Hogan gaining votes in 2 to 1 Dem to Rep voter state?
First month in office, he reduced the EZpass tolls on bridges, highways. Rolled back other tax gouges of O’Mally (O’Money)
Also got sympathy when he had treatment for cancer and was bald for months.
Big one for families — Pushed back on state education mafia and limited school to between Labor Day and Father’s Day
Been Jealous. What a perfect name for a Democrat. It sums up what drives them.
As a Maryland resident -
Hogan does not wear any particular label. He is very much a common-sense “let’s get to fixed” kind of guy. In a dark-blue state, he manages to be effective making people believe that better roads, lower tolls, quelling riots, business health, a clean Chesapeake and others are for the benefit of all regardless on their politics. The left has tried consistently to put the Trump label on him without success.
But Wait!!
On election night Democratic officials will discover bags of ballots in desk drawers, boxes of ballots in the trunks of cars, cartons of ballots in dark corners of warehouses. They will recount until the Dem wins!
Larry Jr. Started with the same geographical set of voters- Bill Clinton Democrats (business oriented) and ‘mostly’ GOPe Republicans.
In recent years, the radical left has taken over Montgomery Country, PG County, and Baltimore City. But Hogan has a coalition from his roots in Baltimore country, rural MD, and a few non-radical Democrats that put him over the top.
It has been well know, the Democrats would gerrymander districts with enough blacks to elect a Democrat, but not enough to elect a Black Democrat - as a percentage, blacks are under represented in the MD house.
If Jealous (who is black loses) in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans 2-1, you could see them sit out a future election.
There are few people more aptly named than Benjamin Jealous.
It’s simple. Even when it comes to libs they want an adult in charge. Hogan can best serve us when the next Senate seat comes up while Trump is still in office.
Ben Jealous simply has the wrong name for a politician. I’m sure Bob Angry, Joe Humiliated, and Julio Constipated would all be running far behind, too. :-P
What ever happened to Mary Kane I thought she was a rising star in Maryland?
Her Husband John Kane was too.....
Last I heard she was Ehrlich’s Lt. Governor pick and they lost.
Also, I read a few of the comments on Washington Post. Jealous supported Bernie Sanders, and the Clintonistas are still blaming him for giving us Donald Trump - so they plan to vote for Hogan.
This is the REAL election, not just a primary?
Gosh, it's almost as if allowing the local gentry to burn down Baltimore has some kind of longer term impact on state politics. Thanks 11th_VA.
Heh! I thought it read as, “Paul Hogan,” from Crocodile Dundee fame.
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