and 3. Hogan was elected before Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. |
Hogan is going to win, guys. |
Yes, if only guys voted, Hogan probably would win. However, it's not only guys that vote. |
He's a strong candidate, for sure. The only question is weather he can convince Marylanders that he is NOT a lockstep Republican vote for Supreme Court appointees. If not for this one issue, he would cruise to an easy victory. Trone has all the money and a decent story (grew up using an outhouse, built a successful company, is not a terrible person despite being rich). Not sure he can win his primary since he does not have a track record of successes on issues that people care about. The leader in the "roadside sign competition" is the always reliable Robin Ficker. Ten time champion! |
If not for this one issue of measly, pesky, minor issue of women having the right to make their own health care and reproductive decisions... |
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Yeah that’s kind of important. If anyone thinks Hogan will provide Democrats with the 51st vote against one of Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominees, they are well and truly living in a fantasyland contained in a dreamworld. People are free to vote for whomever they want, of course. But they should at least vote with their eyes open: Hogan will caucus with Republicans, which means that Biden’s SC nominees will never even get a vote if Dems end up with 49 senators. It also means that if Hogan is the 50th Republican elected to the senate, Trump’s SC nominees will be confirmed with ease. |
The Post said that either Trone or Alsobrooks are well-qualified and could do the job: "In their May 14 primary election, Maryland Democrats face a dilemma, but at least it’s the good kind: how to choose between two well-qualified candidates seeking the nomination to run for U.S. senator against the likely Republican contender, former governor Larry Hogan. Similar in policy and ideology, either Prince George’s County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks or Rep. David Trone, who has represented Maryland’s 6th Congressional District since 2019, could do the job" Since the most important thing is to beat Hogan, I voted for Trone. |
I beg to differ. I posted this back on page 5 of of this thread (several months ago), but it bears repeating. Trone is a fair-weather Democrat. He pushes policies that he finds polically expedient. He was very progressive when he was running to represent Montgomery County, but from his history, he's never been reliably liberal. So you take your chances with that one. If it is politically expedient to be like Joe Manchin, you better believe that Trone will go that way. If he thinks he can get a better deal from the other side, then he'll go that way. He's a self-made man, but he made himself by doing what was best for himself and not for others. Don't expect him to be altruistically liberal because he'll only stick that way as long as there's something in it for himself.
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Trone will caucus with Democrats and will vote for Biden’s Supreme Court nominees. |
+1. Manchin has to thread the needle because he's from a state that is 70% republican. Trone won't have that issue. If there were any issues with Trone's voting record in Congress, we'd have heard about it by now. |
+1 and it’s not just the votes. If Hogan is the 50th Senator with Trump as President or the 51st Senator with Biden as President, then the Republicans will have the Senate majority and all sorts of other bad things will happen. |
Two things people in the state of Maryland care about: Ravens and Orioles. Go try to find coverage in the Post. You probably think the state of Maryland only exists as an extension of DC. Which is why you’re having a hard time understanding why Hogan is hoping Alsobrooks wins the primary. |
Three more things people in the state of Maryland care about: Commanders, Nationals, Capitals. |
Oh, I would never say he was loyal to traditional Democratic party ideals nor that he is a liberal. Simply that he is not a terrible person, which is how I would describe too many of America's wealth class. Trone does not seem to be a bad guy. |