Larry Hogan, you're next. We are not satisfied.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t be so sure about Hogan. If he can keep his moderate views, I predict he will have a tight race but emerge victorious. If he allows Rs to dictate a divisive campaign, he’s toast.

+1. I am a left leaning centrist and like most things Hogan stands for. TBH if he ran as independent, not R he would 100% have my vote. Otherwise, right now i am deathly allergic to anybody with (R)

[Anonymous]

I live in MoCo. I am a democrat. I will vote against Larry Hogana and donate to every seat in Maryland to flip. I do not want any republican in the office.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Hogan has been a moderate and reasonable"

Why do people believe this? He killed the red line proposal, he made the purple line less effective, he decreased education funding to the parts of the state that didn't vote for him, he forced the bizarre school calendar on us.

Is not being a crazy now our standard? What good has he done, seriously?

+1 I am not a liberal and only lived in MD for 5 years. I honestly don't know what Hogan's done that's been good for MD. No one seems to be able to detail his accomplishments.

around here not raising taxes (too much) yearly and cutting anything (even toll prices) are major wins already

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Hogan has been a moderate and reasonable"

Why do people believe this? He killed the red line proposal, he made the purple line less effective, he decreased education funding to the parts of the state that didn't vote for him, he forced the bizarre school calendar on us.

Is not being a crazy now our standard? What good has he done, seriously?

+1 I am not a liberal and only lived in MD for 5 years. I honestly don't know what Hogan's done that's been good for MD. No one seems to be able to detail his accomplishments.

around here not raising taxes (too much) yearly and cutting anything (even toll prices) are major wins already

Ok, that's kind of pathetic, and also not enough to protect him from Trump's sinking the Rs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t be so sure about Hogan. If he can keep his moderate views, I predict he will have a tight race but emerge victorious. If he allows Rs to dictate a divisive campaign, he’s toast.

+1. I am a left leaning centrist and like most things Hogan stands for. TBH if he ran as independent, not R he would 100% have my vote. Otherwise, right now i am deathly allergic to anybody with (R)

Doesn’t this line of thinking reinforce the type or partisan gridlock we’re trying to stop? This is why the currents are are like these why the current Rs in office are doing little to stop Trump, they know despite what people say in the end they will vote based on the party instead of the candidate. It gives little cover to those who might actually be independent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Hogan has been a moderate and reasonable"

Why do people believe this? He killed the red line proposal, he made the purple line less effective, he decreased education funding to the parts of the state that didn't vote for him, he forced the bizarre school calendar on us.

Is not being a crazy now our standard? What good has he done, seriously?

+1 I am not a liberal and only lived in MD for 5 years. I honestly don't know what Hogan's done that's been good for MD. No one seems to be able to detail his accomplishments.

around here not raising taxes (too much) yearly and cutting anything (even toll prices) are major wins already

Ok, that's kind of pathetic, and also not enough to protect him from Trump's sinking the Rs.

That was sarcasm, in hindsight probably should have identified as such. We need to come up with "s" or something to quickly denote snarky posts

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He can’t take it for granted but I think there are still a good number of moderate Ds in Md that like having a check on the legislature. He has been pretty moderate and reasonable so far too which helps.

Hogan needs to scream about the tax plans and SALT retention. Plus more reasonable AKA fed gets more on estate tax. Honestly I'm so sick of the extremes on both sides. 40 years ago I could never even imagine the illegal immigration getting to this volume. NRA whacks, Capt Casa Perez. What normal party is left?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Hogan has been a moderate and reasonable"

Why do people believe this? He killed the red line proposal, he made the purple line less effective, he decreased education funding to the parts of the state that didn't vote for him, he forced the bizarre school calendar on us.

Is not being a crazy now our standard? What good has he done, seriously?

+1 I am not a liberal and only lived in MD for 5 years. I honestly don't know what Hogan's done that's been good for MD. No one seems to be able to detail his accomplishments.

around here not raising taxes (too much) yearly and cutting anything (even toll prices) are major wins already

Ok, that's kind of pathetic, and also not enough to protect him from Trump's sinking the Rs.

That was sarcasm, in hindsight probably should have identified as such. We need to come up with "s" or something to quickly denote snarky posts

/s = "sarcasm"

I live in Rockville, and though my taxes are "high", I don't really complain that much about it because we get awesome city services. Like a PP stated, I might as well enjoy the safety net. I used to be a R btw. I do think that Hogan should do more to attract businesses and develop the 270 "tech" corridor (which is a joke imo). Has he tried at all to do so? I never hear much about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t be so sure about Hogan. If he can keep his moderate views, I predict he will have a tight race but emerge victorious. If he allows Rs to dictate a divisive campaign, he’s toast.

+1. I am a left leaning centrist and like most things Hogan stands for. TBH if he ran as independent, not R he would 100% have my vote. Otherwise, right now i am deathly allergic to anybody with (R)

Doesn’t this line of thinking reinforce the type or partisan gridlock we’re trying to stop? This is why the currents are are like these why the current Rs in office are doing little to stop Trump, they know despite what people say in the end they will vote based on the party instead of the candidate. It gives little cover to those who might actually be independent.

Again, I would vote for him if only anybody could identify anything good that he has done please.

The silence is sort of deafening.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Hogan has been a moderate and reasonable"

Why do people believe this? He killed the red line proposal, he made the purple line less effective, he decreased education funding to the parts of the state that didn't vote for him, he forced the bizarre school calendar on us.

Is not being a crazy now our standard? What good has he done, seriously?

+1 I am not a liberal and only lived in MD for 5 years. I honestly don't know what Hogan's done that's been good for MD. No one seems to be able to detail his accomplishments.

around here not raising taxes (too much) yearly and cutting anything (even toll prices) are major wins already

Ok, that's kind of pathetic, and also not enough to protect him from Trump's sinking the Rs.

That was sarcasm, in hindsight probably should have identified as such. We need to come up with "s" or something to quickly denote snarky posts

/s = "sarcasm"

I live in Rockville, and though my taxes are "high", I don't really complain that much about it because we get awesome city services. Like a PP stated, I might as well enjoy the safety net. I used to be a R btw. I do think that Hogan should do more to attract businesses and develop the 270 "tech" corridor (which is a joke imo). Has he tried at all to do so? I never hear much about it.

PP's post was sarcasm, but it was kind of true. Why should I vote for someone whose most significant positive accomplishment is lowering tolls?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t be so sure about Hogan. If he can keep his moderate views, I predict he will have a tight race but emerge victorious. If he allows Rs to dictate a divisive campaign, he’s toast.

+1. I am a left leaning centrist and like most things Hogan stands for. TBH if he ran as independent, not R he would 100% have my vote. Otherwise, right now i am deathly allergic to anybody with (R)

Doesn’t this line of thinking reinforce the type or partisan gridlock we’re trying to stop? This is why the currents are are like these why the current Rs in office are doing little to stop Trump, they know despite what people say in the end they will vote based on the party instead of the candidate. It gives little cover to those who might actually be independent.

Again, I would vote for him if only anybody could identify anything good that he has done please.

The silence is sort of deafening.

On a personal level he survived a particularly gruesome bout of cancer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t be so sure about Hogan. If he can keep his moderate views, I predict he will have a tight race but emerge victorious. If he allows Rs to dictate a divisive campaign, he’s toast.

+1. I am a left leaning centrist and like most things Hogan stands for. TBH if he ran as independent, not R he would 100% have my vote. Otherwise, right now i am deathly allergic to anybody with (R)

Doesn’t this line of thinking reinforce the type or partisan gridlock we’re trying to stop? This is why the currents are are like these why the current Rs in office are doing little to stop Trump, they know despite what people say in the end they will vote based on the party instead of the candidate. It gives little cover to those who might actually be independent.

Again, I would vote for him if only anybody could identify anything good that he has done please.

The silence is sort of deafening.

One could argue he's been a decent steward. In many cases that's all we need from a governor. The state is not going through a crisis, notwithstanding Baltimore which is a dysfunctional mess of its own. MD's economy is robust, MD fiscal status is robust, schools are robust. Is there a cry for change? Some people would certainly demand/want change but ask yourself honesty, if Hogan had a D next to his name and had done the exact same over the past four years, would you be looking for a replacement? Probably not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t be so sure about Hogan. If he can keep his moderate views, I predict he will have a tight race but emerge victorious. If he allows Rs to dictate a divisive campaign, he’s toast.

+1. I am a left leaning centrist and like most things Hogan stands for. TBH if he ran as independent, not R he would 100% have my vote. Otherwise, right now i am deathly allergic to anybody with (R)

Doesn’t this line of thinking reinforce the type or partisan gridlock we’re trying to stop? This is why the currents are are like these why the current Rs in office are doing little to stop Trump, they know despite what people say in the end they will vote based on the party instead of the candidate. It gives little cover to those who might actually be independent.

Again, I would vote for him if only anybody could identify anything good that he has done please.

The silence is sort of deafening.

One could argue he's been a decent steward. In many cases that's all we need from a governor. The state is not going through a crisis, notwithstanding Baltimore which is a dysfunctional mess of its own. MD's economy is robust, MD fiscal status is robust, schools are robust. Is there a cry for change? Some people would certainly demand/want change but ask yourself honesty, if Hogan had a D next to his name and had done the exact same over the past four years, would you be looking for a replacement? Probably not.

If that D governor had cut education funding to my part of the state, aligned himself with a gruesome president, and cut public transportation plans like the red line and purple line, no, I probably would not have voted for him.

And you say MD is not in crisis and then immediately mention that Baltimore is a crisis. What has Hogan done regarding our "crisis?" Anything?

[Anonymous]

Hogan will try backpedaling to the center after campaigning for Ed. It will be too late. Md dems won't let him run away from it.

Stick a fork in 'em.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought all the Dems here were professing their love and bipartisanship for Hogan?

I guess that was just words.

I was with him until he issued the mandate that schools can't start before Labor Day. Now I'm unsure if I would vote for him when he's up for re-election.