Hogan running for Senate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm writing in Trone, I can't vote for her or him

VERY impactful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm writing in Trone, I can't vote for her or him

I'm so confused

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm writing in Trone, I can't vote for her or him

That'll show 'em!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm writing in Trone, I can't vote for her or him

It's almost like a vote for Ronald Reagan!

[Anonymous]

Why is Hogan afraid of going on WAMU's "The Politics Hour" public affairs show? Seems like speaking to all the Maryland voters in the listening area would be important to Hogan. He can perform his lame never-Trump bona fides.

[Anonymous]

I'm another "Write in-Trone" voter. Don't like her, PG is corrupt, dangerous and a mess. Worst county in the DC area

Larry is a turncoat and will ban abortion and make the rich richer. Trone was the better candidate.

Write him in, send a message to DC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm another "Write in-Trone" voter. Don't like her, PG is corrupt, dangerous and a mess. Worst county in the DC area

Larry is a turncoat and will ban abortion and make the rich richer. Trone was the better candidate.

Write him in, send a message to DC

What message do you think this would send to DC?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm another "Write in-Trone" voter. Don't like her, PG is corrupt, dangerous and a mess. Worst county in the DC area

Larry is a turncoat and will ban abortion and make the rich richer. Trone was the better candidate.

Write him in, send a message to DC

Ridiculous, both of the candidate on the ballot are better options than Trone.

Trone is a former Republican who flip flips on issues when politically expedient. He is yet another rich white guy who will do whatever he can for big business and his own pockets. He spent his early years hosting Republican fund-raisers for the candidates who supported the opposite of what he later found politically expedient. He was still conservative/moderate when he ran his first campaign for the House and lost. Suddenly there was an opening in Montgomery County and he found scruples and became a born-again progressive and ran on values and platforms that he had fund-raised against for decades previously.

Trone is one of those who believes that as long as he can buy his way, he should get his way. He believes that money decides, and that values and morals are only important when they are politically expedient for him. It should be interesting to see if he is going to flip flop again when the next opening comes up where he thinks he can weasel his way back into a seat in Congress since he realizes now that people only like him for his money.

PG County is none of the things you characterized it as. Since Jack Johnson left office in 2010, the subsequent county executives and government have worked hard to clean up the government and rebuild. The county is far better off than it used to be and has addressed many of the former issues. It's slow going but the county has experienced a fairly rapid climb over the last 14 years and will continue to improve. As a 30+ year resident of PG, I can say that the county is much better off than it was and I would much rather have a candidate for Senate that was a part of that improvement, than a candidate like Trone who just rides whatever wave is currently in vogue and has no political commitment for himself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm another "Write in-Trone" voter. Don't like her, PG is corrupt, dangerous and a mess. Worst county in the DC area

Larry is a turncoat and will ban abortion and make the rich richer. Trone was the better candidate.

Write him in, send a message to DC

Ridiculous, both of the candidate on the ballot are better options than Trone.

Trone is a former Republican who flip flips on issues when politically expedient. He is yet another rich white guy who will do whatever he can for big business and his own pockets. He spent his early years hosting Republican fund-raisers for the candidates who supported the opposite of what he later found politically expedient. He was still conservative/moderate when he ran his first campaign for the House and lost. Suddenly there was an opening in Montgomery County and he found scruples and became a born-again progressive and ran on values and platforms that he had fund-raised against for decades previously.

Trone is one of those who believes that as long as he can buy his way, he should get his way. He believes that money decides, and that values and morals are only important when they are politically expedient for him. It should be interesting to see if he is going to flip flop again when the next opening comes up where he thinks he can weasel his way back into a seat in Congress since he realizes now that people only like him for his money.

PG County is none of the things you characterized it as. Since Jack Johnson left office in 2010, the subsequent county executives and government have worked hard to clean up the government and rebuild. The county is far better off than it used to be and has addressed many of the former issues. It's slow going but the county has experienced a fairly rapid climb over the last 14 years and will continue to improve. As a 30+ year resident of PG, I can say that the county is much better off than it was and I would much rather have a candidate for Senate that was a part of that improvement, than a candidate like Trone who just rides whatever wave is currently in vogue and has no political commitment for himself.

+1000

[Anonymous]

Has Hogan ever explained how he can have any impact on the crazy Rs he criticizes as just one vote? He would not get any good committees.

And has he ever addressed the concern that a vote for him could very easily swing the Senate and put the very Rs in charge he disagrees with?

Will he angle be to switch parties or go independent and caucus with Ds? If so why isn’t he telling us that?

Would love to vote for him but right now, I don’t see how that makes sense. Do not like Alsbrook at all.

[Anonymous]

A vote for Hogan is a vote for the holding up of Harris appointments to the judiciary and federal agencies, should Harris win.

If you want Harris in the White House (rather than just Not Trump), then vote Alsobrooks so Harris can have a chance at governing.

The GOP looks like it will keep the House right now. If they have the Senate and Harris wins, expect at least two years of the stupidest investigations you can imagine plus absurs impeachment of various officials.

We have all seen what alleged moderate Republicans do when faced with placing country over party - they fail that test (see, e.g., Romney and Collins).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has Hogan ever explained how he can have any impact on the crazy Rs he criticizes as just one vote? He would not get any good committees.

And has he ever addressed the concern that a vote for him could very easily swing the Senate and put the very Rs in charge he disagrees with?

Will he angle be to switch parties or go independent and caucus with Ds? If so why isn’t he telling us that?

Would love to vote for him but right now, I don’t see how that makes sense. Do not like Alsbrook at all.

No. No, he won't do that. No.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A vote for Hogan is a vote for the holding up of Harris appointments to the judiciary and federal agencies, should Harris win.

If you want Harris in the White House (rather than just Not Trump), then vote Alsobrooks so Harris can have a chance at governing.

The GOP looks like it will keep the House right now. If they have the Senate and Harris wins, expect at least two years of the stupidest investigations you can imagine plus absurs impeachment of various officials.

We have all seen what alleged moderate Republicans do when faced with placing country over party - they fail that test (see, e.g., Romney and Collins).

What do you base the bolded on? Most everything I have seen says it will be close but the Dems should retake.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A vote for Hogan is a vote for the holding up of Harris appointments to the judiciary and federal agencies, should Harris win.

If you want Harris in the White House (rather than just Not Trump), then vote Alsobrooks so Harris can have a chance at governing.

The GOP looks like it will keep the House right now. If they have the Senate and Harris wins, expect at least two years of the stupidest investigations you can imagine plus absurs impeachment of various officials.

We have all seen what alleged moderate Republicans do when faced with placing country over party - they fail that test (see, e.g., Romney and Collins).

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Republicans have wasted their time in the House clowns have takeover

So not vote for Hogan! Project 2025 installer

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A vote for Hogan is a vote for the holding up of Harris appointments to the judiciary and federal agencies, should Harris win.

If you want Harris in the White House (rather than just Not Trump), then vote Alsobrooks so Harris can have a chance at governing.

The GOP looks like it will keep the House right now. If they have the Senate and Harris wins, expect at least two years of the stupidest investigations you can imagine plus absurs impeachment of various officials.

We have all seen what alleged moderate Republicans do when faced with placing country over party - they fail that test (see, e.g., Romney and Collins).

What do you base the bolded on? Most everything I have seen says it will be close but the Dems should retake.

I don't have time for the long answer, which involves the recent history of Democrats underperforming their polling and a case-by-case analysis of the few seats that are actually competitive this year.

Short answer is that if you dive into the nitty gritty rather than look at a national favorability poll (or polling average), we are looking at a narrow (again) GOP majority.