Anonymous wrote:I don't think he has any future in the Republican party. I don't see him getting appointed in the current or any future administration. He certainly has no chance of getting elected as a Republican.
I think he would get my vote (again) if he ran as a Democrat with (mostly) the same positions and priorities that he won with in the past. I think they need him more than he needs them.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:His dreams of being president are basically over. JD Vance will be the nominee in 2028. He could run in 2032 but at that point he'll be 76, and he'll have been out of elective politics for too long. And really, he has no place in the modern Republican party -- he is extreme in his views, but not extreme with inflammatory rhetoric in the way that MAGAts demand.
I think it is too early to proclaim Vance the sucessor. He could go out like Pense.
Anonymous wrote:His dreams of being president are basically over. JD Vance will be the nominee in 2028. He could run in 2032 but at that point he'll be 76, and he'll have been out of elective politics for too long. And really, he has no place in the modern Republican party -- he is extreme in his views, but not extreme with inflammatory rhetoric in the way that MAGAts demand.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I think most Marylanders saw through his "aw shucks" moderate Republican branding and remember him for vetoing expanded abortion access, needlessly delaying the purple line and costing Maryland taxpayers millions, cancelling the red line in Baltimore, tossing red meat to his base by lowering tolls on the Bay Bridge, and his spineless, mealy-mouthed write-in for Ronald Reagan in 2020.
Whatever goodwill he accumulated amongst centrists and moderate Democrats has been completely squandered. I think he'd have a shot at something like HHS in a normal Republican administration, but Hogan has somehow managed to thread the needle on alienating both MAGA Republicans and centrists/independents/moderate Dems.
I would vote again for Hogan or a Hogan-like candidate for Governor. Democrat here.
Anonymous wrote:I think most Marylanders saw through his "aw shucks" moderate Republican branding and remember him for vetoing expanded abortion access, needlessly delaying the purple line and costing Maryland taxpayers millions, cancelling the red line in Baltimore, tossing red meat to his base by lowering tolls on the Bay Bridge, and his spineless, mealy-mouthed write-in for Ronald Reagan in 2020.
Whatever goodwill he accumulated amongst centrists and moderate Democrats has been completely squandered. I think he'd have a shot at something like HHS in a normal Republican administration, but Hogan has somehow managed to thread the needle on alienating both MAGA Republicans and centrists/independents/moderate Dems.
Anonymous wrote:I’m a conservative never-Trumper who really likes Hogan. As much as I would like for him to hold office, I voted against him as a Republican candidate because I didn’t want to help MAGA control the Senate. I hope if he runs again, he does it as an Independent so that I can support him without supporting the Republican (MAGA) party.
Anonymous wrote:I think most Marylanders saw through his "aw shucks" moderate Republican branding and remember him for vetoing expanded abortion access, needlessly delaying the purple line and costing Maryland taxpayers millions, cancelling the red line in Baltimore, tossing red meat to his base by lowering tolls on the Bay Bridge, and his spineless, mealy-mouthed write-in for Ronald Reagan in 2020.
Whatever goodwill he accumulated amongst centrists and moderate Democrats has been completely squandered. I think he'd have a shot at something like HHS in a normal Republican administration, but Hogan has somehow managed to thread the needle on alienating both MAGA Republicans and centrists/independents/moderate Dems.