Anonymous wrote:Elrich is definitely gone. Hoping for Blair (anyone but Reimer who is a lying a$$hole). Possibly another moderate Governor, depends on opponents- last time Anthony Brown's only campaigning was, "I am a democrat," and that is not enough

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This perfectly reflects my sentiments. Blair would be good for a change. The council is running circles around Elrich. Riemer is awful and needs to be out of politics. I voted for term limits to precisely to ensure that Riemer, Leventhal and Floreen were forced out. All three are just awful people.

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Anonymous wrote:None of the above. Maybe A & H. No way any R is elected to federal office. MD is not VA, there is plenty of discontent about schools too, but many voters here are Democrats down to the bone.

I think you're right. I do. but I think a lot of those "down to the bone" dems might be JUST frustrated enough to vote for Blair for MoCo Exec, or for a very moderate republican for Gov. Especially if someone like Baker gets the nom from the Dems

Baker is moderate compared to Ben Jealous, who he ran against last time. He's moderate compared to Tom Perez. Franchot and Gansler are old school and their time has come and gone.

If Michael Steele enters the race, I think he will win. He's very moderate.

Steele won’t win the Republican primary.

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Anonymous wrote:None of the above. Maybe A & H. No way any R is elected to federal office. MD is not VA, there is plenty of discontent about schools too, but many voters here are Democrats down to the bone.

I think you're right. I do. but I think a lot of those "down to the bone" dems might be JUST frustrated enough to vote for Blair for MoCo Exec, or for a very moderate republican for Gov. Especially if someone like Baker gets the nom from the Dems

Baker is moderate compared to Ben Jealous, who he ran against last time. He's moderate compared to Tom Perez. Franchot and Gansler are old school and their time has come and gone.

If Michael Steele enters the race, I think he will win. He's very moderate.

I worry about Blair’s lack of experience but absolutely detest Elrich and am not thrilled with Reimer (plus, isn’t he pushing for Thrive and other idiotic ideas the Council has been pushing through while people are distracted?) God I wish we could just have county leadership and representatives who just focus on making shit run the way its supposed to instead of spending 100% of their time on performative bullshit and constantly finding new and novel ways to spend our money (on everything BUT the shit that a county government is supposed to handle).

Anonymous wrote:None of the above. Maybe A & H. No way any R is elected to federal office. MD is not VA, there is plenty of discontent about schools too, but many voters here are Democrats down to the bone.

I think you're right. I do. but I think a lot of those "down to the bone" dems might be JUST frustrated enough to vote for Blair for MoCo Exec, or for a very moderate republican for Gov. Especially if someone like Baker gets the nom from the Dems

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Anonymous wrote:I’m still holding out hope that the three western redneck counties will succeed to West Virginia. That will take a lot of obstacles out of the MD general assembly and senate, and eliminate any future possibility of another Hogan getting elected.

Good grief that's a judgmental statement. It's the American way to share and be neighbors with those with whom you don't necessarily agree. This need to 'purge' and 'cancel culture' is the current Marxism of many Democrats that Van Jones was alluding to on Tuesday night when reflecting on the GOP wave across the country. Too much of an 'echo chamber in our news feeds.'

It’s the Western Maryland counties that want to cancel themselves. I say let em go if that’s what they want. Not purging them but not begging them to stay either. Of course they could just move with their feet. Go ahead, leave the richest state for the poorest state. Knock yourselves out.

Anonymous wrote:I’m still holding out hope that the three western redneck counties will succeed to West Virginia. That will take a lot of obstacles out of the MD general assembly and senate, and eliminate any future possibility of another Hogan getting elected.

Good grief that's a judgmental statement. It's the American way to share and be neighbors with those with whom you don't necessarily agree. This need to 'purge' and 'cancel culture' is the current Marxism of many Democrats that Van Jones was alluding to on Tuesday night when reflecting on the GOP wave across the country. Too much of an 'echo chamber in our news feeds.'

Anonymous wrote:G. Frederick, Anne Arundel, and/or Howard County flips back to red

You mess with their schools and they will flip. Don't believe it just watch.

Assuming this is about County Executives (all three counties voted for Hogan for governor, they were blue in the presidential elections) HoCo exec Calvin Ball is really unpopular. Stuart Pittman in AA County is actually quite popular though he leans left and may be vulnerable in a wave election. It depends on whether or not the Republicans put up a fascist like Schuh.
FWIW, Annapolis re-elected its Democratic mayor, Gavin Buckley. He’s a business/restaurant guy and well-liked. People vote for sensible, likeable Democrats.

Anonymous wrote:A. I think Rutherford will beat any of the announced Democratic candidates.

That would be a neat trick, since he announced he's not running.

G. Frederick, Anne Arundel, and/or Howard County flips back to red

You mess with their schools and they will flip. Don't believe it just watch.

Anonymous wrote:I’m still holding out hope that the three western redneck counties will succeed [b]to West Virginia. That will take a lot of obstacles out of the MD general assembly and senate, and eliminate any future possibility of another Hogan getting elected.

Oh the irony!
The Democrats have become the blind leading the blind.

I’m still holding out hope that the three western redneck counties will succeed to West Virginia. That will take a lot of obstacles out of the MD general assembly and senate, and eliminate any future possibility of another Hogan getting elected.

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Anonymous wrote:I live in AA and G. strikes me as fairly unlikely. We have seen a lot of “Zoomtown” population growth and a lot of it is diverse. Possibly also MC and UMC black people leaving Baltimore/priced out of DC. I’ve heard the same is true of HoCo.

+1 Frederick absolutely flips back no matter what, that was crazy that they went for Biden (and I love Biden.) But I agree AA and HoCo are stickier.

Definitely, Frederick is red. HoCo and AA are possible. I still think HoCo remains blue on state and national levels, but school issues are definitely driving more residents red.

Anonymous wrote:Will the likely 2022 red wave take Maryland?

Which of these things do you think are likely to happen? Not necessarily what you hope will or won’t happen, but what do you predict?

A. Maryland elects a centrist Republican Governor like Hogan
B. Maryland elects a right wing Republican like Youngkin
C. Hogan defeats Van Hollen
D. Another R defeats Van Hollen
E. Republicans gain a seat with redistricting
F. Republicans flip a seat regardless of redistricting
G. Frederick, Anne Arundel, and/or Howard County flips back to red
H. Montgomery County replaces Elrich with a centrist like Blair
I. Montgomery County replaces Elrich with a Republican
J. State senate loses supermajority
K. MoCo elects a Republican to something somewhere

A. We already did that, we are not anti-Republican, we are anti-right wing, nutty, Qanon crazies with no morals.
B. Never
C Maybe Hogan is liked
D. Maybe if it's a moral non crazy Qanon crazy
E. Unlikely
G. Frederick is turing Blue it's 50/50 right now. Howard is Carolina Blue. AA nope. Even Ocean City created a diversity office.
H. Nobody like Elrich he will be replaced but there were too many split votes and then R ran a certifiably insane candidate. I think Erlich would have lost if R ran anybody else.
I. Perhaps, if R's can find somebody not crazy. Literally crazy.
J. With people moving out of the city, UMBC becoming a magnet for smart immigrant, not happening.
K. Sure see above, run somebody not literally crazy, worked before.

Anonymous wrote:Elrich is definitely gone. Hoping for Blair (anyone but Reimer who is a lying a$$hole). Possibly another moderate Governor, depends on opponents- last time Anthony Brown's only campaigning was, "I am a democrat," and that is not enough

Hucker is a hypocritical a$$hole. Don't know Blair well enough to know what type of a$$hole he may or may not be. But folks, please elect people who can make the trains run.