Latest poll in Sun today shows Hogan with a 62% approval rate and 59% of Democrats approving of his performance.

Really not bad. For a staunchly Democratic state.

51% say they are definitely voting for him or leaning towards voting for him. 21% say otherwise.

Of course we're still a year off from the election and a lot could change but Hogan is well positioned. One reason why I think he will be reelected is because the Democratic power brokers in Annapolis have not opposed him. Neither Franchot or Gansler are running nor have they coalesced around a key candidate the way they did with O'Malley and Brown by this point. There's no signs the Annapolis Democrats are wheeling out the guns to take down Hogan. That tells me a lot.

Of course, things could change.

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Anonymous wrote:Hogan is going to pave the entire state to make room for trumps motorcades. Not to mention cut down a million trees and close 20 miles of bike paths so he can build a purple line that nobody wants and won't use.

But yeah, he's doing a great job, right? See how many hurricanes there's been this season? It's gonna get worse.

Funny, I thought it was the liberals who want the Purple Line. They yell that opposition to the Purple Line is due to racism and xenophobia or some shit like that. Liberals encourage mass transit, don't they?

Both Democrats and Republicans want the Purple Line. Opposition to the Purple Line is due to being a affluent person who lives near the Bethesda end of the Georgetown Branch and is unable (or unwilling) to see the forest for the trees.

Meanwhile, of course, there's Hogan's plan to widen I-270, the American Legion Bridge, and the Beltway, plus the Baltimore-Washington Parkway which Maryland will take over from the National Park Service, all for the low low price of only $9 billion (plus tolls).

Anonymous wrote:Hogan is going to pave the entire state to make room for trumps motorcades. Not to mention cut down a million trees and close 20 miles of bike paths so he can build a purple line that nobody wants and won't use.

But yeah, he's doing a great job, right? See how many hurricanes there's been this season? It's gonna get worse.

Funny, I thought it was the liberals who want the Purple Line. They yell that opposition to the Purple Line is due to racism and xenophobia or some shit like that. Liberals encourage mass transit, don't they?

Hogan is going to pave the entire state to make room for trumps motorcades. Not to mention cut down a million trees and close 20 miles of bike paths so he can build a purple line that nobody wants and won't use.

But yeah, he's doing a great job, right? See how many hurricanes there's been this season? It's gonna get worse.

Registered dem from Bethesda planning on voting for him this time even though I didn't last time. He has done a great job

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Anonymous wrote:NAF of Hogan! Not only are his general policies against my values but his decision on the schools was completely not thought through. All my friends at the beach (Bethany mostly) say that OC is a completely empty. His policy change didn't help OC business, it just hurt Maryland families. What could've been vacation money is now going to child care for many families. Also he vetoed a lot of important legislation (thankfully super majority in assembly can overrule), particularly Sick Days which really upset me.

That's funny because we were at the beach this weekend and are came home yesterday. There were decent crowds in Ocean City. We don't normally come to the beach this late in the summer but we're one of the families who took advantage of the extra week!

I am also at the beach this week. I'm not complaining about the empty OC, but it's really empty compared to when we normally go in July.

Anonymous wrote:NAF of Hogan! Not only are his general policies against my values but his decision on the schools was completely not thought through. All my friends at the beach (Bethany mostly) say that OC is a completely empty. His policy change didn't help OC business, it just hurt Maryland families. What could've been vacation money is now going to child care for many families. Also he vetoed a lot of important legislation (thankfully super majority in assembly can overrule), particularly Sick Days which really upset me.

That's funny because we were at the beach this weekend and are came home yesterday. There were decent crowds in Ocean City. We don't normally come to the beach this late in the summer but we're one of the families who took advantage of the extra week!

NAF of Hogan! Not only are his general policies against my values but his decision on the schools was completely not thought through. All my friends at the beach (Bethany mostly) say that OC is a completely empty. His policy change didn't help OC business, it just hurt Maryland families. What could've been vacation money is now going to child care for many families. Also he vetoed a lot of important legislation (thankfully super majority in assembly can overrule), particularly Sick Days which really upset me.

Anonymous wrote:Anyone who votes for any republican should be shunned by society. Frankly, they should all be sent to prison camps or penal colonies and never heard from again. If I could push a magic button that would instantly eliminate every republican on earth, I would.

I assume this is a sarcastic post.

If it is not- you are everything that is wrong with local politics and how the Mike's at the State level and the Montgomery Council at the county level have become an echo chamber of tax and spend...

Anyone who votes for any republican should be shunned by society. Frankly, they should all be sent to prison camps or penal colonies and never heard from again. If I could push a magic button that would instantly eliminate every republican on earth, I would.

Not rediculous at all.

Anonymous wrote:That Maryland has a huge Democratic majority in Annapolis and powerful state assembly leaders means that there's very little Hogan can do without their support or approval. We do have a system of checks and balance, you know....

We live in odd times with a president that seems just as despised by the Republican party leadership as he is by the Democratic leadership. He may not even survive to next year. Who knows.

I, for one, do not go around blaming politicians for the actions of other politicians they have nothing to do with. As for 2018 I'll vote solely for who I think is the best candidate to govern the state of Maryland, taking in many factors in making that decision. It may be Hogan, it may be someone else. But I won't blame Hogan for Trump.

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Isn't that part of the problem? Voting R or D solely because it's a R or D regardless of the issues or candidates or accomplishments at hand? It's only made things worse and worse in the American political system and both Democrats and Republicans are equally culpable over this.

Anonymous wrote:Several months ago in this thread, I said I was a democrat who voted for Hogan and would probably vote for him again (over Brown.)

That has changed: from this point forward I will not vote for another republican, including Hogan. I do not know who or what they stand for anymore and I am not taking any chances.

No, I'm the pp democrat who voted for Hogan because I thought Maryland needed a change and he was the most moderate Republican we were going to get. Now, it's obvious the entire republican party is headed downhill and I don't want Maryland to be along for the ride. I've crossed party lines in the past to vote, but with what has happen in the past year, I will no longer do so.

+1 to the reasonable poster. It's ridiculous to blame all Republicans for Trump, just as it would be to blame all Democrats for one single candidate.

Both parties have issues. Pretty terrible issues and a complete lack of direction. But I guess that's about a million different threads.

That Maryland has a huge Democratic majority in Annapolis and powerful state assembly leaders means that there's very little Hogan can do without their support or approval. We do have a system of checks and balance, you know....

We live in odd times with a president that seems just as despised by the Republican party leadership as he is by the Democratic leadership. He may not even survive to next year. Who knows.

I, for one, do not go around blaming politicians for the actions of other politicians they have nothing to do with. As for 2018 I'll vote solely for who I think is the best candidate to govern the state of Maryland, taking in many factors in making that decision. It may be Hogan, it may be someone else. But I won't blame Hogan for Trump.

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Anonymous wrote:

Isn't that part of the problem? Voting R or D solely because it's a R or D regardless of the issues or candidates or accomplishments at hand? It's only made things worse and worse in the American political system and both Democrats and Republicans are equally culpable over this.

Anonymous wrote:Several months ago in this thread, I said I was a democrat who voted for Hogan and would probably vote for him again (over Brown.)

That has changed: from this point forward I will not vote for another republican, including Hogan. I do not know who or what they stand for anymore and I am not taking any chances.

No, I'm the pp democrat who voted for Hogan because I thought Maryland needed a change and he was the most moderate Republican we were going to get. Now, it's obvious the entire republican party is headed downhill and I don't want Maryland to be along for the ride. I've crossed party lines in the past to vote, but with what has happen in the past year, I will no longer do so.

Anonymous wrote:

Isn't that part of the problem? Voting R or D solely because it's a R or D regardless of the issues or candidates or accomplishments at hand? It's only made things worse and worse in the American political system and both Democrats and Republicans are equally culpable over this.

Anonymous wrote:Several months ago in this thread, I said I was a democrat who voted for Hogan and would probably vote for him again (over Brown.)

That has changed: from this point forward I will not vote for another republican, including Hogan. I do not know who or what they stand for anymore and I am not taking any chances.

No, I'm the pp democrat who voted for Hogan because I thought Maryland needed a change and he was the most moderate Republican we were going to get. Now, it's obvious the entire republican party is headed downhill and I don't want Maryland to be along for the ride. I've crossed party lines in the past to vote, but with what has happen in the past year, I will no longer do so.

Anonymous wrote:http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Beat/2017/Newly-Announced-Gubernatorial-Candidate-Voted-in-DC-Multiple-Times-While-Registered-in-Maryland/

She's a fraud. Will not vote for her.

Regardless of what her mother says at 11:06, it is very unlikely that she'll be legally allowed to run. By voting in the DC elections in 2014, even if she didn't cancel her MD residency, it shows clear intent that she wanted her residency to be DC and that means she'll fail the requirement to be a MD state resident for the last 5 years. If not, she'll be cited for voter fraud and likely have a voter fraud felony on her record. While that may not disqualify her from office, it's unlikely that she'll be able to unseat a popular sitting incumbent with that on her record, especially as a virtual unknown.

She's effectively axed her chances before even running.