I always think it's weird when dcum posters say things like "ok Wes Moore," to dismiss anyone who defends wes Moore (or any public figure). do they really think public figures sit around and stalk anonymous web forums? like the governor of the state of Maryland has time to do that? or is it tongue in cheek?

Nope

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People in politics and related sectors who actually work with Wes Moore AND actually worked with Obama (including prior to the White House) say Wes is much better than Obama and far better equipped to shine.

FTR, these are people from a mix of states, deeply involved in politics from multiple angles, and none of whom would be referred to as modern day “woke.”

I think big money will be thrown his way to help him run or keep his governor seat until it’s the right time to run.

Those people need to get out of the echo chamber. Moore’s last budget took him out of the national picture. Maybe it looks fine to national democrats but big tax increases that don’t even fix the fiscal mess don’t look fine to Main Street democrats.

Your limited perspective is obviously fine but you have no clue about whose conversations matter…and I’m telling you the kingmakers in politics are paying close attention to Wes.

FTR, these aren’t old time electeds. There are entire sectors whose inner circle and guys who hold the money, and their opinion matters. Trust me, you will be told who to vote for and your opinion will magically fall in line. It’s how our system works.

I am a Maryland resident who is not a huge fan of Moore. I don’t like that he cut taxes and cut education spending. He even wanted to cut corporate taxes. If he had been able to cut taxes without cutting education spending, I might’ve been OK with that. But if you have to cut education, I don’t think you should be cutting taxes.

Most recent post above is correct, however, that a lot of the party bigwigs are really gravitating towards Wes Moore. I don’t think they understand how he’s governing Maryland. I think they just think he charismatic and has good military service and they just kind of like his persona.

I don’t know why people are above he saying he increased taxes. I don’t think that’s true.

Anonymous wrote:If you remember back in 2022, the Democratic Governors Association ran a sneaky TV ad campaign during the primary which essentially tanked moderate GOP candidate Kelly Schulz and allowed right-wing nutjob Dan Cox to win the GOP primary.
After that, I would have voted for a turnip over Cox in the general election. As a dem, I was quite amused that so many Maryland GOPs fell for it.
Don't think the same thing won't be tried again if Hogan throws his hat in.

I remember that. It was the strategic move that paid off for the Democrats. Kelly Schultz was competent and Dan Cox is a nut job.

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Anonymous wrote:All hat and no cattle.

The phrase is "TALL hat no cattle."

All hat no cattle works:

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/all_hat_and_no_cattle#:~:text=In%20reference%20to%20cattle%20ranchers,a%20pretentious%20and%20phony%20individual.

Anonymous wrote:If you remember back in 2022, the Democratic Governors Association ran a sneaky TV ad campaign during the primary which essentially tanked moderate GOP candidate Kelly Schulz and allowed right-wing nutjob Dan Cox to win the GOP primary.
After that, I would have voted for a turnip over Cox in the general election. As a dem, I was quite amused that so many Maryland GOPs fell for it.
Don't think the same thing won't be tried again if Hogan throws his hat in.

Hogan can beat Moore.

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Anonymous wrote:No as gov and no for president. Never my guy.

ok, racist boomer

Is everyone a racist who doesn't like Wes Moore?

Wes Moore: “Our National Guards are not trained for this. I'm very specific in my role as commander in chief of the Maryland National Guard, and we know the missions that they are trained for. Municipal policing is not one of them. If we want to be serious about making people safe, let's actually do the things that make people safe.”

Things like this will get him re-elected.

He will be reelected as Governor and he will also run for President

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People in politics and related sectors who actually work with Wes Moore AND actually worked with Obama (including prior to the White House) say Wes is much better than Obama and far better equipped to shine.

FTR, these are people from a mix of states, deeply involved in politics from multiple angles, and none of whom would be referred to as modern day “woke.”

I think big money will be thrown his way to help him run or keep his governor seat until it’s the right time to run.

Those people need to get out of the echo chamber. Moore’s last budget took him out of the national picture. Maybe it looks fine to national democrats but big tax increases that don’t even fix the fiscal mess don’t look fine to Main Street democrats.

Your limited perspective is obviously fine but you have no clue about whose conversations matter…and I’m telling you the kingmakers in politics are paying close attention to Wes.

FTR, these aren’t old time electeds. There are entire sectors whose inner circle and guys who hold the money, and their opinion matters. Trust me, you will be told who to vote for and your opinion will magically fall in line. It’s how our system works.

If you remember back in 2022, the Democratic Governors Association ran a sneaky TV ad campaign during the primary which essentially tanked moderate GOP candidate Kelly Schulz and allowed right-wing nutjob Dan Cox to win the GOP primary.
After that, I would have voted for a turnip over Cox in the general election. As a dem, I was quite amused that so many Maryland GOPs fell for it.
Don't think the same thing won't be tried again if Hogan throws his hat in.

Anonymous wrote:Love him or hate him, there is no way Maryland is going to vote majority GOP anytime in the next decade.

+1

Anonymous wrote:I dunno. Seems like a smart guy, but all the hiring and state tax/pension transfers to counties.. Will he get reelected, especially if Larry Hogan runs again?

Anyone voting for Hogan is just stupid.

1. He is a mini Trump
2. He is the only governor in the history of the state of MD to make money off of taxpayers ie $2 million while in office he profited personally. Just like all Republicans
3. Hogan did not bring one speck of revenue to the state he pushed the debt which is why we are in this mess.

Moore has to clean up Hogan's mess.

Look at the other Republicans in the state of MD check their voting records; they are liars, they never vote for what they campaigned on. Never. Andy Harris is a perfect example of how Republicans lie to their constituents.

Love him or hate him, there is no way Maryland is going to vote majority GOP anytime in the next decade.

Can someone actually explain the surplus vs deficit in the budgets. My understanding was that Hogan left a surplus due to covid relief coming in the from the feds. Similarly, Moore had a deficit from the ending of the covid funds, feds/doge cutting money to states, and the feds/doge layoffs impacting Maryland. If the surplus and deficit are both due to federal actions is it fair to say either governor is responsible the where the budget was?