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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.

Little fees went up. Car registration fees. Think of them as indirect taxes. Also concern around raises in utility costs in response to state mandates.

Moore will be reelected. But people thinking he has a national future over other politicians because he "talks well" are clueless.

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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.

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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?

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Anonymous wrote:Hogan is way smarter than Moore. Hogan said all along the state couldn’t fund the Blueprint for Education and his veto got overridden. And now Moore realizes that he can’t fund the Blueprint in addition to all the extra he tacked on early in his term. So he is passing costs down to localities. Now the Blueprint is becoming a useless, unfunded mandate.

1000 x, this.

The Blueprint was the largest unfunded mandate in state history.
Hogan vetoed it, the legislature overrode his veto despite his warnings- and we turned a 5 billion dollar surplus into a deficit in 2 years.

Then we just had the largest tax increase in state history (plus a bunch of regressive fee increases), and we are getting crushed on energy bills over Moore closing plants and now we have to buy from other states at a premium.

These are all facts. What exactly has Moore done that is good?

Anonymous wrote:Hogan is way smarter than Moore. Hogan said all along the state couldn’t fund the Blueprint for Education and his veto got overridden. And now Moore realizes that he can’t fund the Blueprint in addition to all the extra he tacked on early in his term. So he is passing costs down to localities. Now the Blueprint is becoming a useless, unfunded mandate.

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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: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.

Anonymous wrote:I don't like him. You can't reach anyone at any MD gov office. Also he's smarmy. He lied about a military medal -- not saying that means anything in reality but in an election it will definitely be like giving the Republicans something to run with and that might make it that much easier for a Republican to be elected again. I liked Hogan but who knows who else the crazy MAGAs might put out as a nominee. I hope someone else good comes along.