Posted on 07/26/2021 8:48:21 AM PDT by conservative98
Hogan says he won’t enter the race if he doesn’t see a credible path to victory: “I’m not going to go on some suicide mission.” He felt the same way while deciding whether to run for governor. “When we were having our discussions in 2010, we had a list of 15 different things, that ‘if this happened, this happened, this, this, we could be governor,’ ” one of his advisers says. “I think it’s the same thing [now].” In this case, Republican voters would have to reprioritize conservative principles over MAGA personalities. The field would need to shape up in such a way that a more traditional conservative candidate could gain traction. Most important, Hogan would have to remain popular in Maryland for the remainder of his term.
“Like I tell him,” the adviser says, “you’ve got to take care of your [back] yard first.”
Maybe it’s worth recalling, though, that Hogan was also a long shot before his first gubernatorial bid. He was little known in the state, he’d never held elected office before, and the Democratic front-runner, Anthony Brown, outspent him by a factor of three. As Hogan tells it in his book, all of his friends were warning him not to run.
“Nobody thought I had any chance whatsoever, but I really believed that somebody needed to do something about where we were,” he tells me. “So I’m not saying running for President would be a walk in the park, but it certainly is not as far-fetched as me getting elected twice in Maryland as governor.”
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Hogan Bush 2024
please clap
Hogan says he won’t enter the race if he doesn’t see a credible path to victory: “I’m not going to go on some suicide mission.”
Too late fatboy- you’ve been on a suicide mission since Jan, 2017
Run, Larry, run! You’ll find out just how much the base of the Republican party hates your guts.
Never heard of her.
I would rather be stabbed in the front than stabbed in the back by someone who believes MAGA is a personality.
Hogan has as much chance as the other fat guy from New Jersey.
Larry “bud” melmen hogan.
For the Trash Heap of History...
Hogan/Christie, there’s not a stage any where that can hold them...../s
I see him on a ballot and I’m writing in “Ronald Reagan”.
He’s a delusional jackass.
And I say that with all due respect.
In with his kids, I hope!
He has no chance to become President.
The current US senators from Maryland are Democrats Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen.
Hogan posing as a “traditional conservative candidate”?
That is beyond funny, bordering on Goebbels level stuff.
Hogan’s Zeroes.
Just go away, Larry HogMan, you corrupt liar.
True.
He looks like a Minion, you know, those little yellow cartoon characters
He looks like Humpty Dumpty, before reconstructive surgery. Fat back-stabbing turd!
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