[Brilliant]

Hogan may be a liberal Republican but if you’re a Dem, why lie and say you’re a Republican in Maryland? There is absolutely no chance that a conservative or even moderate Republican could get elected in Maryland. I think we should take what we can get. At a minimum it denies the seat to a true Dem.

[TBP]

Suppose he’s the 51st Republican Senator. The GOP gets to organize the Senate. Is that worth it?

[Mr. N. Wolfe]

“Hogan may be a liberal Republican but if you’re a Dem, why lie and say you’re a Republican in Maryland?”

For the same reason that Michael Bloomberg ran as Republican in New York. He would have lost in the Democrat primary to a candidate who was even more left-wing than himself.

Note: Bloomberg, a lifelong member of the Democratic Party, decided to run for mayor as a member of the Republican Party ticket.

[Rummyfan]

There is absolutely no chance that a conservative or even moderate Republican could get elected in Maryland. I think we should take what we can get. At a minimum it denies the seat to a true Dem.

Exactly.