Romney is standing on the sidelines anyway, waiting for trump to crash and burn…
Weld is - he talks about his strategy on Mahr.
Neither will John Kasich. For the same reason.
Good point…let’s help Trump along. I may be in a minority (some people believe that Trump’s total unsuitability for POTUS would make him easier to beat in 2020).
But under no circumstances should a nation subject itself to such a risk, especially given how Trump was “elected” in the first place.
“The president has a pretty solid lock on Republican primary voters,”
Thank you ‘Governor Rain-tax’, your opinion is in the relevant folder.
He better not show it.
Hogan, for all his faults, is not an insane rabbelrouser, which is what the Republican base demands.
Though I did, it’s amazing to read Rubin wishing him well, but at the same time, begging him (and presumably Hogan) to back Amash and others.
It’s kinda contradictory, but I think it’s because she still hopes to rebrand/revive GOP.
I’m not sorry that Hogan said no, because he got over via populism and made a blueprint for Trump,.
My problem with Rubin is that she needs to go indy or conservative democrat. The party that she loves is long gone.
I once listened to a POLITICO podcast in which she said that she’d be satisfied if Dems move to the center but thought it was impossible because of people like Sanders. IIRC she said if that was true, then maybe the only solution was to form a new party for people like herself. I think she’s consistent with her conservative positions, and as I follow her WaPo column, she seems to avoid calling herself a republican. Maybe indy now?
We have new standards for insanity and rabblerousing these days. (Lots of people can share blame for Ellicott City’s problems, especially local developers. They have pretty much always owned the politicians in Maryland at the local level, and consequently done as they pleased.)
Hogan won the first time because people were tired of Martin O’Malley (and his dirty casino deal). They were also laboring under the common delusion that mixing representation by the parties promotes some kind of reasonable middle ground. He won the second time mostly because he has carefully cultivated a public image that belies his dealings behind the scenes, and because he got sympathy for his bout with cancer.
Fortunately, Hogan has no real coattails, nor are there signs of broader influence.
And, in the current Republican party, at the national level, he would not last more than a few minutes.
But interestingly, according to 538, the most popular governors are all from the minority party of their states. Top4 are MA, MD, VT and KS. I wonder if that really works.
Yes, in terms of popularity, because they can preach their message without actually delivering on it. (In Maryland, several of Hogan’s attempts to stop progressive legislation have been overridden by a strongly Democratic legislature.)
I kinda understand the three blue states. KS is quite a surprise to me.
Boy am I surprised by that news. I really thought that he would have a chance a embarrassing himself even further. Impeach the bastard is the only way to beat his ass. Impeach him.
For branding, I suggest:
