Earlier this month, I wrote about the strange and unhelpful timing (at least for the GOP) of former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan’s decision to mount a Senate bid. The announcement caused a bit of a panic among Democrats who are desperately scrambling to try to maintain their razor-thin majority in the upper chamber. After all, despite being a Republican, Hogan had turned out to be one of the most popular governors in the blue state of Maryland in modern history. Would they be able to stop him this time? Well, as I previously pointed out, there is a significant difference between a gubernatorial campaign and a Senate campaign in American politics today. And the Maryland Democrats think they’ve hit upon the poison pill that will halt Hogan in his tracks. They’ll go after him on the issue of abortion, just as they are attempting to do all across the country. (Baltimore Sun)
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