There’s no lipstick to put on this pig. A wipeout of Republican candidates in Frederick. Losing the Mayor’s race in Annapolis, with two Aldermanic seats up in the air.
Some people are already jumping to wild-eyed conclusions. Democratic operatives are ignoring all of the empirical polling evidence to declare that the results tonight mean that Governor Larry Hogan is finished. Some Vichy Republicans are declaring this “the end of the Maryland Republican Party.” Well….
Neither statement is even remotely in line with reality. In an environment where Governor Hogan starts with 25% of Democratic voters likely to vote for him and running against the survivor of a war of attrition of has-beens and never-will-bes, he remains the favorite. One year from tonight, Governor Larry Hogan will be re-elected.
Every word of that is still 100% accurate. Democrats are still reeling in Maryland. Hogan Derangement Syndrome remains a real thing. And the Democrats bench is even thinner than I imagined. But you still can’t be complacent. You still need to make the case for conservative principles. You still need to help ensure the election of more conservatives up and down the ballot next year, whether that means supporting a candidate or being on the ballot yourself.
Losing sucks. But working together for Governor Hogan and other conservative candidates, that’s not going to happen next year.
