When will Maryland get on the marijuana bandwagon?? (home, school)

[MrRational]

Originally Posted by North Beach Person

...poor candidates who treated the race as a coronation rather than an election.

^^This. The rest is in the voter turnout numbers.

[Mr Beco]

Originally Posted by North Beach Person

Adm. Larsen didn't have that much of an impact. You hit on what did, both she and Brown were poor candidates who treated the race as a coronation rather than an election.

Both also followed Governors who had pretty much worn out their welcomes and who both had some unpopular policy baggage. In Glendening's case it was Smart Growth while O'Malley had PlanMD. There were other things like both being serial tax increasers that Ehrlich and Hogan both hammered on.

Im glad Hogan won, but I dont like the fact that he embellished on the fact that Fortune 500 companies are leaving the State. Thats not 100% accurate....but lets see what he does

[mapmd]

Originally Posted by Barry Rock

Good point, but I do think that things are a little different today, then when she ran. Still, a liberal democrat should win, and win handedly in Maryland.....She picked a horrible running mate, not sure what Brown did wrong.

Brown ran a horribly negative campaign consisting of nearly 100% attack ads. He offered no new ideas, only reverberated what everyone knows far, far, far leftist liberals are already against.

Hogan however ran a mostly positive campaign (I'd say 60/40 because there were a few attack ads in there as well) where he laid out what Maryland's problems were and some ideas on how he would fix them if elected. Which is how it should be done.

Hogan also drummed up A LOT of support, especially from voters disenfranchised at the national congressional level due to the latest round of Gerrymandering. Hogan also rallied the small (in this state) evangelical/extreme base, rallied the conservative moderates, rallied far more than half of independents, and drew votes from plenty of moderate democrats as well.

[choccity]

Originally Posted by mwruckman

Maryland voters need to get their brains in gear when they vote and not instinctively reject colored or female candidates for Governor. Especially voters in Baltimore County!

Colored?

[Joykins]

Originally Posted by Barry Rock

Good point, but I do think that things are a little different today, then when she ran. Still, a liberal democrat should win, and win handedly in Maryland.....She picked a horrible running mate, not sure what Brown did wrong.

Screwed up the (so failed we had to turn it over to another state's technology) Obamacare exchange. Pretty darn huge foulup, and it was supposed to be his flagship thing. This Democrat isn't so happy with that. Add that to the many tax hikes associated with O'Malley.

Speaking of medical stuff, Maryland legalized medical MJ but never really set up any system for it to actually *happen.* Fail. Maybe one day...

[Mr Beco]

Originally Posted by Joykins

Screwed up the (so failed we had to turn it over to another state's technology) Obamacare exchange. Pretty darn huge foulup, and it was supposed to be his flagship thing. This Democrat isn't so happy with that. Add that to the many tax hikes associated with O'Malley.

Speaking of medical stuff, Maryland legalized medical MJ but never really set up any system for it to actually *happen.* Fail. Maybe one day...

Not with this Governor.....you know Brown is like 5'0 tall, well dressed and groomed beyond belief. I cringed when I saw him speak at a chairity event two years ago.

So glad he failed!

[Mr Beco]

Colorado pot sales soar to record in January, bringing $2.3 million for schools - The Denver Post

[Mr Beco]

Originally Posted by North Beach Person

Adm. Larsen didn't have that much of an impact. You hit on what did, both she and Brown were poor candidates who treated the race as a coronation rather than an election.

Both also followed Governors who had pretty much worn out their welcomes and who both had some unpopular policy baggage. In Glendening's case it was Smart Growth while O'Malley had PlanMD. There were other things like both being serial tax increasers that Ehrlich and Hogan both hammered on.

Hogan's main mission, so far, is to lower taxes. Now that's a true business man running goverment.

[Yeadon718]

Originally Posted by choccity

Colored?

That poster must over 70.

[Mr Beco]

Originally Posted by nonsence

That poster must over 70.

maybe 80