Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. at a recent campaign rally. Photo by Josh Kurtz
Just what, it is fair to ask, is Gov. Larry Hogan (R) up to?
Is it an ego trip, or simply a mock? Is it a mandate he seeks, or is there a next stop? Is it the numbers, a feeling of joy? Or is what he feels, the real McCoy?
With polls in hand and reelection in sight, Hogan says he’s running as if he’s 20 points behind instead of 20 points ahead. That’s the sound of a candidate whose campaign is as flush with cash as Hogan’s – nearly $20 million of it.
Early voting’s underway, yet television’s still blasting out Hogan commercials like a continuous loop of visual shrapnel – Hogan the cancer patient, Hogan the bipartisan, Hogan the patron saint of blacks, Hogan the educator, Hogan the environmentalist, Hogan the roadbuilder – as if to say that, in political campaigns, money speaks louder than accomplishments.
