MDers- Governor's debate airing tonight

[Bernadine]

Who will be watching? I'm really anxious to see how Jealous does.

[wildrice]

Thanks for the heads up! I may have to tune in.

I'm new to MD. Is there any reason why I shouldn't just vote straight democrat in this election? I honestly have not really followed local political races yet but I assume there is not much of a decision to make.

[Bernadine]

Sept 24, 2018 9:51:44 GMT -5 wildrice said:

Thanks for the heads up! I may have to tune in.

I'm new to MD. Is there any reason why I shouldn't just vote straight democrat in this election? I honestly have not really followed local political races yet but I assume there is not much of a decision to make.

No reason!  I'll certainly be voting straight D.

It will be on MPT.

[andwhat]

I am. i hope Jealous does well. he is not good in debates, but he should be seriously prepping.

[Bernadine]

Sept 24, 2018 15:26:23 GMT -5 andwhat said:

I am. i hope Jealous does well. he is not good in debates, but he should be seriously prepping.

Did you know he has a stutter? It makes me so nervous for him.

He swore in all of the MD Dem Central Committee members, and that's where I found out.  He got a bit flustered.

[andwhat]

Sept 24, 2018 16:51:10 GMT -5 Bernadine said:

Sept 24, 2018 15:26:23 GMT -5 andwhat said:

I am. i hope Jealous does well. he is not good in debates, but he should be seriously prepping.

Did you know he has a stutter? It makes me so nervous for him.

He swore in all of the MD Dem Central Committee members, and that's where I found out.  He got a bit flustered.

Yes I did. He has talked about it a lot on FB. But honestly I don't think most people care. They look at it as him being unprepared. He also is extremely smart and has so many things running through his mind it is hard to slow down and get out the thought before moving on.

[andwhat]

Baltimore Sun already released an article

www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/editorial/bs-ed-0925-hogan-jealous-debate-20180924-story.html

His best moment in the debate was in response to a question about what three specific things each candidate would do to reduce the achievement gap between wealthier and less affluent students in our schools. Mr. Jealous offered a crisp response — getting higher quality teachers in every classroom by raising pay, establishing universal pre-K and developing better vocational programs in high schools. He then spent the next few minutes periodically interjecting during Mr. Hogan’s answers to point out that the Republican had not actually offered any specific ideas for improvement but instead had bragged about his record investments in education.

“If we have record funding, why don’t we have record results?” Mr. Jealous retorted. “If we have record school construction funds, why were they freezing last winter and broiling this summer?”

And that, in a nutshell, is how Mr. Jealous needed to be framing this race all along — as a question of whether voters think Governor Hogan’s leadership has been strong enough to solve the real and pressing problems facing the state. Maryland has a strong governor system, and we have traditionally elected leaders who use that power and then some to set the agenda. Mr. Hogan has done little of that in this campaign, instead promising simply to keep doing what he has been doing. If Mr. Jealous can convince some swing voters that more of the same isn’t sufficient and can turn out a large number of Democrats whose main mission is to send a message of opposition to President Trump, he could make this a real race.

[Bernadine]

Sept 24, 2018 17:45:44 GMT -5 andwhat said:

Sept 24, 2018 16:51:10 GMT -5 Bernadine said:

Did you know he has a stutter? It makes me so nervous for him.

He swore in all of the MD Dem Central Committee members, and that's where I found out.  He got a bit flustered.

Yes I did. He has talked about it a lot on FB. But honestly I don't think most people care. They look at it as him being unprepared. He also is extremely smart and has so many things running through his mind it is hard to slow down and get out the thought before moving on.

I've read more about him than I've watched video.

[minzy]

Thanks for the heads up, I’m watching now.