Opinion: The worst reason ever not to run for president
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan , right, with former New Jersey governor Chris Christie, talks to reporters in Annapolis on Thursday. By Jennifer Rubin Jennifer Rubin Opinion writer covering politics and policy, foreign and domestic Email Bio Follow Opinion writer March 22 at 1:30 PM It was crazy to think a freshman senator, an African American with an unusual name, could win his party’s nomination and the presidency.
Conversely, American political history is littered with favored candidates who didn’t win their nomination . In addition to Hogan’s qualifications and personal qualities, Hogan of all people knows that a moral imperative can dwarf mundane political concerns. Hogan speaks reverentially about his father, Lawrence Hogan, a Republican congressman who was an often lonely voice in his party in favor of Richard Nixon’s impeachment. “He showed us true meaning of honor, integrity, and meaning,” the governor said at his second inauguration.
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