{"id":2044621,"date":"2023-09-26T03:06:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T07:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-larry-hogan-and-chris-christie-care-about-the-country-they-should-run-for-senate-not-president\/"},"modified":"2023-09-26T03:09:24","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T07:09:24","slug":"if-larry-hogan-and-chris-christie-care-about-the-country-they-should-run-for-senate-not-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-larry-hogan-and-chris-christie-care-about-the-country-they-should-run-for-senate-not-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Hogan and Christie should prioritize Senate over Presidency for the country&#8217;s sake."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fif-larry-hogan-and-chris-christie-care-about-the-country-they-should-run-for-senate-not-president%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2044621&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<h2>Engaging Moderate Republicans to Capture the\u200c Senate<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>If moderate Republicans want to do something useful, they should \u200bstop spending \u2062all of\u2063 their time trashing\u2064 their politically popular national \u2063rivals and \u200cinstead try to\u2062 capture the Senate.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Former New Jersey governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/full-interview-former-new-jersey-gov-chris-christie\/\">Chris\u2064 Christie<\/a>, former Maryland governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2pJvVh1CHI4\">Larry Hogan<\/a>, and New Hampshire governor \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tMu5kfl0aU4\">Chris Sununu<\/a> are known mostly for going\u200d on television to\u200d lament how upset they are with the rise of conservative populism in the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1828640691\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-36ca0c55a94a4a034974c53664a2161b fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-36ca0c55a94a4a034974c53664a2161b\"><\/div>\n<p>All three men claim their hatred of former President \u2063Donald Trump and his\u200d political success\u200d is motivated by their love of the country and their\u2062 desire to see their brand of moderate Republicanism \u2064return\u200b to dominance. If that\u2019s \u200ctrue, and it\u2019s not that they seek\u2062 the money and fame that comes \u200cwith supporting the \u200bregime\u2019s reflexive anti-Trumpism, they should set their \u2062eyes on political races they could win \u2063and where they could actually\u200c help the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p>Christie \u2063currently is struggling \u2063to\u2064 break\u2064 out of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-gov-gretchen-whitmer-allegedly-traveled-to-florida-before-expressing-concern-about-traveling-to-fl\/\" title=\"Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Allegedly Traveled To Florida Before Expressing \u2018Concern\u2019 About Traveling To FL\">low single digits<\/a> in the Republican presidential primary.\u200c Hogan left office earlier this year\u2062 and\u200c keeps saying, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9iVWdygqyrc\">over and over<\/a>, that he\u2019s thinking \u2062about \u2064running\u2064 for president as well, <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/redstate-guest-editorial\/2023\/09\/21\/hogan-n2164131\">just \u2064not \u2064in the Republican primary<\/a>. Sununu says \u2064he\u2019s \u200cnot running for \u200dpresident, only trying to keep Trump\u2063 from winning.<\/p>\n<p>The men claim to\u2064 be appalled by the conservative populist policies and candidates Republicans\u200d have embraced\u2062 over the \u2062last\u200b eight years. They claim their \u2063brand of\u2062 moderate \u2063Republican politics is exceedingly popular. When they\u2063 go on talk shows, they lament with their left-wing interlocutors\u2064 over the way the Republican \u200cParty has\u200b moved away from support for big corporations, porous borders, and \u2062endless wars.<\/p>\n<p>And none of the men have a snowball\u2019s chance in Hades of\u200d winning the \u2062Republican \u200cprimary or\u2063 the presidency.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-b525bea2cc1bf50cf287b631c68a4c1e fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-b525bea2cc1bf50cf287b631c68a4c1e\"><\/div>\n<p>However, these men absolutely could win Senate races! Had Sununu run in \u20642022, he likely would\u200d have defeated Democrat Maggie Hassan,\u200b and\u200d the Senate\u2064 would be in\u2064 Republican control. As for next year\u2019s \u200craces, \u200dthere are openings. New\u200d Jersey\u2019s \u200cDemocrat\u2062 Sen. Bob Menendez, \u2064who is\u2062 up for re-election next year, was\u200b indicted on Friday for his \u200dalleged role in his family\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-exploits-lobbying-loophole-to-dodge-disclosure\/\" title=\"China Exploits Lobbying Loophole to Dodge Disclosure\">influence-peddling operation<\/a>. He probably\u2063 won\u2019t even win his party\u2019s\u2063 nomination\u2063 for \u200cthe\u2062 2024 race.<\/p>\n<p>Christie\u200d says he cares for the country, wants to\u200c be a leader, \u200band is worried\u200b about the direction of the GOP. \u2062OK. So he \u2063should prove it by running\u200c for an office he could actually\u200d win.<\/p>\n<p>When Christie ran for re-election as governor in 2013, he won with 60 percent of\u200d the vote. Politico finds him so non-threatening\u2062 that they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/09\/04\/new-hampshire-democrats-chris-christie-00111379\">gushed he\u2019s even more popular with Democrats<\/a> now than before. \u2063Low\u200b bar and all that, but if it\u2019s \u200ctrue, it should be particularly easy to\u2063 win statewide\u200d office again!<\/p>\n<p>Hogan\u2019s main achievement as the \u2062Republican leader of Maryland\u200b was to prevent whatever would\u200d have happened under Democrat leadership. He\u200c could fulfill that same \u2062role again if he chose to\u200c run for the \u2062Senate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-e424cf585ef3fcac1e0236200519c9e4 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-e424cf585ef3fcac1e0236200519c9e4\"><\/div>\n<p>Hogan claims his brand\u2064 of Republican\u2063 politics is extremely popular. That may not \u2062be true outside of Maryland, \u2064but he can legitimately \u2064point to his\u2062 two elections in\u200c the overwhelmingly Democrat state. Democrat Ben Cardin is retiring. It\u2019s an\u200b open seat, making \u200dit\u200d particularly winnable!<\/p>\n<p>Christie and Hogan\u2019s brand of Republican \u2062politics might be what it takes to flip their \u200dstate\u2019s Senate seats to\u200c the Republican \u200bParty. At the very least, the two men would make \u200cthe race competitive and force Democrats to spend\u2062 real money to defend those seats.<\/p>\n<p>Moderate Republican <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/tv\/2022\/11\/15\/lead-charlie-baker-live.cnn\">Charlie\u2063 Baker<\/a>,\u2062 another anti-Trumpist politician,\u2063 could try to unseat Elizabeth Warren in Massachusetts. All \u2064of \u2064these\u2063 men could fight for what they claim\u200b to believe\u2063 in rather than be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-larry-hogan-and-chris-christie-care-about-the-country-they-should-run-for-senate-not-president\/\" title=\"Hogan and Christie should prioritize Senate over Presidency for the country's sake.\">sideshow serving corporate media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If they want\u200b to reclaim the Republican Party, what better \u2062way than\u2062 to get into the \u200cSenate to take on\u2063 J.D. Vance of Ohio, Tommy Tuberville of \u2064Alabama, Josh Hawley of Missouri, and \u200cother\u200b favorites of Republican voters?<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-45df3d52ed7a9038d7b2c7348ee6eefb fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-45df3d52ed7a9038d7b2c7348ee6eefb\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What makes Larry Hogan an ideal candidate to capture a Senate seat in Maryland, considering his ability to work with both Republicans and Democrats?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Compelling that they named him &#8220;Governor of the \u2063Year.&#8221; He has a proven\u2063 track \u2064record\u2063 of success and widespread support among New Jersey voters. Instead of wasting his\u200b time criticizing the Republican Party\u2063 from the sidelines, \u2062Christie should use\u2063 his popularity\u200d and leadership skills to capture \u200ca Senate seat in New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly,\u200c Larry Hogan has been a popular governor in Maryland, a typically Democratic-leaning state. He has governed\u2062 with a moderate approach and \u200dhas successfully appealed to \u2063voters across \u200dthe aisle. Hogan&#8217;s ability to work with both Republicans and Democrats makes him an ideal candidate to capture a\u200c Senate \u200bseat in\u200b Maryland. \u2064Rather than considering a presidential \u2064run\u2063 where his \u2062chances\u200b of success are slim, Hogan should focus on a race where he has a real chance of winning and\u2063 making a difference.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Sununu, \u2064the current governor of New \u200dHampshire, has also expressed his concerns\u2063 about the\u200d Republican Party. Sununu, like Christie \u2062and Hogan, should channel \u2062his \u2063aspirations into capturing a Senate seat\u200b in his home state. New Hampshire has\u2062 a long history of electing moderate Republicans and Sununu, with his popularity and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kennedy-family-put-on-blast-for-how-they-are-treating-rfk-jr-the-mark-of-totalitarian-systems\/\" title=\"Kennedy Family Criticized for Treatment of RFK Jr.: 'Revealing Totalitarian Traits'\">track \u200drecord<\/a> as\u200d governor, could be \u2064successful\u2064 in winning over voters\u2064 and helping to\u200c swing the Senate in favor of the Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>The key point here is that moderate Republicans \u2063need to be\u2062 actively \u200dengaged in shaping \u200dthe future of the party. Instead of simply criticizing the direction it is heading, they\u200c can have a real impact by running for office and working to capture Senate seats. \u200cThis is where they can make a difference and help to restore their vision of a moderate Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, capturing the Senate \u200cis crucial not only\u200c for \u200cthe Republican Party \u200cbut also for the\u200b country as a whole. With a Republican-controlled Senate, there\u200c would be a better balance of power and a more constructive approach to governance. It would also help to prevent extreme policies from being enacted and ensure that the needs and\u200d interests of all Americans are considered.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, if moderate\u2063 Republicans genuinely care about \u2064the future of \u200dtheir\u2063 party and the \u2062country, they should shift\u200b their focus from \u2062criticizing their rivals to \u2062capturing \u2062the Senate. \u2063Chris\u200c Christie, Larry\u200d Hogan, and Chris Sununu, with\u200c their proven records of success and popularity among voters, have the potential \u200bto win Senate\u200d races and make a real difference. By actively engaging in these political races, they can\u2062 shape \u200cthe future of\u2062 the Republican Party and help restore their brand\u2062 of moderate Republicanism. It&#8217;s time for these leaders to step up and take action to capture the Senate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moderate Republicans should redirect their efforts from criticizing popular national rivals to focusing on winning the Senate. Chris Christie, Larry Hogan, and Chris Sununu, former governors of New Jersey, Maryland, and New Hampshire, respectively, often appear on television to express their grievances. It&#8217;s time for them to make a meaningful impact by pursuing Senate seats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":605,"featured_media":2044622,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2044621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2044621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/605"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2044621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2044621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2044622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2044621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2044621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2044621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}