{"id":3361,"date":"2014-05-07T20:27:33","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T00:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=3361"},"modified":"2014-05-07T21:09:26","modified_gmt":"2014-05-08T01:09:26","slug":"gubernatorial-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=3361","title":{"rendered":"Gubernatorial Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"

I live tweeted it @theseventhstate<\/a>. I’ll leave you to decide who won but here are some quick thoughts.<\/p>\n

Gutsy Moments:<\/strong> Doug Gansler sticking up for a corporate tax cut in a Democratic debate; Heather Mizeur calling for full marijuana legalization. As the front runner, Anthony Brown played it safe.<\/p>\n

Anthony Brown Strengths: <\/strong>Looked comfortable and gubernatorial. Linked himself to Gov. O’Malley successes on issues from marriage equality to raising the minimum wage. No mistakes that should cause him trouble in the future.<\/p>\n

Heather Mizeur Strengths: <\/strong>Good on specifics but not too bogged down in details–a tough balance. She deftly took advantage of Gansler\/Brown attacks on each other to look like a leader and the\u00a0 adult in the room.<\/p>\n

Doug Gansler Strengths: <\/strong>Very convincing on the economy–came across as the practical progressive who has a real plan for the State to move forward. Turned around reprimand attack by Brown in a devastating way. Made it look sleazy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I live tweeted it @theseventhstate. I’ll leave you to decide who won but here are some quick thoughts. Gutsy Moments: Doug Gansler sticking up for a corporate tax cut in a Democratic debate; Heather Mizeur calling for full marijuana legalization. As the front runner, Anthony Brown played it safe. Anthony Brown Strengths: Looked comfortable and … Continue reading Gubernatorial Debate<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[524],"tags":[1534,895,1498,1506],"class_list":["post-3361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2014-governors-race","tag-anthony-brown","tag-debate","tag-doug-gansler","tag-heather-mizeur"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4mKJE-Sd","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3361"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3363,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3361\/revisions\/3363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}