To paraphrase WaPo’s article: Krishanti Vignarajah, policy director for Michelle Obama, announced Wednesday that she plans to pry Hogan’s rotting carcass out of the Statehouse and deposit it into the GOP wasteland from whence it came.
Here's why Ms. Vignarajah could win the primary:
Association with Obama. 44 is revered in this very blue state. Gender. So far, KV is the only woman to announce. Race. People of Indian descent seem to be acceptable to racist voters. (She was born in Sri Lanka, actually.) Tony Brown lost in 2014 partly because he was African American.Biography. KV is smart as a whip, graduating cum laude from Yale. She served in the State Dept under Kerry and Hillary. Looks. I don't give a dang, but my friends tell me beauty matters. The competition. It's a crowded field, but there's no clear frontrunner. Bernie supports Benjamin Jealous; he could be tough to beat. Baggage. None that I know of.The general election is another matter. Hogan is popular, but Goopers across the country are running scared. In a wave election, I like Vignarajah’s chances.