Gov. Larry Hogan's rhetoric does not a superhero make

Maryland’s moderate Republican Gov. Larry Hogan was scheduled to give his second inaugural address Wednesday afternoon, but his PR operation was pushing out lengthy excerpts for citation as early as 9 a.m. Those excerpts quite ostentatiously began with a reference too clever by half.

Hogan’s highlighted excerpts begin by citing his father’s experience as a Republican congressman during the Watergate hearings, in which his father “became the first Republican to come out for the impeachment of President Richard Nixon.” Hint, hint.