Larry Hogan Launching 2024 Presidential Bid via Think Tanks?

While Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has not officially announced his intention to run for president in 2024, there is much speculation that he plans to do so.

He will soon go on a virtual book tour, and he is using think tanks for the release of that book.  Here is more from the New York Times:

Mr. Hogan also plans to appear at events with the American Enterprise Institute, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute, the Institute of Politics at Harvard University, and the Hoover Institute, among others.

Moreover, on July 21, Hogan will be joining Dr. Scott Gottlieb to discuss Maryland's COVID-19 response for an American Enterprise Institute (AEI) event.

Last year, it was reported that Jerry Taylor, President of the Niskanen Center, was trying to persuade Hogan to run against President Trump in 2020.

In 2016, the Maryland Public Policy Institute, a state-level free-market think tank, honored Hogan with an award.

Chinese Think Tank Monitoring US Governors, Says Pompeo

Here is more from Politico:

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had a stark message for the governors gathered in Washington this weekend: The Chinese government is watching them, and other state government officials, more closely than they think.

Pompeo told some 44 governors at the National Governors Association winter meeting that they are being individually analyzed by at least one Chinese government-backed think-tank on how malleable they are, and how prone to cooperate with China. And he warned governors to be cautious on everything from business deals to pension funds to the D.C. metro system.

“They’ve labeled each of you friendly, hardline or ambiguous,” he said, describing a report put out by the think tank last year. “I’ll let you decide where you think you belong. Someone in China already has. Many of you indeed, in the report are referenced by name.”

The Chinese think tank that rated the governors was not named by Pompeo.

Update: Axios has just written a piece on how the Beijing-based policy shop, D&C Think Tank, has rated all the governors (report here).