One seat, fourteen applicants
Monday evening the list of applicants for E.J. Pipkin’s District 36 Maryland Senate seat came out, and there were several surprises on the list. We knew some of the names which would be on there, but...
View ArticleScott drops bid for District 36 Senate seat
After coming from nowhere and arousing a great deal of controversy in a quixotic bid to replace E.J. Pipkin in the Maryland Senate, the surprise choice of Queen Anne’s County’s Central Committee...
View ArticleExample across the fence
With all the controversy over the battle to succeed former State Senator E.J. Pipkin and take over the District 36 State Senate seat, it’s been forgotten that Democrats have a similar controversy on...
View ArticleRunning out of time
The Maryland Pro-Life Alliance is at it again, apparently gathering more ammunition to harass Republicans who don’t toe the group’s line. A couple weeks ago the group sent out a three-question survey...
View ArticleHershey appointed to District 36 Senate seat
The word came down last night from the victor himself: I just received a call from the Governor’s office appointing me as the new Senator for District 36 – I am both thrilled and humbled by all the...
View ArticleCase dismissed
In a spectacular flameout, the allegations of wrongdoing in the controversy over Cecil County Executive Tari Moore’s sudden affiliation change and subsequent appointment of a candidate not on the list...
View ArticleA radical proposal (or two)
I got to thinking the other day – yes, I know that can be a dangerous thing – about the 2014 electoral map for Maryland and an intriguing possibility. Since State Senator E.J. Pipkin resigned a few...
View ArticleCecil County wants its money back
The curious (and dismissed) case of Zeauskas v. Moore took another interesting turn last week as Cecil County filed a ten-page motion to recoup legal expenses from Delegate Michael Smigiel, who was the...
View ArticleA monoblogue year in review
Having a holiday schedule based on Wednesday holidays seems to play havoc with the news cycle, as there’s not much going on with Maryland politics right now. By the time the holiday hangover is done,...
View ArticleMooney rising
If I didn’t give enough attention to the former Senator-turned-party-chair-turned-Congressional candidate (twice) I think I will now. But at the intersection of familiar former radio personalities from...
View ArticleHogan’s million
I wasn’t surprised to see a splashy press release last night from the Larry Hogan campaign talking about their fundraising prowess. At this point it appears he has the most money of any Republican...
View ArticleThe 80-20 rule (part 1 of 2)
The Maryland Liberty PAC is at it again. It’s funny because I generally agree with these folks, but I can’t let their continued leap of logic stand. Here’s some of what we know so far: In 2009, Jeannie...
View ArticleBuilding ‘A Great Maryland’
On Saturday I was alerted to a story by John Fritze in the Baltimore Sun regarding Andy Harris and his attempt to level the playing field a little bit in Maryland politics by creating a superPAC called...
View ArticleThe required renovation of Andy Harris
For the four years he has been in office, Andy Harris has generally enjoyed the support of his conservative Eastern Shore constituents. He’s not had a serious primary challenge since he was elected and...
View ArticleBack to normalcy
It’s not quite as momentous as the 1920 election, where Warren G. Harding made my title part of his post-World War sloganeering, but today the holidays are now behind us, we return to the five-day...
View ArticleHarris explains his vote for Boehner
Needless to say, many conservatives around the country are disappointed (but not surprised) that the House of Representatives they elected to be the counterweight to Barack Obama decided to elect as...
View ArticleThe power of one
The return of a Republican to Government House has been a boon to the state party, but it has created no shortage of chaos in the General Assembly and in counties where erstwhile members of that body...
View ArticleThe monkey wrench in the system
In writing a future post, I got kind of curious about the field for the 2016 U.S. Senate race Maryland will have. It’s presumed Barb Mikulski, the 30-year incumbent who will be a new octogenarian by...
View ArticleImpressions on Maryland’s U.S. Senate GOP primary
Over the last couple weeks I have been trying to get a reading on who I would like to be my Senator from the great state of Maryland. (Spoiler alert: Donna Edwards and Chris Van Hollen ain’t going to...
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For First District Congress
My final primary endorsement comes in a race that, for me, has come down to the wire: do I go for the known conservative quantity that’s part of one of the most unpopular institutions in the country or...
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