As a candidate for state delegate in Maryland, I talk to a lot of people about the political environment in 2010. The conventional wisdom seems to be that it's a "tough year" to run as a Democrat for elective office, particularly in swing districts like the...
Posted October 26, 2009 | 11:55:02 (EST)
Yesterday, I went on a cruise of the West and Rhode rivers in Maryland to celebrate the release of Prof. Howard Ernst's new book, Fight for the Chesapeake Bay.
Below is a brief excerpt from a conversation with Howard I recorded on the boat. He reveals how he...
Posted January 30, 2009 | 16:50:51 (EST)
Cross-posted at Legum's New Line.
Former Maryland Lt. Governor Michael Steele was just elected chairman of the RNC. Here are five facts about the new leader of the Republican party:
1. Steele compared stem cell research to Nazi experiments during the Holocaust.
2. Steele bused in...
Posted October 1, 2008 | 12:02:17 (EST)
The McCain camp is claiming it didn't know about Gwen Ifill's book prior to agreeing to her as moderator for the VP debate:
I confirmed for us here on GretaWire: the McCain campaign did NOT know about Gwen Ifill's book (I think I told them when I made my...
Posted September 26, 2008 | 14:13:03 (EST)
There were 23 debates during the Democratic primary and part of my job on the...
Posted February 22, 2010 | 11:54:34 (EST)