50 State Strategy - MD's District 1 Congressional Race

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Thursday June 15, 2006 · 7:01 PM PDT

2006/06/15 · 19:01

Here's a little-known Congressional race that necessarily constitutes part of a true 50-state strategy - a Democratic candidate taking the fight to a Republican incumbent against long odds. And with statistics for you junkies!

As of today, there is one Democrat registered to run against Wayne Gilchrest in Maryland's 1st Congressional District. Dr. Jim Corwin is an Anne Arundel County physician who will be campaigning full time between now and November, and he is putting his health care experience front and center in his campaign. Read More

Mapping the Maryland Blogosphere

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Friday June 02, 2006 · 5:48 AM PDT

2006/06/02 · 05:48

Yesterday, here, there was a brief discussion of the lack of Maryland leftward bloggers. This may be because Maryland is a liberal state, with lots of pre-existing organizations. Also I think there are lots of bloggers IN Maryland who don't write about Maryland. We may be so close to DC that we become fascinated with the Boy King. But there are few number of us toiling away in our little holes, and I would like to see more.

Here is my attempt to map the Maryland political blogosphere, left and right. Read More

Hire Me As Press Secretary, Please

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Wednesday April 19, 2006 · 12:33 PM PDT

2006/04/19 · 12:33

The Hon. George W. Bush
White House
Washington, DC

Dear Mr. President,

I write to submit my name, or at least anonymous blog handle, for your consideration for the position of White House Press Secretary. My qualifications for this position are impeccable. I am familiar with the phrase "9-11 changed everything," and am able to raise it frequently and at often surprising times. I have been extensively practicing using "Saddam Hussein" and the phrase "9-11" in the same sentence, without definitively stating whether there is a relationship. On the 347 occasions that I was able to do this over Easter weekend, I threw up in my mouth less than thrice.
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Peter Franchot's Poll of Maryland Democrats

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Thursday April 13, 2006 · 2:13 AM PDT

2006/04/13 · 02:13

For those interested in the Maryland Governor and Senate races, crossposted at Free State Comment

The Washington Post (and here too), provides the results of the Garin Hart Yang survey conducted for Peter Franchot of 505 likely Democratic voters:

Governor - Dem. Primary
O'Malley - 47% (61% of whom "strongly support")
Duncan - 33% (37% of whom "strongly support")
Undecided - 20%

Senator - Dem. Primary
Cardin - 32%
Mfume - 31%
Others - 3%
Undecided - 32%

Comptroller
Schaefer - 42%
Franchot - 36%
Undecided - 22%

Views on Ehrlich
Favorable - 32%
Unfavorable - 40%

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