Now I've seen it all.
The Baltimore Sun reports that former Erlich aide, Joseph Steffen may challenge Erlich as a Libertarian.
Joseph F. Steffen Jr., the aide to Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. who was banished after discussing rumors about Mayor Martin O'Malley on the Internet, said he was sent into state agencies to identify employees who should be fired not because of their party affiliation but because they were not performing up to par.
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Steffen also said he is contemplating his own run for governor as a Libertarian.
Steffen acknowledges that his candidacy could draw votes from Ehrlich, because Libertarians, with their limited-government view, are likely to vote Republican given a choice between the two major parties. But retribution is not what he has in mind, Steffen said.
"I'm not looking to help or hurt anybody," he said.
Does he think Ehrlich has been a good governor?
"All I know is, it's 2005 and we don't have slots here," Steffen said. As a Libertarian, he thinks government should play no role in regulating gambling; he wants casinos in Maryland, not just slots parlors, with government taking a cut of revenues through taxes.
He doesn't buy the argument that a Democratic-controlled legislature has blocked Ehrlich's agenda. Look at 1981, he said, when President Reagan pushed the biggest tax cut in U.S. history through a Democratic Congress. "It's leadership," he said.
This should be interesing.