Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley will be the next governor of Maryland. Incumbent Republican, in office only because of the rank incompetence of his Democratic opponent in 2002, is running scared. He can't win a fair fight.
So what do Republicans do when faced with a loss of power?
A longtime campaign operative of Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. resigned his state job yesterday after admitting he had been spreading rumors on the Internet about the personal life of Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley.
Joseph Steffen, 45, said he gave the governor his resignation after questions about his postings on www.FreeRepublic.com, a well-known conservative Web site. The postings discussed O'Malley's marriage [...]
Steffen said his resignation was prompted by a visit yesterday from a Washington Post reporter armed with the Web site postings. He used the handle "ncpac" while writing on the Web site.
Typical.