The Maryland Republican Party is in deep trouble. Barack Obama’s 25-point win is just one sign. Far more worrisome are changes in voter registrations.Between October 2000 and October 2008, the…
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What is at Stake on Tuesday
It is only one County Council seat in a low turnout special election, right? How much does that really mean? A lot, actually. What is at stake is the future…
Free State GOP Fades to Black, Part One
Maryland’s Republican Party is in a downward spiral. The problem goes far beyond the ideological disputes between the party’s leaders. It also goes beyond the recent overwhelming victory in the…
At last night’s Action Committee for Transit/Sierra Club District 4 forum, Democratic and Republican candidates were told to debate in separate rooms before members of their respective parties. But since…
Harford County GOP War Escalates (Updated)
As first reported by Judd Legum and the Baltimore Sun’s blog, the Harford County Republican House Delegation is now in the midst of a savage civil war. That war is…
Maryland GOP is its Own Worst Enemy
Normally, one of the few advantages to being a minority party is greater unity. Party leaders in those circumstances can sometimes put aside their differences to rally behind the common…
Maryland conservative bloggers are engaged in frenzied combat even as I write this. Are they battling over why the GOP lost the recent elections? No. Are they differing over how…
RNC: Building Our Future
Can anyone explain to me why a Republican National Committee video called “Building Our Future” could be composed entirely of retrospectives of Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and George…
NBC’s Chuck Todd on Maryland
NBC Political Director Chuck Todd had this to say about the Free State in his election guide: About the only major development here is that the state GOP could lose…