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Maryland politics 05/11/2006

Maryland Conservatarian has a word about the decision of Joseph Curran not to seek another term as Attorney General of Maryland: "yay" He also takes issue with some points in the Sun's hagiographic portrayal of Curran.

The Sun also seems to have forgotten that it did not endorse him in 1994 against Republican Dick Bennett (The Baltimore Sun, For Governor, A.G. and Comptroller, Nov 4, 1994) :

For attorney general -- Republican Richard D. Bennett, a former U.S. attorney who could serve as watchdog as well as counselor to the governor and the various state agencies. There is always some ambiguity about the proper role of an attorney general. After eight years in which Democrat J. Joseph Curran Jr. was too much an advocate for those holding state power rather than as a tribune for the people, we believe a change is in order. Mr. Bennett would serve as a counter to the ambitious Mr. Glendening; he also would serve as a moderate GOP counterweight to the ideological swerve to the right Mrs. Sauerbrey would represent.

And he doesn't ignore the governor's race either and takes shots at the Sun's substance vs. style portrayal of the race. I think that Duncan started off with a charisma deficit and only increased it when he picked Simms. I'm not saying that Duncan and Simms don't have solid records of public service behind them. But they are not as telegenic as O'Malley and Brown both of whom are younger and fitter. (When O'Malley would wear "muscle shirts" as he performed with O'Malley's March; you could see why they're called muscle shirts. Del. Brown is a lawyer who served in Iraq. The charisma factor with those two is very pronounced.)

Meanwhile Monoblogue has come up with 10 questions for candidates who will be running in his area. I hope he gets responses. If the candidates pay attention to him, this could be a great idea for citizen journalism.

Technorati tags: Maryland politics, Election 2006.

Posted by SoccerDad at May 11, 2006 8:53 AM