Soccer Dad

Hey! Positive attitude! Don't forget those 175,000 absentee ballots, most of which are Republican. All the exit polls don't take that into account.

Well, perhaps now you know what it feels like to lose one election after another for years on end. Not to be condescending but I feel your pain....but you're in a permanent minority. Get used to it.

Well the 4 year respite has been wonderful. I will savor my state's two final months of sanity.

It's not as bad as you portray it to be. The fact remains that in solidly Blue Maryland, Ehrlich was merely a blip on the radar and not part of a trend the pundits predicted, and which you obviously bought into, 4 years ago.

I still don't think he's done yet. Ehrlich is behind by only 98,000 votes, with 97% of the precints reporting. Over 175,000 absentee ballots were sent out, with over 100,000 of them returned. But then there are all the provisional ballots that were cast, which might have to be counted. I think that most of these absentee and provisional ballots are votes for Ehrlich and Steele, as it was Ehrlich's campaign that was pushing for the absentee ballots. Like Ehrlich said, "we're going into overtime!"

So sorry David! Hope the winners don't prove to be as bad in reality as they seem right now.

awwwww....boo hoo. ehrlich, the spiteful man who appointed energy lobbyists to the PSC board. Who had his 'prince of death' fire people because they're democrats. who also slandered O'Malley (lashon hara for those of you who are frum) saying that he was sleeping around with other women.

And who won't concede and show some class and dignity. For the record, of the 175,000 absentee ballots, most are requested by DEMOCRATS, not republicans. Read the news - not sure where you get your information from. Steele is behind by 150,000 votes - it's impossible for him to win now, and he still won't concede. Ehrlich and Steele are arrogant people who can't read the writing on the wall - how about sometime soon they wake up and have some class by admitting defeat and offering to help move Maryland in a positive direction by working with the new administration.

Actually, Terp has it totally reversed and wrong.

Ehrlich let a ludicrous number of Democratic appointees remain.

That was a sore point for Maryland Republicans, because he didn't replace the political appointments with Republicans.

As for the Brown speech - I have to agree with Soccer Dad.

I was impressed by it, especially with his words of gratitude to the Governor and his team for their hard work over the past four years.

I thought that showed a lot of class, and raised by opinion of the fellow, who largely unknown to me, in a quick instant. It will definitely leave an impression with me.