[Howlin]

You and I worked for him LONGER and harder than EV did; because we all remember how LONG into the summer it was before Keyes gave up and threw his support to Bush (if he ever did that).

When was that again, somewhere right before the 2000 convetion, if I'm not mistaken.

[EternalVigilance]

When was that again, somewhere right before the 2000 convetion, if I'm not mistaken.

Actually, it was at the 2000 convention when Dr. Keyes and his approximately one million conservative Republican supporters joined up with George W. Bush.

Think he could have spared any of them?

[nunya bidness]

There's no way in hell that I'm wading through this thread to find out the latest on this story but I can tell you this: Maryland Governor Bob Ehrlich went on local talk radio today and said that he is not going to knee-jerk like Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley (his opponent soon) and say that DPW would get the contract over "his dead body."

He went on to say that this contract has existed longer than most people care to learn and that the transfer of a private agreement, while subject to federal review, must be honored until he hears otherwise.

He asked for a delay to learn as much as he could about the process and cautioned Marylanders to not (once again) let the press lead them by the nose. Finally, he added that at the very least this event has made Marylanders learn more about port operations than they would care to know. And in the long run, that's not so bad.