Posted on 12/03/2006 8:25:57 AM PST by Norman Bates
ANNAPOLIS -- Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. called for Republican unity yesterday at the state convention, where the selection of party chairman revealed divisions within the party after last month's widespread election defeats.
"The hard left is in firm control of the state, and we don't have the votes to stop them," Mr. Ehrlich told party leaders in a ballroom at the Doubletree Hotel in Annapolis. "That's not the fate of Maryland in the long term. It's just where we are today."
His remarks were more upbeat than those he made earlier in the day during his last appearance on the "Stateline" program on WBAL-AM radio in Baltimore.
"You just have to ask yourself a really frank, blunt question: Do your views really comport with the majority views in the state of Maryland?" he said. "In this case, clearly at this time, the answer is no, because we got fired."
Mr. Ehrlich also predicted that legislation to legalize slot-machine gambling -- one of his chief goals rejected by Democratic lawmakers -- will pass the General Assembly either next year or in 2008, but that it likely would be tied to a package of tax increases.
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Steele is back. :-)
The hard left is in control at least partly because, when given the mandate to lead, Ehrlich and other GOP'ers turned into the soft left. And yet Bob, you still didn't get Michael J. Fox's endorsement.
Enjoy retirement.
Then stop spitting on the base's conservative values. Grow a backbone and stand up for America and her biblically based moral values.
JMHO!!!
One of Ehrlich's problems is overconfidence.
It is kind of suprising that Ehrlich lost, considering that he had favourable job approval ratings. But this is a blue state where voters are not known for their intelligence.
The near future looks pretty dismal for Marylanders.
When Ehrlich picked Michael Steele for a running mate, my first reaction was "picked a token black man". Later I met Steele in person and I changed my mind.
Then when Ehrlich picked Kirsten Cox, I thought "picked a token blind woman". I met her last October, and I WAS WRONG. She is an intelligent capable, articulate young woman who might have taken a shot at Milkulski later had she and Ehrlich been elected this time.
One more thing. If you look back at the campaign, O'Malley picked a black guy and never let him out of his sight. That is, his pick never campaigned alone.
Kirsten Cox campaigned alone over half the time.
She would have been a fabulouse lt. gov or even gov.
Yep, we need to get a real conservative like Alan Keyes back to Maryland to run Statewide.
You have obviously never met her. You do a pretty good job of character assasination on someone you never met.
HAHAHA, are you for real?
YOU HAVE NEVER MET HER IN PERSON, HAVE YOU ?
What does this have to do with her personally?
Haven't we talked about this before, like before the election?
(I agree End- They're the ones who bit their noses off to spite their faces & now they want to chummy up to the conservative base? Day late dollar short in my opinion. http://sacredscoop.com
It's sure that we have a lot of work to do, but I think we can get back on course. Let's carry the ball, organize, grassroots, and get behind Steele, Pelura, White, and other capable people to take this state back.
Republicans should just abandon Maryland and move to the South.
No way. We ought to work hard to make Maryland - that "assured blue state" of theirs - to be a thorn in the democrats' side.
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