I understand Maryland is around 40% minority, yet it has mostly white representatives. The GOP should make a point of trying to embarrass the liberals to carve out four minority majority districts. That would help to make leftist live up to their ideals and likely leave the rest of the state competitive.
O'Malley doesn't want to do that - he has higher aspirations, like [after having delivered a new House of Representatives seat to the Dems] running for Mikulski's Senate seat [assuming she retires at the end of her term] ...