Give me a break. Here in WI, Gov. Doyle and the state legislature was completely in Rat hands; Walker changed all of that by running a pragmatic, conservative agenda.
All MD needs is a Republican willing to stand and die on his sword. Working with Democrats and compromising is not the answer.
Wisconsin doesn’t have the honor of being cheek-by-jowl to the Washington DC metro area. Talk about Liberal Magnet with a capital (capitol?) L and M.
Conservative/Republican Maryland is pretty well western Maryland. I lived there while working a contract job, commuting between the liberal and conservative parts of Maryland because I could only afford to stay in the conservative part.