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A judge's decision that Maryland's definition of marriage is unconstitutional sent ripples through the State House yesterday, with politicians speculating about its impact on fall elections that are already shaping up as a defining battle between Democrats and Republicans. A revival of the dormant but divisive issue of gay marriage has the potential to rally conservative-leaning voters in an election year, political experts said. If the discussion leads to a constitutional amendment on the fall ballot prohibiting gay marriage - as some lawmakers want - Republican candidates such as Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., who is seeking re-election, and Lt....

WBAL-Baltimore reporter Collins just announced that a WBAL TV reporter is set to do a story this evening that claims Jim Robinson is ready to disclose all he knows about the MD4Bush situation.

Yesterday’s commentary on the Joe Steffen-FreeRepublic.com story ended with a question. Why is no one asking questioning the identity of MD4BUSH? What to make of the odd freeper’s postings, his motivations, and his mysterious timing? Today, fresh from a US District court’s spanking in Gov Ehrlich vs. the Baltimore Sun. David Nitkin asks the same question-Who is MD4BUSH? The Sun, still smarting from yesterday’s loss-the court essentially ruling that Ehrlich’s ban is not unconstitutional, should further investigate, and even more to the point-push Mike and Mike Busch/Miller to subpoena the postings. Jim Robinson, the owner of the web site says...

You've heard of Watergate. Now there's "Rumorgate," a cut-rate version of the original "who done it." In this melodrama, Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley plays the role of innocent victim of a whispering campaign. The alleged perpetrator: The Evil Ehrlich Empire. Gov. Bob Ehrlich says he's innocent. He promptly fired the lout who sent e-mail messages to a right-wing Republican Web site questioning O'Malley's fidelity. This numskull worked for Ehrlich previously and held a good-paying state job. Critics shouted, "conspiracy!" Further evidence came when it was revealed the rumor-monger called himself "the Prince of Darkness" and loved wallowing in the slimy...

<p>WASHINGTON — Several of the House's more prominent and colorful members, including GOP leader Dick Armey and Democratic stalwart David Bonior, are leaving office with the close of this Congress. Some are taking the short walk down the Capitol hallway to the Senate. One took a longer trip to a Pennsylvania jail.</p>

Julius Henson, the combative Baltimore political operative tapped this week to generate votes for Kathleen Kennedy Townsend and other Democrats, was abruptly dropped last night after calling Republican Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. a Nazi in an interview with a newspaper reporter yesterday. Speaking to a Washington Post journalist earlier in the day, Henson said: "Bobby Ehrlich is a Nazi. His record is horrible, atrocious. ... He should be running in Germany in 1942, not Maryland in 2002," according to a story published on the newspaper's Web site last night. He said the Republican nominee for governor was opposed to blacks,...

State schools Superintendent Nancy S. Grasmick, a Democrat, announced yesterday she will not join Republican Rep. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. as a running mate in his campaign for governor. Grasmick, 63, said in a statement that she believes she can contribute more to state education in her present job, which she has held for a decade....snip...