Facebook+MACO+Boozs = Fired Staffer

Maryland Politics Watch has a great post about partying and boozing at MACO involving numerous political staffers with PHOTOS Check it out We just wanted to pass it along. At a time when unemployment is rising and people are wondering what is being done by their government to help, these probably aren’t the best pictures [...]

Legislator/Bloggers

We have stumbled across a legislator/blogger – Delegate Mike Smigiel. www.delegatemike.com It is good to see legislators who aren’t afraid of the internet and who realize blogging is a good way to engage their constituents. You should take some time to check out his posts. Do you know of any other legislators in the Maryland [...]

Statewide and Federal Races Page

We here at MD Politics Blog will be keeping a close eye on the 2010 elections. We have begun creating a one stop shop for resources on all of the candidates and what they are running for in 2010. The first page we have created lists all candidates running for statewide and federal offices in [...]

Guest Post: Healthcare Hecklers: Grassroots or Harris & Ehrlich Proxy

Periodically we are going to have guest posts to this blog from all sides of the political spectrum. We give each guest the opportunity to write about anything they want and their posts are unedited by this blog. The first guest post is written by Steve Lebowitz also affectionately known as “justdafacts”. See his post [...]

Cardin Town Hall

The news and blogosphere is being dominated by the town hall Senator Ben Cardin held last night at Towson University. Here are some of the best links for info on the event: Missed the town hall, no sweat (literally you would not have been sweating anywhere near as much as those present). You can watch [...]

The Sun confirms “Will the RNC Bailout the MDGOP” post

Monday our own TR McKeldin posted “Will the RNC Bailout the MDGOP” breaking the news that MDGOP Chairman Jim Pelura has asked the RNC for help (ie a bailout) to get out of its mountain of debt. Today Laura Smitherman at the Baltimore Sun has a news story up with quotes from MDGOP Chairman Jim [...]

O Rly? Real budget cutting?

Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley announced Wednesday he would cut $280 million from the state budget as he works to close a $700 million shortfall ripped open by declining tax revenues and increased spending. The administration picked a number of easy targets — healthcare spending and higher education — but leave most of the hard calls [...]