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Maryland's Past Welcome to BobEhrlich.org  
Record Spending In case you forgot, here's a good reminder of my record on spending.  
The Sequel Bob Ehrlich: Return of the Special Interests

Hey, Big Spender

Government spending is bad. Whoever increases government spending needs to go. Whoever increases government spending the most REALLY needs to go. Wait, I take that back…

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What I've Been Up To Lately

I was feeling pretty down after losing in 2006. But I always knew there would be a few special interest buddies that could take care of me. Jesse Helms’ old Chief of Staff hooked me up with Womble.

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I'm on Your Side. Trust Me.

Wait, are you an Insurance CEO? Oil company? Predatory lender? No? OK, maybe “on your side” was a little strong. I mean I can’t fight for everybody, and those guys have always had my back.

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According to the Baltimore Sun Maryland Politics blog, one timeMaryland Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele will attend a fundraiser for Maryland House of Delegates candidate Cathleen Vitale. As the current chair of the Republican National Committee and former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland it stands to reason that Steele would help his fellow Maryland Republicans by stumping for them on the campaign trail.

This begs the question: What about Bob?

So far, Steele has remained curiously silent about his old partner’s campaign for governor.

What gives, Michael?

Vitale attributes Steele’s support to their longtime friendship and history of working together on the Republican State Central Committee. Based on that rationale, it would seem reasonable that Steele would lend a hand to his old buddy Bob Ehrlich, who handpicked him to be his running mate and partner in leading Maryland as Lieutenant Governor.

Or, like many Marylanders, the Chair of the Republican National Committee has serious doubts about Bob Ehrlich’s ability to effectively lead our state.

 

Republican Lt. Gov. candidate Mary Kane has a message for Marylanders: we should just be more like Texas.

In a faux news report produced by the Ehrlich-Kane campaign, Kane favorably compares Texas’ economic policies with those of Maryland. “I was just in Texas—Texas happens to be doing pretty good,” she says in the video.

Absent from Kane’s dire picture of her home state is any mention of the actual state of the Texas’ economy in relation to Maryland’s.

At 8.2%, the unemployment rate in the Lone Star state is more than a point higher than Maryland’s. Texas’ bond rating (AA+) is lower than Maryland’s. Per capita income in Texas is about half Maryland’s. And Texas is currently facing an $18 billion budget deficit, caused in large part by the very tax policies cited by Kane as a model.

Mary Kane’s decision to trash Maryland and claim that Texas is doing better is bizarre and  troubling for someone who wants to be the second-highest ranking official in our state. It sounds like Bob Ehrlich and Mary Kane want to impose deficit-busting, Texas-style fiscal policies on Maryland.

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