BOBBING FOR SENATE

COMING TO THEATERS NEXT YEAR

January is fast approaching.  Bob Ehrlich is on the clock.

Which office will Maryland’s former governor seek in 2010?  Conventional wisdom has him chasing a rematch with Governor O’Malley.  Why bother?

Are we to believe he didn’t learn anything from his four years as ruler of one-party Maryland?  Let’s hope he’s smarter than that.

Winning big in politics requires a certain level of boldness.  Ask Barack Obama.  He decided to face down long odds and challenge Hillary Clinton’s ready-made path to the throne.  She was to be the nation’s first woman president.  She was to use large sums of money to steamroll her way to the White House.  Something happened though.  It’s easy to forget, in this era of Obama, just what a long shot he was.

Martin O’Malley isn’t a particularly popular governor.  I’ve been asking around, and have yet to find one person, right or left, who doesn’t think Maryland Democrats played politics with slots.  Average people aren’t big on political games these days … as if I needed to tell you.

Bob Ehrlich was a fairly well-liked governor.  It goes without saying … how else could a Republican have won in Maryland?  Do the letters KKT mean anything to you?

So, why did he lose his 2006 re-election bid?  Two words: President Bush.  You know … the two words that threaten the continued viability of the Republican Party.

Defeating Martin O’Malley two years into donkey control of everything in Washington would probably be easy.  That’s right … easy.  Maryland’s former governor would in all likelihood be able to treat his successor to a lesson in turnabout as fair play.

And, Ehrlich would again be governor.  And, Democrats would still control the legislature.  Yawn.

Ehrlich isn’t kidding anyone.  He knows Sarah Palin is a dunce.  He’d like to get in on this new face of the Republican Party stuff.

To be clear … I’m not saying Ehrlich wants to be president.  He probably wouldn’t mind being someone’s running mate though.  Maryland may end up with just nine electoral votes in 2012, but they may well be important ones.

Ehrlich’s hair makes him a Republican version of John Edwards. Who’s that?  I’m having a hard time remembering … Edwards, you say.

Ehrlich is young, with a family, and as a white guy … is probably just the kind of change the GOP needs.

But, seriously.  How could Bob Ehrlich make a splash in time for 2012?  How, how, how? He could … watch his former lieutenant governor take the reigns as chairman of the Republican National Committee … and then … and then …

CHALLENGE THE MIGHTY BARBARA MIKULSKI.

She’ll have turned 74 by Election Day.  She’ll be up to her eyeballs in bailout double talk, having voted to give large sums of money to crooks on Wall Street and in Detroit.  She also figures to be a victim of two years of her party’s unfettered control of Washington.  And, two dozen years could be viewed as a long time for someone to spend in the Senate.

Can’t beat Barbara, you say?  Can’t beat her … if you don’t try.

VISIT OUR FRIENDS

SAXBY CHAMBLISS UPDATE

Tags: bailout, Barbara Mikulski, Bob Ehrlich, Election 2010, Martin O'Malley, Maryland, politics, slots